Tim is currently the President & CEO of Agillitics, a technology solutions and consulting services firm based in Atlanta, GA.  Agillitics empowers companies to make data driven decisions to improve operational performance, enable innovation, and drive competitive advantage.

Certified: ►Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) ►PMP ►Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Tim is experienced consulting and sales director with proven ability to manage large cross-functional teams, identify, design, implement innovative business solutions, and build sustained client relationships. Tim has a diversified background in retail, consumer products, e-commerce, automotive, industrial goods and services, logistics, and government. Tim also has a demonstrated ability to deliver results that have a measurable, positive impact on a clients’ bottom line while bridging the gaps between strategic vision, technological innovation, and operational execution.

Tim has designed innovative supply chains from the ground up and directed implementations across multiple verticals and  service offerings including Warehousing, Labor Management, Transportation, Order Fulfillment and Business Intelligence for a large list of clients/partners including:  FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency), DELL, AVON, Mary Kay, The Home Depot, Newell Rubbermaid, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC), Donaldson Corporation, Siemens, Genuine Parts Company, Pendleton Woolen Mills, Orvis, Carter’s, Sigma Aldrich, etc.

Tim has an MBA and BS in Industrial & System Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology.

Specialties: Supply Chain Management Strategy, Planning, and Execution (Warehousing, Transportation, Labor, Order Fulfillment, Material handling equipment, Business Intelligence, etc.), Project and Program Management, Performance and Process Optimization, Operations/Process Design, Risk Management and Mitigation, Strategic Management Consulting, and Change Management.

Tim Judge

📊 79% of supply chain organizations are increasing investment in AI and advanced analytics

📅 Data Point of the Day #236 – Tuesday

🧠 Takeaway: Competitive advantage is shifting from infrastructure to intelligence. The question is no longer whether to invest, but how fast to scale.

👶 Baby Chains: “Intelligence compounds.”

🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We’ll wait and see.”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Technology Trends Research

❓Where is AI delivering measurable impact in your network?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

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Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt (MBB)

Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Project Management Professional (PMP)

Most leaders struggle to make fast, factual, and forward looking decisions 
for your supply chain because the needed data is everywhere and rarely 
used. We combine data science with supply chain expertise to reduce data 
complexity so you can make smarter, faster, and more profitable decisions.
and elevate your supply chains

Our Vision
At Agillitics, we are the supply chain data scientists. Companies currently struggle to turn data into actionable insights. We believe companies can think bigger, work smarter, and learn faster once they have a sound data strategy, plan, and team to execute. To close this gap, Agillitics helps companies select & implement Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Supply Chain Optimization tools to enable better business outcomes and time savings through improved visibility, prediction, and actionable decision support.

Agillitics provides technology solutions and consulting services to empower companies to make data driven decisions, be more innovative, and continuously improve operations.

President & CEO

Director

Director, Implementation Services

Senior Manager, Professional Services

Solutions Consultant

Rescuing Supply Chain Leaders Drowning in Data but Starving for Insights  | CEO at Agillitics | Supply Chain Analytics

Rescuing Supply Chain Leaders Drowning in Data but Starving for Insights | CEO at Agillitics | Supply Chain Analytics

📊 Only about 55% of supply chain organizations report having end-to-end visibility across their network

📅 Data Point of the Day #247 – Saturday

🧠 Takeaway: Visibility gaps create blind spots in planning and execution. Shared operational visibility often improves decisions before any new technology is deployed.

👶 Baby Chains: “You cannot manage what you cannot see.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “The spreadsheet says everything looks fine.”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Technology Survey; Deloitte Global Supply Chain Study

❓ Question: Where is visibility still fragmented in your supply chain today?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 Up to 40% of supply chain disruptions are detected internally before customers feel the impact

📅 Data Point of the Day #231 – Thursday

🧠 Takeaway: Early detection is a competitive advantage. The faster a disruption is identified, the more optionality teams retain.

