Procurement Magazine March W1 2026 | Page 120

LATEST FIGURES

Organisations lose

8.6 %

of contract value due to“ poor process integration and inadequacies of post-award management”
Contract-related data typically sits in 24 different systems and
involves

~ 30 %

of the workforce
Only

17 %

of procurement / legal / contract teams are naturally adaptive to new tech( vs. 25 % general population)
Sirion platform manages 7M + contracts worth

US $ 800bn

across 1M + suppliers / customers in 100 + languages

FOCUS AHEAD

Deploy Agentic AI – combining foundational, interactive, and orchestration agents as“ intelligent co-workers”
Prioritise explainability – ensure AI provides“ plain-language summaries” so procurement trusts recommendations
Differentiate transactional vs. strategic – automate routine contracting while augmenting“ complex, high-value negotiations”
Build readiness – assess People( 17 % adaptive), Process, Platform, and Data before scaling
Transform contracts into knowledge assets – turning portfolios into“ engines of insight” for commercial innovation