Why Procurement Breaks Before the PO and How Scaling Companies Fix It

​A live walkthrough of how scaling companies run procurement - from intake to contract

​Procurement doesn’t break at the transaction layer, it breaks before the PO. Requests start as messages, context is incomplete, and approvals move across systems. As companies scale, this compounds into more tools, more stakeholders, and more fragmentation.

​Fixing this doesn’t require replacing your ERP or adding more systems. It requires structuring decisions before the transaction.

​In this session, we’ll walk through how scaling companies turn fragmented requests into a connected, end-to-end flow - from intake to contract.

​What you’ll see

• ​Where procurement actually breaks (before the PO exists)

• ​How teams structure intake and capture context upfront

• ​How approvals run across functions without manual coordination

• ​How a single request flows from intake → PO → contract in one system

​Who this is for

​Finance, procurement, and operations leaders dealing with:

• ​Fragmented procurement processes

• ​Slow approvals and unclear ownership

• ​Limited visibility into vendor decisions and spend

​Join us to see how this works in practice.