SupplyChain Magazine October 2019 | Page 57

57 today is outdated and is in need of a significant overhaul . “ As amazing as the talent has been in procurement , there hasn ’ t been any real innovation recently ,” affirms Dubey . “ People do procurement the same way as they have always done it for the last 20-25 years . If someone needs something ; they call or email their buyers , or buyers get a request from a workflow system .” With an ambition to make procurement more strategic , Xeeva is re-evaluating how to make procurement more efficient . With an amplified dependence on

“ AI is going to create jobs in procurement which we haven ’ t even heard of yet ”

— Dilip Dubey , Founder and CEO , Xeeva
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