- Home / Event & Webinar / On Demand Webinar
Why Agentic AI Cannot Wait: Forrester’s 2026 Procurement Readiness Blueprint

By Kelly Barner
Scroll
Hear Forrester’s Jeffrey Rajamani explain why procurement must move from AI experimentation to enterprise-scale execution—now.
Procurement leaders are under mounting pressure to deliver faster decisions, higher compliance, and better business outcomes. In this exclusive PLAN session recording, Jeffrey Rajamani, Senior Analyst at Forrester, breaks down the real state of enterprise AI readiness and why agentic AI will define the next generation of Source-to-Pay performance.
Watch this session to understand the urgency, the roadmap, and the execution framework procurement must adopt immediately to stay ahead.
👉 Access the full on-demand session by completing the form.
Why Watch This Session?
Organizations are shifting from AI pilots to production-level deployment at a pace never seen before. According to fresh Forrester research, nearly half of large enterprises expect agentic AI to run at least 25% of departmental workflows by end of 2026. Procurement—burdened by intake ambiguity, fragmented data, and multi-step processes—is one of the most impacted functions.
In this session, Rajamani explains:
- What’s driving the acceleration toward agentic AI across procurement, finance, and supply chain
- Why traditional S2P tools and no-code workflows have reached their ceiling, and what replaces them
- Which categories of procurement work benefit most from autonomous agents
- Where immediate ROI lies and how organizations should prioritize use cases
- How to avoid the most common pitfalls in early AI adoption
If you’re evaluating your Agentic AI transformation roadmap, this session is essential.
Key Insights From Jeffrey Rajamani’s PLAN Talk
1. The adoption window is shrinking
2025 was the year of experimentation. 2026 is the year enterprises expect measurable outcomes. Procurement teams that delay adoption risk falling behind both peers and internal business units that are already integrating AI-first tools.
2. Agentic AI is the first true “Intake-to-Outcome” technology
Rajamani highlights how autonomous agents can interpret requests, validate policy, process documents, compare bids, engage suppliers, and orchestrate entire sourcing workflows—efficiently, consistently, and at scale.
3. The biggest ROI is time
Cycle times drop sharply when agents handle routine orchestration work. Procurement can redirect bandwidth toward strategy, stakeholder engagement, and category innovation.
4. Avoiding AI pitfalls requires discipline
The session covers what not to do:
- Don’t wait for “perfect” data
- Don’t start with low-impact use cases
- Don’t overlook trust, governance, and explainability
- Don’t deploy isolated or siloed tools without scalable architecture
5. Start now, but start smart
Rajamani provides an actionable 90-day plan to kickstart AI deployment—moving from intent to execution without organizational friction.
Who Should Watch?
- Chief Procurement Officers
- Procurement transformation leaders
- Digital/S2P program leads
- Category and sourcing managers
- IT, operations, and finance partners supporting procurement digitization
If your KPI stack includes cycle time, compliance, sourcing throughput, or stakeholder satisfaction, this session provides the direction you need.
Why This Matters for NOW!
Procurement is becoming the operating system of enterprise value creation—and AI is the engine behind it. The organizations that thrive will be those that adopt agentic systems capable of scaling complexity, adapting to change, and producing consistent outcomes.
This PLAN session is your starting point.
Watch Now
Share:
About the Speakers
Author
Recommended webinars
- Published:
- < 1 min read
- Published:
- < 1 min read
- Published:
- < 1 min read
- Published:
- < 1 min read
- Published:
- < 1 min read
