👶 Baby Chains: “Speed of awareness drives speed of response.”

🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We found out when the customer called.”

📖 Source: MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics; Accenture Supply Chain Resilience Study

❓ How early are disruptions visible in your network?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

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📊 Improving inventory accuracy by just 1% can reduce safety stock by 2–3%

📅 Data Point of the Day #233 – Saturday

🧠 Takeaway: Small accuracy gains compound into meaningful working capital improvements. Precision reduces buffers.

👶 Baby Chains: “Accuracy frees cash.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “Let’s just add more safety stock.”

📖 Source: Auburn RFID Lab; GS1 US Inventory Accuracy Research

Where would a 1% accuracy lift change your balance sheet? ❓

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 Companies with real time transportation visibility reduce detention and dwell costs by up to 15%

📅 Data Point of the Day #238 – Thursday

🧠 Takeaway: Visibility at the dock protects margin on the road. Precision timing reduces waste.

👶 Baby Chains: “See it early.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “The truck will show up.”

📖 Source: CSCMP State of Logistics Report; Gartner Transportation Research

Where does dwell time quietly erode your margins? ❓

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 Organizations that standardize master data governance reduce planning cycle time by up to 30%

📅 Data Point of the Day #239 – Friday

🧠 Takeaway: Clean master data accelerates decisions. Governance is a growth enabler, not an IT project.

👶 Baby Chains: “Govern the foundation.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We’ll clean it later.”

📖 Source: MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics; Deloitte Data Governance Research

How much time is lost to inconsistent data definitions? ❓

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

The New Reality in 2026?

I may be adjusting my thinking (just a little) with the early stories this year of people like Peter Steinberger and OpenClaw....

The rundown:
- Sells his first company for $100M+
- Spends 3 years in existential crisis
- Becomes jacked
- Comes back from retirement
- Vibe-codes 43 failed projects
- Project 44 is ClawdBot
- Goes viral
- Anthropic sends you trademark lawsuits
- Renames to MoltBot
- Crypto scammers hijack your accounts in seconds
- Secret rebrand to OpenClaw 
- Hits 180K GitHub stars
- Gets acquired by OpenAI

No VC funding.
No 100+ person team.
Just a solo founder + shipping.

Probably one of the wildest tech & AI stories of all time.

Legend.

Is this a sign of more solo creators replacing entire companies?

My advice to all the future leaders, recent graduates, and entrepreneurs is simple:
--You should be using AI at your job
--You should be using AI after work
--You should be using AI on the weekend

H/T: Linas Beliūnas for the story

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Independent WMS Validation for 3PLs and Distributors

📊 Up to 20% of inventory in retail networks is classified as excess or obsolete

📅 Data Point of the Day #242 – Monday

🧠 Takeaway: Working capital quietly leaks when lifecycle management is reactive. Precision segmentation and active aging control protect both margin and cash.

👶 Baby Chains: “Aging inventory is a signal.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “It might sell eventually.”

📖 Source: IHL Group Retail Inventory Studies; Deloitte Supply Chain Survey

❓ What percentage of your network is sitting beyond its productive lifecycle?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

Supply Chain Lessons… by Order of the Peaky Blinders 🕵️‍♂️

The wait is over my friends!  Peaky is back after 4 years when it’s first full-length motion picture The Immortal Man releases today in theaters! 🤗

As we get ready for the continuation of this epic story we obviuosly can reflect on the powerful lessons Peaky gives us for managing the modern supply chain👇

1. Control the Supply Chain, Control the Market
 ↳ Tommy Shelby wasn’t just a player, he built the whole board.
 ↳ Lesson: Vertical integration = more power, more efficiency.

2. Data = Power (Even If It’s in a Little Black Book)
 ↳ Tommy’s sharpest weapon? Not muscle—intel.
 ↳ Lesson: Visibility, analytics, and planning keep you ahead of disruption.

