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while Deloitte flags nine out of ten eyeing Gen AI pilots. Successful adoption, however, depends on good data. Bad data in means bad decisions out, so the first move is a network-centric clean-up that unifies spend, supplier-master and contract data. Only then do the agents roll in, scraping live ESG and risk feeds for smarter supplier scores that slash onboarding times, stress-testing supply chains with Monte-Carlo“ what-ifs” to trim inventory buffers by up to 30 %, auto-negotiating RFx and payments to eliminate up to 70 % of manual touches, and policing contracts to claw back 1-2 % of annual spend lost to leakage. If you get the plumbing right, humans can then focus on strategy.
Q. WHAT IS JAGGAER’ S VISION WHEN IT COMES TO EASING PROCUREMENT PROCESSES?
» AI is central to JAGGAER’ s game plan, but it’ s key to see beyond the buzz around generative text. Yes, Gen AI helps draft specs and speed up approvals but our real horizon is a workforce of software agents that can run entire sourcing cycles – negotiation through payment – on our behalf. That is why we have developed JAI, our full agentic AI platform, trained to act as an intelligent, proactive partner for faster decisions, automated workflows and more.
That leap hinges on data hygiene. By shifting from standalone ERP silos to a network-centric resource-planning model, JAGGAER cleans and connects spend, supplier and contract data so AI has something solid to learn from. Once the foundation is set, isolated use-cases morph into true end-to-end automation:
“ The way I see it, AI isn’ t the headline – it’ s the engine”
GOPINATH“ GP” POLAVARAPU, CHIEF DIGITAL AND AI OFFICER, JAGGAER
humans will query an app, an agent will answer, and – eventually – agents will transact directly with each other.
The aim isn’ t to sideline people, but to elevate them so that agents handle the busywork and procurement pros are free to become strategic insight partners. In short, JAGGAER’ s vision ties clean data to autonomous agents so humans can focus on bigger, value-creating moves.
Q. HOW IS JAGGAER HELPING PROCUREMENT PRACTITIONERS TO ADDRESS ISSUES LIKE ESG AND RISK MANAGEMENT?
» ESG and risk pressures touch every geopolitical, economic and environmental nerve, so JAGGAER attacks them on two fronts. First, it pulls curated data feeds – carbon metrics, geopolitical risk signals, financial health scores – into its network-centric platform through specialist partners, giving teams a single source of truth for upfront planning.
Second, AI-driven apps turn that data into real-time guidance: flagging spend hotspots, steering category strategies, screening vendors and recommending contract clauses the moment operations veer off course.
52 August 2025