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Procurement hasn’t been short of judgement. It’s been short of time. Most mid-market teams don't lose value because they make bad calls. They lose it because great people spend too much time doing slow work. Supplier discovery. Compliance checks. Prequal. RFx packs. Chasing stakeholders. Rebuilding the same event structure again and again. DeepStream's use of GenAI and an army of agents changes that. Not by replacing humans. By removing the admin that sits between intent and execution. In the film I’m sharing, Oscar Fernández Fernández (Head of Procurement at Aetherion Energy - real procurement expert, fictional role in the film) hears late-breaking news about a rare-earth discovery. He does what strong procurement leaders do. He sets direction. He applies judgement. He decides what matters. Then the AI and agents take care of the grind: -find relevant suppliers and filter by commodity, jurisdiction, and ESG -run prequalification with compliance rules applied -build an RFx that is structured, defensible, and consistent -surface gaps and pull the right framework before anything goes live The real game changer for me is the Virtual Centre of Excellence. Traditional CoEs struggle in mid-market. You can write playbooks and run training, but adoption is uneven. Governance becomes guidance, not reality. A vCoE flips that. You curate your organisation’s buying standards. Policies, objectives, scoring models, clauses, templates, category playbooks, risk checks, ESG requirements. Dump them in. From then on, every RFx is generated using those guidelines by default. Governance is no longer a reminder - its literally hardwired into the process! And where your internal guidance is thin, the system can draw on curated best practice DeepStream has created and is building upon with category and industry specialists - to stop teams starting from a blank page and to help them fill important gaps. I must admit - our UI is not as agent-first as the film depicts yet. However, most of what you see in the film is already built. The remaining elements land in Q2. If you lead procurement, I’d genuinely love your view - especially of the vCoE. What would you automate first to unlock your team’s impact? Supplier discovery, prequal and compliance, RFx build quality, scenario analysis or compliant, stakeholder-ready outputs? If you're in the market for an eSourcing solution - and you want governance grade decision prep at machine speed - book a demo

Outcomes over optics. Substance over suites If you’re done with ProcureTech that looks impressive but doesn’t get adopted, this one’s for you. Fit Beats Features is a no-fluff guide by procurement expert Tom Mills to help you cut through the ProcureTech BS and choose technology that delivers real usage—and real results. Within the guide, you can expect: ✔️ A practical “fit” test to evaluate tools beyond feature checklists ✔️ The adoption-killers to watch for before you sign a contract ✔️ Steps to secure stakeholder buy-in and drive behaviour change from day one Read the guide below:

Are you tired of shiny ProcureTech demos that never turn into real adoption? Or stuck choosing between tools that look great on paper… but create friction in the real world? Fit Beats Features is a straight-talking guide by procurement expert Tom Mills on cutting through the ProcureTech noise and choosing tech your teams will actually use - so you avoid shelfware and see value faster. Within the guide, you can expect: - A simple “fit” framework to evaluate tools beyond feature lists - The most common red flags that derail adoption (and how to spot them early) - Practical steps to win stakeholder buy-in and drive real usage from day one Download the full eBook below:

Credibility isn’t a slide deck. It’s consistency Use this one-page 180-day procurement leadership timeline to prioritise the right actions each month, keep stakeholders aligned, and show progress with a clear roadmap.

Procurement doesn’t need a louder voice. It needs the right language If you can translate your work into EBIT, cash, and risk, alignment gets way easier. We put together a simple CFO Alignment Template to help you land the message fast.

New procurement leader? The first 30 days will set your reputation for the next 12 months. This one-page cheat sheet gives you a simple 180-day timeline (1-30, 31-60, 61-90, 91-180) with clear priorities and action steps - so you build credibility fast and avoid reactive chaos.