3. Agility Under Fire
 ↳ From bookies to bootlegging to exports—Shelby Co. moved fast.
 ↳ Lesson: Agility in logistics and products is key in volatile times.

4. Know Your Partners, Watch Your Enemies
 ↳ Alfie Solomons was brilliant… and unpredictable.
 ↳ Lesson: Vet your suppliers. Relationships matter as much as contracts.

**Bonus** Pictured in Comments
5. Culture Drives Execution
 ↳ Loyalty turned chaos into strategy.
 ↳ Lesson: Aligned teams with clear purpose execute faster—and better.

💬 Which lesson hits hardest for your supply chain today?

📊 The average large supply chain organization runs over 20 different planning and execution systems

📅 Data Point of the Day #252 – Thursday

🧠 Takeaway: Complexity grows quietly over time. Simplifying the data layer often unlocks more value than replacing systems.

👶 Baby Chains: “Integration creates clarity.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “Which system has the real number?”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Technology Architecture Research

❓ Question: How many systems influence a single operational decision in your organization?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 75% of supply chain executives say AI adoption will significantly impact planning within the next three years

📅 Data Point of the Day #243 – Tuesday

🧠 Takeaway: AI is moving from pilot to priority. Adoption, not experimentation, will define competitive advantage.

👶 Baby Chains: “Adoption beats experimentation.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We tested a pilot last year.”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Planning Research; McKinsey AI in Operations Study

❓ Is AI embedded in your planning process — or still being tested?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 82% of supply chain leaders say improving end to end visibility is a top strategic priority

📅 Data Point of the Day #240 – Saturday

🧠 Takeaway: Visibility is no longer a reporting feature. It is an execution requirement. When leaders cannot see across functions, speed and alignment suffer.

👶 Baby Chains: “You cannot manage what you cannot see.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “I have my dashboard.”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Executive Survey; CSCMP State of Logistics

❓ Where does visibility still break down across your network?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 Organizations with advanced supply chain analytics are 2.5× more likely to outperform peers on service and cost metrics

📅 Data Point of the Day #249 – Monday

🧠 Takeaway: Analytics maturity accelerates decisions. Teams that trust their data act earlier and recover faster.

👶 Baby Chains: “Confidence in data accelerates action.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “Let’s wait for next month’s report.”

📖 Source: Accenture Supply Chain Analytics Study; Gartner Supply Chain Performance Research

❓ Question: Where would faster decision cycles create the most value in your network?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 End to end supply chain visibility can reduce expedite costs by up to 20%

📅 Data Point of the Day #235 – Monday

🧠 Takeaway: Visibility prevents panic shipping. Insight replaces reaction.

👶 Baby Chains: “See it early, ship it smart.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “Just overnight it.”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Visibility Research; McKinsey Logistics Cost Studies

How much of your freight spend is reactionary? ❓

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 43% of warehouse productivity loss is tied to unplanned interruptions and reactive work

📅 Data Point of the Day #237 – Wednesday

🧠 Takeaway: Flow breaks cost more than labor rates. Stability often drives more ROI than headcount reductions.

👶 Baby Chains: “Protect the flow.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We’ll fix it live.”

📖 Source: WERC DC Measures Report; Industry Productivity Benchmarks

Where do interruptions most disrupt your operation? ❓

📊 Retailers with advanced S&OP processes achieve up to 2–4% higher revenue growth than peers

📅 Data Point of the Day #241 – Sunday

🧠 Takeaway: Planning maturity shows up in the P&L. Structured alignment between demand, supply, and finance translates directly into growth.

👶 Baby Chains: “Planning discipline drives performance.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We will adjust next month.”

📖 Source: McKinsey S&OP Research; Bain Retail Operations Studies

❓ How mature is your S&OP process today?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 Warehouse labor productivity can improve by 20–30% when travel paths and task sequencing are optimized

📅 Data Point of the Day #254 – Saturday

🧠 Takeaway: Many warehouse productivity gains come from smarter orchestration of work rather than adding more labor.

