After months of planning and following high-energy stops across Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, and Paris, it was finally Vienna’s moment. On November 20, 2025, I had the privilege of welcoming procurement leaders to the Ritz-Carlton Vienna for an intimate, invite-only chapter of the Zycus Procurement AI World Tour.  Standing in that beautiful venue, seeing Europe’s procurement community come together, I […]

Last week, our Procurement AI World Tour made its stop in South Africa, and what an incredible two days it turned out to be. From Johannesburg on 12 November to Cape Town on 13 November, the momentum was unmistakable: procurement in Africa isn’t just evolving — it’s accelerating into an AI-powered future.  These sessions were hosted by EY as part of the EY Insights: AI-Powered Procurement Innovation series. Together, we brought

For more than two decades, procurement leaders have been promised efficiency through digitization. eProcurement suites, guided buying portals, sourcing automation, supplier databases, and contract repositories each contributed important steps forward, but they still required human intervention to translate intent into action. A user could request a purchase, but someone still had to validate it. A

Introduction Procurement leaders have evaluated technology for years through a simple lens: “Will this help us deliver measurable value?” Artificial intelligence has long promised productivity, but early AI rarely lived up to the hype. Most solutions operated as copilots, summarizing data, suggesting next steps, or automating small tasks. Today, a new category of capability has

Early this month in Madrid, Zycus and EY co-hosted an exclusive executive roundtable bringing together some of Spain’s leading procurement minds for an evening of ideas, innovation, and intelligent conversation.  The energy in the room was undeniable — senior procurement leaders from industries such as manufacturing, banking, telecom, retail, and hospitality joined forces to discuss