know change management and skills development is important . However , there ’ s also a massive opportunity within procurement today to benefit from modernising our technology landscape . Many even have a hidden opportunity to further extend existing technology to suppliers or to train on functionality .” Having witnessed the shift to digital first-hand over the past few years , Walden believes he has a clear idea of what the supply chain space will look like in the near future . “ I noticed how influential technology was becoming three or four years ago in our field ,” he says . “ At the start , we were all very curious to better understand what the opportunities were and perhaps got caught up with the hype around AI , robots and blockchain . However , in order for industry to fully embrace all this new tech in a positive way , we must recognise that it might take longer than originally thought .”
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