👶 Baby Chains: “Optimization beats overtime.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “Let’s add another shift.”

📖 Source: WERC DC Measures; MHI Warehouse Productivity Research

❓ Question: Where does travel time consume the most labor in your DC today?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 84% of supply chain leaders say improving real-time visibility is a top strategic priority

📅 Data Point of the Day #257 – Tuesday

🧠 Takeaway: Visibility is the foundation of modern supply chain execution. Without it, planning becomes speculation.

👶 Baby Chains: “You can’t manage what you can’t see.”

🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We’ll find out when the truck gets here.”

📖 Source: Gartner Supply Chain Technology User Wants and Needs Survey

❓ Question: Where is visibility still the weakest in your network today?

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

📊 Companies with formal S&OP processes are 2× more likely to outperform peers on revenue growth

📅 Data Point of the Day #234 – Sunday

🧠 Takeaway: Structured cross functional planning creates alignment before volatility hits.

👶 Baby Chains: “Alignment drives growth.”
🐶 Bronxie the Bullwhip: “We’ll figure it out next month.”

📖 Source: Aberdeen Group S&OP Benchmarking Study

How disciplined is your planning cadence today? ❓

#SupplyChainAI #DataStrategy #DigitalSupplyChain #BabyChains #BronxieTheBullwhip

Very Humbled to share my first ever Ted Talk on….”AI”.  

What do you think? 🤣

Sheldon Mydat

Built by Practitioners Suppeco is an AI driven supplier relationship management platform for small teams, and enterprise. 

Executive Summary

Procurement and Supply Chain Leader with 20+ years operating in highly regulated environments, specialising in procurement transformation, operating model change, and post-contract value delivery.
 
3 x successful founder and named a 2023 IDC Innovator, with a track record of delivering EBITDA impact by modernising supplier ecosystems, controlling value leakage, and stabilising complex delivery environments.

Value Proposition 

Turnaround. Complex Transformation. Structural Change. Post-contract value leakage control through supplier ecosystem modernisation

Engaging with clients to promote best in class customer-supplier relationships.

Clients include:
public-sector, logistics, financial services, communications, defence, SI consultancy, and some of today’s most recognised names.

Founder and CEO

What is it with Procurement and tables!?

Years ago, I worked in logistics for technology supplier management - in a procurement function that languished almost unimportantly beneath engineering and group procurement.

We felt relegated. Undervalued. Like our opinions weren’t being seen.

Yet through our obsession with negotiating co-resilience we were probably making the biggest impact on the organisation.

Sound familiar?

For 20+ years, I’ve watched procurement professionals obsess over “getting a seat at that damn table.”

Here’s the thing: 

just like us back then - you’re already AT a table. The question is - which one?

Table #1: The Boardroom Table (The 1990s called - they want their strategic obsession back)

	∙	Status-focused
	∙	Meeting-heavy
	∙	Already overcrowded
	∙	Requires endless political maneuvering

Table #2: The Negotiating Table (Where actual value gets created)

	∙	Impact-focused
	∙	Relationship-building
	∙	Undervalued and underutilised
	∙	Generates measurable business results

I’ve seen a few talented procurement leaders chase the wrong prize. 

They’re so fixated on getting their feet under the board table that they’re missing the incredible value sitting right in front of them.

The brutal reality?

Most meetings already have too many people in them. The C-suite doesn’t need another voice - they need tangible results.

My advice after decades in this space:

Stop scrambling for executive recognition. 

Start building co-resilient, value-based supplier relationships. Master the art of strategic negotiation. Deliver outcomes that move the needle.

Do THIS consistently, and you won’t need to fight for a seat anywhere.

They’ll hand you the keys to the city.

Here’s what’s really happening:

Purist procurement was always about cost savings. Squeeze suppliers. Drive the price down. Job done.

That playbook is dead. Worse - AI is already replacing those binary, transactional aspects of procurement.

