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Deloitte and Ivalua partner to modernise global procurement and supply chains. - Content Director Published: Aug 12 2026 Deloitte and Ivalua have formed a strategic alliance combining procurement and supply chain expertise with artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help organisations modernise source-to-pay processes, strengthen supplier management and improve supply chain resilience. AI partnership targets procurement transformation. Deloitte has announced a strategic alliance with Ivalua focused on transforming direct and indirect source-to-pay processes and improving supplier management through AI. The collaboration combines Deloitte's supply chain and procurement experience with Ivalua's enterprise AI platform. It is designed to help organisations address supply chain vulnerabilities, improve efficiency and generate greater value across supplier ecosystems. Salim Khoja, digital procurement and supply chain leader and managing director, Deloitte Consulting LLP, said: "As organizations navigate supply chain volatility and evolving procurement requirements, rethinking procurement through agentic AI becomes essential for resilience and growth. "Together with Ivalua, we look forward to helping clients streamline sourcing, improve supplier relationships and realize cost savings." Agentic AI supports supply chain decision-making. The alliance will address procurement processes ranging from supplier onboarding and risk management to sourcing optimisation and automated invoicing. It will also focus on the use of agentic AI as organisations look to digital technologies to increase procurement productivity and support more data-driven supply chain decisions. According to the companies, the technology can help Chief Procurement Officers (CPOs) scale operations, increase productivity and improve bottom-line performance. Ivalua's platform incorporates IVA Studio and agentic AI, with the alliance targeting organisations seeking to move away from fragmented procurement environments towards a unified technology platform. Laura Smith, VP Sales of North America, Ivalua, said: "Working with Deloitte enables North America Outlook to combine Ivalua's leading enterprise AI platform for procurement with Deloitte's world-class consulting and delivery capabilities. "This alliance represents an important milestone in helping organizations move beyond fragmented environments and embrace a new era of intelligent procurement. By leveraging a unified platform, powered by IVA Studio and agentic AI, enterprises can reimagine operations, gain deeper insights, and empower procurement teams to become strategic contributors to business growth, resilience, and innovation." Digital procurement targets greater supply chain resilience. The collaboration comes as organisations face supply chain volatility alongside changing procurement requirements. By integrating procurement processes and supplier information through a unified platform, Deloitte and Ivalua aim to help organisations improve sourcing, supplier relationships and risk management while identifying potential cost savings. The alliance will also support businesses seeking to use AI to automate procurement activities and provide procurement teams with deeper insights across their supply chain operations. This article was produced by the editorial team at North America Outlook and published as part of the Outlook Publishing global network of B2B industry magazines. Outlook Publishing delivers industry insights, company stories, and sector coverage across manufacturing, mining, construction, healthcare, supply chains, food production, and sustainability. North America Outlook provides ongoing coverage of organisations and developments shaping industries across North America.

Chemelex successfully goes live with Ivalua to streamline procurement. Aug 05, 2026, 09:00 ET REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Ivalua, the enterprise AI platform for procurement, today announced that Chemelex, a global leader in electric thermal and sensing solutions, has successfully gone live with Ivalua's Source-to-Contract solution. Headquartered in Houston, Texas, Chemelex is a manufacturer of self-regulating electric heating cables and thermal sensors specializing in pipe freeze protection, industrial temperature maintenance, snow melting, and leak detection systems. The implementation of Ivalua's S2C solution, including Supplier Relationship Performance Management (SRPM), was led by Ivalua's partner Durvah IT Consulting. Deployed across Chemelex's operations in eight key markets including the US, UK, India, China, Australia, Singapore, Japan, and Germany, and supported by seamless integrations with ERP and third-party screening systems, the deployment modernizes Chemelex's procurement and supplier management processes. "Working alongside the Chemelex team, our focus was delivering a smooth end-to-end deployment. Technology enabled this transformation, but it was the dedication of our people and close collaboration with Chemelex and Ivalua that made the implementation successful," said Kishore Gajendra, Director at Durvah IT Consulting. Ivalua will empower Chemelex to build stronger governance, streamline workflows, improve supplier collaboration, and enable data-driven decision-making. "Process Excellence is a strategic priority at Chemelex, and the successful implementation of Ivalua represents one of our most significant digital transformation initiatives. We have established a modern procurement foundation that strengthens governance, streamlines sourcing, supplier and contract management, and provides greater visibility to our team for data-driven decision-making. This transformation supports our current business needs while creating a scalable platform for continuous improvement and future innovation across our global supply organization," said Mahek Patel, Global Process Excellence Manager at Chemelex. "Empowering leading companies like Chemelex to achieve full visibility across their entire supplier lifecycle is at the heart of what Ivalua does," said Dan Amzallag, Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Ivalua. "By streamlining Source-to-Contract operations and unifying them with automated risk screening, Chemelex now has a resilient foundation to enhance supplier performance, mitigate supply chain risk, and scale efficiently across their operations in the Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific." About Ivalua Ivalua is the only truly unified, enterprise AI platform for managing spend and suppliers. We seamlessly connect people, AI, workflows and data, making businesses more profitable, resilient, and sustainable. We are trusted by over 500 of the world's most admired brands and consistently recognized as a leader by Gartner and other analysts. Learn more at www.ivalua.com. Follow us on LinkedIn. | Global Media Contact | Corporate Communications [email protected] | SOURCE Ivalua

