ProcureTech Unpacked

"AI will transform procurement." Sure. But which kind of AI? Doing what, exactly?

That question is at the heart of this episode. We cover three AI subdomains procurement professionals should actually understand — Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, and Anomaly Detection — including what each one does well, where it breaks down, and where it shows up in procurement today.

We also cover something more important: how modern AI systems like Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini work by layering multiple types of AI together depending on the problem they're solving. And why that makes "it's powered by AI" one of the least useful things a vendor can tell you.

If you work in procurement and you're being pitched AI solutions, this episode gives you the vocabulary to ask better questions.

Based on the following edition of The Pure Procurement Newsletter: https://newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/10-ai-subdomains

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Most procurement platform decisions get made for the wrong reasons — and by the time you realize it, you're already in implementation.

In this episode, Joël Collin-Demers breaks down the only factor that actually matters for your ERP vs. S2P decision: your industry. Not your vendor relationships. Not your IT team's preferences. Your industry.

You'll get two diagnostic scores you can run to compare architecture scenarios, a breakdown of how the right architecture looks completely different for direct vs. indirect businesses, and the two principles that resolves most procurement platform architecture debates before they start.

If you're in a procurement or finance leadership role and you have a technology decision coming up — or a vendor in your inbox — this one is worth your time.

Based on this week's edition of The Pure Procurement Newsletter: https://newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/procurement-system-setup-by-industry

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The procurement technology landscape is evolving faster than ever, and separating signal from noise has never been harder.

In our debut episode, hosts Joël Collin-Demers and Matthew Buckingham dig into what's actually shaping the ProcureTech market right now.

Market Signals:

Deep Dive:

• Joël makes the case that the old S2P Suite vs. Intake & Orchestration debate is officially dead, and what you should be evaluating instead.

Rapid Fire:

An Overrated/Underrated round covering everything from supplier portals to reverse auctions to procurement's obsession with being "strategic."

Other Links Discussed:

If you're a procurement leader trying to make smarter bets on technology, this is the show for you.

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Meet Joël Collin-Demers and Matthew Buckingham.

One brings 15 years of procurement technology deployment. The other brings 20 years in the enterprise procurement space in global organizations.

Together, they're launching ProcureTech Unpacked—a podcast for procurement leaders drowning in vendor hype and conflicting advice.

Each month, deep dives into current technology trends. Weekly recaps of the Pure Procurement newsletter in between.

No vendor spin. Just balanced answers.

The first full episode launches June 12th: The 2026 State of Procurement Technology.

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