The future belongs to those who can negotiate co-resilient value.

Not just cost. Not just savings. But genuine, sustainable, mutual value that makes both parties stronger.

The right table’s been waiting for you all along. It’s time procurement stopped reclaiming the past and started owning the future. 

There’s still so much to do in our space.

What’s your take? 

Which table is your team focused on?

CEO at Suppeco (IDC Named Innovator) Revolutionising SRM | Procurement and Supply Chain Leader | Supplier Relationship Evangelist & Speaker.

I used to think great collaboration was something you built once and then got to keep.

Find the right people. Do good work together. Bank the trust. Move forward.

I was wrong.

A few years ago I watched a high-performing team - one that had delivered together through genuinely hard circumstances - quietly fall apart. 

Not through any single dramatic event. Just through neglect. 

Assumptions that went unchecked. Feedback that stopped flowing. A leader who got busy and stopped showing up in the ways that mattered.

The work still got done. But something underneath had gone.

It made me think about collaboration differently. Not as a milestone you reach, but as an asset you carry on your books.

And like any asset, it amortises.

Left unmanaged, its value declines - steadily, quietly, and often invisibly until it’s too late. 

The goodwill erodes. The shorthand fades. People stop being generous with each other in the small moments that actually hold teams together.

But here’s what makes collaboration unlike most assets on a balance sheet:

It doesn’t have to depreciate. Managed well, it can appreciate.

The teams I’ve seen grow stronger over time share a few things. They treat conflict as information, not a threat. 

They distribute credit visibly and consistently. They stay honest with each other when the pressure is highest - which is precisely when most teams go quiet. 

They don’t assume the asset is safe just because it was valuable yesterday.

The rate at which collaboration ages isn’t fixed. It’s a function of how well you manage it.

And there are impairment events too - moments that don’t just accelerate the decline but write down the asset’s value suddenly and hard. 

A betrayal. A leader who disappears in a crisis. Someone who takes the credit and leaves the blame. 

These aren’t gradual. They’re write-downs that take years to recover from, if ever.

So the question I now ask of any team I work with - or lead - isn’t just “are we performing?”

It’s: what’s happening to the underlying asset?

Are we building something that compounds? Or are we running down goodwill we built a long time ago and calling it momentum?

The work will tell you one story. The asset will tell you another.

Pay attention to both.

I just had an argument with our own SuppEQ AI today.

And I lost. My own procurement humble pie tasted good! 

I was reviewing KPI compliance for a supplier in Suppeco (yes, we use our own platform). I kept pushing back, insisting the KPIs had been scored in the relevant sub-category.

EQ kept saying they hadn’t!

And round it went a few times!

We were both looking at the same data - but through different lenses.
I was asking: “Are there KPIs?”

EQ was asking: “Are there KPIs that evidence the contractual obligations in scope?”

The KPIs that existed were governance KPIs - OLA receipt, SOP adherence.
In my view - valid. scored. present.

But they weren’t the performance KPIs the contract actually required - OTIF, defect rates, CAPA closure.

EQ was right. 

It was operating in context. I was asking the wrong question.

The lesson: precision matters.
In supplier management. In contract compliance.
 
EQ dug its heels in and stopped me from getting the right answers to the wrong questions.

Lessons here: 
“Are we compliant?” gives comfort.
"Are we compliant against this specific obligation?” gives answers.

Curious about contract versus operations value protection Check out SuppEQ yourself in the comments.

A contract gets signed. Savings hit the dashboard. Leadership is happy.

Six months later, margin is down. 

Doesn’t show up in scorecards.
Nobody knows why.

This is Dynamic Margin Erosion - and it’s happening in more organisations than want to admit it. 

Not through bad deals. Through what happens after the deal. 

Delivery gaps. Weak visibility. Natural attrition. Variations that go unmanaged. Underperformance that goes unchallenged.

The ink dries. The leaking starts.
Scan the QR for a closer look. 👇

Suppeco on Dynamic Margin Erosion 

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One year ago today I was hit by a car while cycling.

