Procurement Technology Current

Procurement Technology Currenthttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/2026-07-16T13:00:00.000ZIvalua and Unite connect a European supplier marketplace to procurement workflowshttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/ivalua-unite-supplier-marketplace-partnership/2026-07-16T13:00:00.000Z2026-07-16T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The July 2026 partnership announcement makes supplier-network scope, identity, catalog content, transaction ownership, and regional availability the real diligence questions.

Levelpath says AI purchases rank high and take longer to buyhttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/levelpath-ai-buying-priorities-survey/2026-07-09T13:00:00.000Z2026-07-09T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The July 2026 survey announcement turns AI procurement into an operating-model question about stakeholder count, cost scrutiny, due diligence, controls, and decision evidence.

Ivalua announces IVA Studio for building procurement AI agentshttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/ivalua-launches-iva-studio/2026-06-11T13:00:00.000Z2026-06-11T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The June 2026 announcement introduces a governed builder narrative around permissions and auditability, but buyers still need release, use-case, action, and evidence boundaries.

SAP outlines an autonomous spend-management product directionhttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/sap-autonomous-spend-management-announcement/2026-05-14T13:00:00.000Z2026-05-14T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

SAP's May 2026 account of assistants and connected spend workflows raises a more exact buyer question: which decisions are proposed, prepared, executed, reviewed, and retained by which accountable role?

CEWA goes live on Zycus source-to-pay applicationshttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/zycus-cewa-source-to-pay-go-live/2026-05-12T13:00:00.000Z2026-05-12T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The customer announcement offers a dated implementation record while leaving configuration, adoption, baseline, and outcome evidence for direct verification.

Oracle announces Fusion agentic applications for finance and supply chainhttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/oracle-announces-fusion-agentic-applications/2026-04-09T13:00:00.000Z2026-04-09T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The April 2026 product announcement includes a Sourcing Command Center and puts role, policy, data, action, and transaction controls at the center of Oracle procurement diligence.

UK public-procurement transparency requirements add 2026 operating milestoneshttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/uk-procurement-transparency-milestones-2026/2026-04-01T09:00:00.000Z2026-04-01T09:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

New timing and identifier requirements extend the live implementation agenda from tender workflow into contract, payment, performance, and public data operations.

SAP makes its next-generation Ariba foundation generally availablehttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/sap-next-generation-ariba-general-availability/2026-03-12T13:00:00.000Z2026-03-12T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The March 2026 announcement turns transition architecture, coexistence, identity, data, integration, and release scope into concrete diligence for SAP-centered procurement teams.

Keelvar publishes its 2026 procurement surveyhttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/keelvar-publishes-2026-procurement-survey/2026-03-05T13:00:00.000Z2026-03-05T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The provider reports a relationship between recent AI or automation adoption and resilience outcomes, creating a useful hypothesis and an immediate need to inspect the sample, measures, and causal limits.

Peppol makes a Billing 3.0 hotfix mandatory in February 2026https://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/peppol-billing-hotfix-mandatory-2026/2026-02-23T09:00:00.000Z2026-02-23T09:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The release record is a practical test of version-aware validation, network readiness, supplier communication, exception handling, and retained invoice evidence.

Outokumpu Stainless USA selects Zycus for source-to-pay transformationhttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/outokumpu-selects-zycus-source-to-pay/2026-01-27T13:00:00.000Z2026-01-27T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The January 2026 selection record adds a manufacturing buyer signal but cannot substitute for implementation evidence or a comparison of final requirements.

EU Council adopts the VAT in the Digital Age packagehttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/eu-adopts-vat-in-digital-age-package/2025-03-11T10:00:00.000Z2025-03-11T10:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The March 2025 adoption starts a multi-year implementation path for digital reporting and e-invoicing that procurement and finance systems must treat as staged jurisdictional change.

The UK Procurement Act enters into forcehttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/uk-procurement-act-enters-force/2025-02-24T09:00:00.000Z2025-02-24T09:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The February 2025 commencement moves reform from preparation into live public-commercial workflows across planning, tendering, award, contract management, notices, and transparency.

Workday signs an agreement to acquire Evisorthttps://procurementtechcurrent.com/news/workday-agrees-to-acquire-evisort/2024-09-17T13:00:00.000Z2024-09-17T13:00:00.000ZProcurement Technology Current Research Desk

The September 2024 transaction announcement links contract intelligence to Workday's finance and spend strategy and creates roadmap, data, packaging, and integration questions for buyers.