For almost a year now, the Corona pandemic has had the global economy firmly in its grip. In spring 2020, it quickly became apparent that Germany was lagging behind when it comes to digitalisation. This is also true for procurement. But what about digital transformation today? Has procurement been able to learn its lessons from the Corona crisis and to live up to the current challenges and requirements?

There is a willingness to automate procurement with the help of software solutions, but the implementation of a digitisation project is often made more difficult by the multitude of existing solutions. So how do you proceed? Checklists can help to pay attention to the right criteria when it comes to the selection. This blog article reveals why the automation solution should enable an uncomplicated and fast digital supplier connection in particular.

AI and big data are drivers of new digitised business models. But many employees in purchasing do not yet have the right tools at hand to benefit from big data in their everyday work. As a basis, you first have to get a grip on the small data. Read here what role clean data plays in procurement and how artificial intelligence can lead to higher data quality.