Awards shortlist, Prolo & AI: top 5 procurement stories. July 25, 2026 Procurement Magazine looks at the five biggest stories from the past week, including Prolo, Ivalua, Amazon Business, Zip and The Global Procurement Awards Procurement Magazine is excited to reveal the official shortlist for the Global Procurement Awards 2026. The judges have examined a range of fantastic entries, looking at both individual heroes and organisations which are transforming the industry. Now, the shortlist has been revealed and Procurement Mag is one step closer to announcing the winner on the 8th September 2026. The awards celebrate those individuals and teams which are implementing innovative solutions throughout their strategy. By integrating sustainability and resilience throughout their operations, these leaders are driving change. The shortlisted finalists are driving operational excellence, efficiency and long-term value creation, whether through their use of AI or their individual leaders who are champions of the organisation. Congratulations to those shortlisted - your work demonstrates how meaningful impact can take place across global operations. The Global Procurement Awards will take place at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House London, co-located with The Global Supply Chain Awards and The Global Sustainability Awards. The event will be held on the 8th September 2026, with an exclusive black-tie gala dinner. James Morris-Manuel, CEO & Founder at Prolo, knows the construction industry's pain points from both sides of the site fence. Growing up in a family of developers, he spent his childhood watching building projects grow up around him - and grew all too familiar with the delays, cashflow crunches and inefficiencies that come with them. His career took him first into commercial real estate at Cushman & Wakefield, before he founded Virtual Walkthrough in 2009, a digital walkthrough platform likened to "Google Street View for inside buildings". The business was acquired by Matterport in 2016. That experience, combined with a lifelong front-row seat to the construction industry's challenges, led him to found Prolo - a platform built around what he calls "procurement as a service". By handling sourcing, pricing, logistics and even credit for materials, Prolo aims to tackle three of construction's biggest headaches at once: cashflow constraints, time, and the cost of getting a project over the line. Following news that the company has raised £4.2m (US$5.6m) in seed funding, James spoke to Procurement Magazine about Prolo's mission, how it is using its latest funding round and the role AI plays in making construction procurement faster and fairer for everyone involved. Zip's latest State of Spend Report argues that procurement is uniquely positioned to close the gap between AI spend and AI proof, provided it moves quickly. Zip has published its latest State of AI in Spend report, which has revealed that companies deploying AI deeply are seeing six times the ROI of those still stuck in pilots, but only 17% of organisations have unlocked that level of return so far. The State of AI in Spend 2026 is Zip's annual research report on how organisations are adopting AI across procurement, finance and business spend. The report is based on a global survey of 1,050 procurement, finance, IT and operations leaders who manage spend at primarily large enterprises with over 1,000 employees. The report reveals that there is a real split in the market, with two starkly different cohorts: 'Builders', who are deploying AI deeply and seeing real measurable returns, and 'Bystanders', who have invested little into pilots or are seeing nothing for it. "The Builders are showing everyone else the way," says Nick Heinzmann, Head of Research at Zip. "Their edge isn't bigger budgets, it's treating AI as a team-wide transformation instead of another tool. That's worth 6x the ROI and closing that gap is within reach for other companies willing to go deeper." Amazon Business has helped to power US$60bn in annualised gross sales in Q2 of 2026, as it has helped more than 11 million organisations across the globe to simplify their business buying. Regardless of size, organisations from hospitals and schools to factories and hotels have harnessed Amazon Business to buy what they need to run. Since its launch in the US back in 2015, Amazon Business now serves organisations across 11 countries, including hundreds of thousands of small business customers and 97 of the Fortune 100 companies. More than 1.8 million new organisations joined the platform in the first half of this year alone, further accelerating that momentum. Major names including Citi, United Service Organizations (USO), Marriott International and Carnival Corporation have relied on Amazon Business to support their evolving needs, underscoring the value customers are seeing day to day. Scott Thompson, Vice President, Logistics, North America at Carnival Corporation, says: "Amazon Business has made it easier for our teams to get what they need, when they need it." Enterprise AI procurement platform Ivalua is working alongside Unite, a European procurement platform connecting buyers and suppliers for fair and sustainable business. This partnership will allow Ivalua customers to have more control over their tail and non-contracted spend by accessing Unite's network of over 2,000 vetted European suppliers directly within Ivalua, enabling more efficient, transparent and sustainable procurement operations. This will see an integration between Ivalua's enterprise AI platform and Unite's compliant, catalogue-based marketplace infrastructure, empowering organisations to streamline supplier management, consolidate long-tail purchasing and increase spend visibility. Executives. * James Morris-Manuel Founder and CEO * Nick Heinzmann Head of Research * Scott Thompson Vice President Logistics - North America Company Portals