Introduction After years of working in procurement and experimenting with AI, I've compiled my most effective use cases into this comprehensive playbook. This isn't theoretical – these are battle-tested approaches that can transform your procurement operations. I'm sharing this for free because I believe the procurement community deserves access to practical AI implementation guidance, not just vendor marketing materials. Understanding the Rating System Before diving in, here

I just got done with my most extensive procurement stack development to date! It is an ensemble of 30+ agents (if I use a fancy word) or 30+specialized Python scripts/algorithms (choose whatever you like as a buzzword). These 30+ algorithms are use case specific. Here are my learnings (spanning 5 months of dedicated effort) 1.) Use cases that I targeted: finding out cost efficiencies in ongoing sourcing events, finding out demand bundling with future requirement intakes, and