PREFACE
Why this book? A personal reflection
My journey into procurement digitalization began in the 1990s, fuelled by a fascination with the emerging capabilities of early digital tools like electronic data interchange (EDI). During my university years, I conducted academic research that unveiled the revolutionary potential of EDI to forge seamless electronic connections between buyers and suppliers, dramatically streamlining the procurement process. As I delved deeper, my focus naturally expanded to encompass e-procurement, where I identified critical opportunities to automate and optimize the entire requisition-to-pay cycle. These early explorations laid the groundwork for my later career, where I spearheaded global digital procurement transformations, ...
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