Reference guides for procurement and supply chain professionals, reviewed as rules and markets change. Start here, then follow the news.
What AI agents are doing in procurement as of late 2026, with verified public examples: sourcing events and post-award price reviews, requisition intake and routing, spend classification, freight quoting and booking, and the governance layer around them.
A practical guide to using AI in procurement in 2026: the use cases with measurable returns, the data foundation they need, how to govern autonomous agents, and the questions to ask AI vendors before you buy.
A practical checklist for procurement teams evaluating AI-powered sourcing and procure-to-pay platforms: testing agent capability against AI-washing, checking data quality, demanding governance and audit trails, using integration standards like MCP as a litmus test, measuring ROI and writing contract terms for AI features.
How truckload, LTL and parcel fuel surcharges work, the formula behind a per-mile surcharge, worked examples at current diesel prices, and what procurement should put in carrier contracts.
A practical guide to running an annual truckload bid in a tightening market: lane data, carrier selection, award strategy, fuel terms, routing-guide compliance and how to measure results.
After the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs, CBP opened CAPE to refund them. Who can file, which entries qualify, how refunds are paid, and how procurement can recover surcharges suppliers passed through.
How to tell whether a supplier price increase is justified, how to use producer price indexes, and how to write escalation clauses that protect you when costs rise and fall.
A guide to ocean freight procurement: fixed vs. index-linked rates, allocation and blank sailing protection, surcharges, reliability terms, and how to run a tender for Asia–U.S. and Asia–Europe lanes.
Carriers raise parcel and LTL rates every year, but the headline percentage rarely matches what you pay. How to model your true increase, which surcharges and terms to negotiate, and how to run a re-bid.
What Section 232 tariffs cover in 2026, the current rates for metals, pharmaceuticals, semiconductors and wood products, how full-value and metal-content rules work, and what procurement teams should do.
The early warning signs that a supplier or distributor is in financial trouble, the data sources to monitor, contract protections to put in place, and what to do if a supplier files for Chapter 11.
How to identify, score, monitor and reduce supplier risk across financial, geopolitical, operational, compliance and cyber dimensions, with a step-by-step framework you can apply this quarter.
How Section 232, Section 301, the forced-labor tariffs and the expired IEEPA and Section 122 duties work, how they stack, and what procurement teams should do to control landed cost.