My injuries were pretty serious: multiple breaks to my thoracic spine and lumbar spine, a broken pelvis, elbow and thumb. Recovery has been long and complicated, and the truth is I’ll never be quite the same again.

But trauma teaches you things you don’t learn any other way!

It teaches patience when progress is slow.

It teaches perspective about what really matters.

And it teaches resilience - because some days the only option is simply to keep going - to just be! 

I’m not fully out of the woods. There’s more surgery ahead. 

But one year on I’m still here, still moving forward, and deeply grateful for the people who helped me get this far (especially my amazing wife - my full time carer for part of the journey).

If you’re going through something similar - whether physical or otherwise - just know that recovery is rarely straightforward. Some days are ok, some days feel absolutely sh!!ty. 

Persistence is the common thread. You may not feel it at the time, but it will carry you forward. 

Keep going.

Businesses don't lose money in negotiations.
 
They lose it in execution. Quietly. Incrementally. Invisibly.
 
Up to 33% of negotiated contract value gone - post-signature. 

Dynamic Margin Erosion. And most businesses never see it coming.
 
The dashboards look fine. The board reports look fine. Everything looks fine.
 
Until it doesn't.
 
I've seen it happen. A business that by all accounts was performing - six months later publishing a negative position. 
 
Silently losing millions. 
 
Twelve months later in administration. Jobs gone. People blindsided.
 
The root cause wasn't fraud. It wasn't mismanagement in the obvious sense.
 
So what went wrong?
 
Two realities. Managed in two completely separate places.
 
▪️ The contract reality: what was agreed, promised, committed to.
▪️ The operational reality: what was actually happening.
 
But the truth is - only one of them is actually real!

We all know what happens to the contract.

"It goes in the drawer." We've all said it.
 
But here's what that actually means:
 
Contracts are static. Delivery is dynamic. 

And the gap between them? Unmanaged - and often measured in millions.
 
Think about it like flying a plane.
 
Your pre-flight checks were perfect. Every box ticked before take-off. 
 
But at 30,000ft you're making calculations using the right data - to the wrong questions.
 
Not the wrong data. The wrong questions.

Does that land differently? It should. Because getting the right answers to the wrong questions isn't just inefficient - it's catastrophic.

Contract reality is the ground check. The pre-flight. The clearance.

Operational reality is what keeps the plane in the air.

But manage them separately and you won't see the crisis coming - until it's too late to pull up.
 
Contracts tell you what should happen. Operations tell you what did. 
 
When nobody’s measuring the difference - value leaks. 
 
Margins erode. And by the time anyone notices, the gap is a chasm.
 
We built SuppEQ inside Suppeco to solve exactly this. To take contracts out of the drawer and continuously correlate them with live operations - so the gap becomes visible, manageable, and fixable along the way - before it hits your P&L.   
 
Because getting the right answers to the wrong questions isn't just inefficient.
 
It's how businesses sink without ever understanding why.
 
If any of this sounds remotely familiar, this is worth a conversation.

Someone asked me: is SRM Today written by AI?

Honest answer: about 70% AI, with human editorial oversight, practitioner contributions, and final say on everything that goes out.

An interesting question - but also a telling one.

We're in an industry where AI comes up in nearly every procurement conversation. And yet somehow the expectation is that publishing would be immune?

Of course we use AI. So does almost everyone else - the difference is most won't say so.

Will that stop you reading? That's genuinely your call.

What I can tell you is this: we're fast becoming the rule, not the exception. The publications that pretend otherwise are the ones you should be questioning.

So follow SRM Today. Comment. Push back. Tell us what we're missing.

And if you've got something to say about this industry - let's talk. Our contributor community is growing, and there's always room for a sharp perspective.

SRM Today is an independent industry data feed focused on supplier relationships, strategy, and geo-supply dynamics.

Built for decision-makers who want signal, not noise.

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