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The Widening Gap: Why Better Tech Hasn’t Fixed Procurement Failure
February 7, 2026
The tools keep getting better. The failure rates don't move. One graph explains why.
Posted in: Commentary
The $4.3 Billion Question Nobody Asked: Three Phases, One Acquisition, 18 Years of Evidence
February 7, 2026
SAP acquired Ariba for $4.3 billion. We scored all three phases. Technology went up. Outcomes went down. 18 years of evidence explains why.
Posted in: Commentary
Do You Know If Your ProcureTech Vendor Is Ready for the EU AI Act?
February 6, 2026
"Only around 8% of organisations have that 'readiness." Tim Cummins
Posted in: Commentary
The EU AI Act Just Made Organizational Readiness the Law
February 6, 2026
The EU AI Act's deployer obligations mirror what Phase 0 has measured since 1998.
Posted in: Commentary
Now Available: The Zycus Consolidated Assessment Report
February 6, 2026
Does the "Grand Slam" of analyst recognition, actually translate into market share growth, implementation success, or competitive dominance?
Posted in: Commentary
Gartner, February 2026: “Why Workforce Readiness — Not Technology — Determines AI Success”
February 6, 2026
What is the difference between Gartner readiness and Hansen readiness?
Posted in: Commentary
Now Available: The Coupa Software Consolidated Assessment Report
February 5, 2026
Coupa has been measured in every dimension except the one that matters most: will this implementation succeed in your organization?
Posted in: Commentary
The Next Supply Chain Crisis Isn’t a Black Swan — It’s a Governance Failure You Haven’t Built For Yet
February 4, 2026
While you can't predict Black Swans, you can dramatically improve your response and adaptability.
Posted in: Commentary
I Asked Five AI Models to Assess My 2010 London Lecture on Cluster Development — They All Reached the Same Conclusion
February 4, 2026
What a Five AI Model Assessment of a 2010 eWorld London Presentation Tells Us in 2026.
Posted in: Commentary
Procurement Insights 
New Tires on an Old Car: What $30 Billion in ProcureTech M&A Actually Bought You
February 7, 2026
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Opposite paths. Same destination. Neither crosses 50%. The first independent, mathematically derived practitioner success probability assessment for SAP Ariba and Coupa — and why direction matters more than position.