TOP 10 – PREDICTIONS FOR 2026

Interview – Tricia Miller, Coupa

A radical procurement shift is on the horizon. In fact, according to Tricia Miller, SVP Product Marketing and Chief Evangelist at Coupa, it’ s happening now.“ In the next few years, manual approval in procurement will be obsolete,” she says, arguing today’ s“ rigid, lethargic manual checkpoints can cripple business agility”. As AI matures, the focus is set to move from basic digitisation to true autonomy.“ Procurement professionals will interact via natural language with their technology to automate workflows,” adds Tricia.“ Organisations will own implementing systems that anticipate market chaos and execute strategy in real time.” Autonomous procurement is no longer a distant vision but an urgent design brief for modern enterprises.

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