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Procurement is last in AI adoption, and it isn't a technology problem.

Leadership Advisory
October 12, 2026 by
Nathan Holman
Of 13 business functions BCG tracked, procurement ranks last: 35% adoption, against 44% in supply chain and sales and 40% in finance.

The pilots are there. Approximately 49% of procurement teams piloted Gen AI use cases, while 4% reported large-scale deployment.

The tools work. What surrounds them doesn't: data that isn't ready, teams without the skills to run it, and people who aren't sure AI is on their side.

Pilots prove the technology. Production proves the organization.

So which one is holding your team back: the data, the skills, or the trust?

That question sits behind our new report, The Sourcing Paradox. FREE

Nathan Holman October 12, 2026
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