AI is changing how procurement works—and what's possible
AI has quietly reset the baseline for what procurement is expected to deliver. Faster approvals, better spend visibility, tighter supplier control: what used to be a competitive advantage is becoming the minimum. The problem is that some teams still don’t have a clear read on whether they’re keeping pace or falling behind.
The 2026 Procurement Benchmark & KPIs Report closes that gap. Built from $30B+ in real, anonymized spend data across seven industries, it gives you 12 KPIs to measure your operation against so you know exactly where your team stands and what to prioritize to move forward.
What you’ll get
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Your numbers vs the benchmark: 12 KPIs with real performance ranges, so you can instantly see where your team sits relative to peers
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Industry-specific insights across 7 sectors: easily see how companies built like yours rank
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The metrics moving fastest: see which KPIs shifted most dramatically from 2023 to 2025 and what’s driving the change
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Where high performers diverge: understand the KPIs that consistently separate top-performing procurement teams from everyone else
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A prioritization framework: not just benchmarks, but a clear read on which gaps have the highest leverage so you know what to tackle first
A look inside
AP cycle times dropped dramatically between 2023 and 2025, but not evenly. One industry outpaced all others by a significant margin. Find out if yours is keeping up.
Spend Under Management is up across the board but the gap between top and bottom performers has widened. See where your industry sits.
PunchOut adoption has crossed a threshold. Whether you’re above or below the industry rate tells you a lot about your guided buying maturity.
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