Joël Collin-Demers
@pureprocurement.ca
Your Digital Procurement Mentor
I help 10,000+ readers discover how top Procurement teams use technology to deliver results for their business.
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#Procurement #ProcureTech #SupplyChain
I help 10,000+ readers discover how top Procurement teams use technology to deliver results for their business.
Join them for free at Newsletter.PureProcurement.ca/subscribe
#Procurement #ProcureTech #SupplyChain
What if I told you the highest ROI "technology" solution I've ever implemented:
❌ Didn't require IT support
❌ Had zero login screens
❌ Needed no training
✅ Cost $300
✅ Delivered results on day 1
The cart that changed everything: newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/cart-story
#SupplyChain #ProcureTech
❌ Didn't require IT support
❌ Had zero login screens
❌ Needed no training
✅ Cost $300
✅ Delivered results on day 1
The cart that changed everything: newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/cart-story
#SupplyChain #ProcureTech
Turning $300 Into $55,000 Overnight
Before buying your next procurement software, read this story about a $300 cart that solved what enterprise systems couldn't. Technology isn't what you think it is.
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July 3, 2025 at 3:09 PM
What if I told you the highest ROI "technology" solution I've ever implemented:
❌ Didn't require IT support
❌ Had zero login screens
❌ Needed no training
✅ Cost $300
✅ Delivered results on day 1
The cart that changed everything: newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/cart-story
#SupplyChain #ProcureTech
❌ Didn't require IT support
❌ Had zero login screens
❌ Needed no training
✅ Cost $300
✅ Delivered results on day 1
The cart that changed everything: newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/cart-story
#SupplyChain #ProcureTech
"My team doesn't want to do RFQs anymore."
This isn't about capacity. It's about talent retention.
Your best analysts want strategy work, not manual sourcing.
This month's "Top 5" breaks down what automation leaders are doing in procurement:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/pure-procu...
This isn't about capacity. It's about talent retention.
Your best analysts want strategy work, not manual sourcing.
This month's "Top 5" breaks down what automation leaders are doing in procurement:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/pure-procu...
Top 5 Procurement Insights: The Tech Retention Challenge
Top 5 ProcureTech insights for May 2025: Why procurement teams are ditching manual RFQs, embracing automation, and seeking strategic roles in the evolving technology landscape.
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca
June 16, 2025 at 1:04 AM
"My team doesn't want to do RFQs anymore."
This isn't about capacity. It's about talent retention.
Your best analysts want strategy work, not manual sourcing.
This month's "Top 5" breaks down what automation leaders are doing in procurement:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/pure-procu...
This isn't about capacity. It's about talent retention.
Your best analysts want strategy work, not manual sourcing.
This month's "Top 5" breaks down what automation leaders are doing in procurement:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/pure-procu...
Procurement SOPs and policies are hard to monitor and enforce...
If you want people to follow your processes, policies, strategies,
They need to do it without knowing they're doing it...
This is possible with today's tech...
If you know how to use it and where to find it. Promise.
If you want people to follow your processes, policies, strategies,
They need to do it without knowing they're doing it...
This is possible with today's tech...
If you know how to use it and where to find it. Promise.
May 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Procurement SOPs and policies are hard to monitor and enforce...
If you want people to follow your processes, policies, strategies,
They need to do it without knowing they're doing it...
This is possible with today's tech...
If you know how to use it and where to find it. Promise.
If you want people to follow your processes, policies, strategies,
They need to do it without knowing they're doing it...
This is possible with today's tech...
If you know how to use it and where to find it. Promise.
Digital transformation paradox:
Going 150km/h vs 120km/h saves you 15min on a 2hr journey, but 10x the crash risk.
The same applies to #ProcureTech rollouts.
Move at "controlled speed" or watch your best talent leave while processes get worse, not better.
#DigitalTransformation #Procurement
Going 150km/h vs 120km/h saves you 15min on a 2hr journey, but 10x the crash risk.
The same applies to #ProcureTech rollouts.
Move at "controlled speed" or watch your best talent leave while processes get worse, not better.
#DigitalTransformation #Procurement
April 23, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Digital transformation paradox:
Going 150km/h vs 120km/h saves you 15min on a 2hr journey, but 10x the crash risk.
The same applies to #ProcureTech rollouts.
Move at "controlled speed" or watch your best talent leave while processes get worse, not better.
#DigitalTransformation #Procurement
Going 150km/h vs 120km/h saves you 15min on a 2hr journey, but 10x the crash risk.
The same applies to #ProcureTech rollouts.
Move at "controlled speed" or watch your best talent leave while processes get worse, not better.
#DigitalTransformation #Procurement
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🔴 NEW VIDEO 🔴
108 years ago today, Canadian soldiers took a military objective at #VimyRidge — one that was said to be impossible. People say that moment was the birth of their nation. I think: They're wrong.
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108 years ago today, Canadian soldiers took a military objective at #VimyRidge — one that was said to be impossible. People say that moment was the birth of their nation. I think: They're wrong.
www.youtube.com/watc...
Vimy Ridge: Where a Nation Was Revealed
The impossible victory that defined Canada. On April 9, 1917, Canadian forces achieved what the British and French could not - capturing Vimy Ridge against o...
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April 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Oh Canada! playing in Boston Garden. Right now. 👌
February 21, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Oh Canada! playing in Boston Garden. Right now. 👌
This week, Veridion is coming on my show to demo their AI-powered business data platform.
Veridion is helping businesses gain access to better supplier data by attempting to curate the most complete database of company data.
Join us:
www.linkedin.com/events/verid...
#Procurement #ProcureTech
Veridion is helping businesses gain access to better supplier data by attempting to curate the most complete database of company data.
Join us:
www.linkedin.com/events/verid...
#Procurement #ProcureTech
Veridion Demo > The Road To The ProcureTech Cup Episode 25-17 | LinkedIn
We're back after a well deserved holiday break.
This week, Veridion is coming on to showcase their AI-powered business
data platform.
Veridion is helping businesses gain access to better supplier an...
www.linkedin.com
January 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
This week, Veridion is coming on my show to demo their AI-powered business data platform.
Veridion is helping businesses gain access to better supplier data by attempting to curate the most complete database of company data.
Join us:
www.linkedin.com/events/verid...
#Procurement #ProcureTech
Veridion is helping businesses gain access to better supplier data by attempting to curate the most complete database of company data.
Join us:
www.linkedin.com/events/verid...
#Procurement #ProcureTech
The "Other" category in purchasing commodity codes = a black hole for spend data.
Start by tracking spend logged under "Other" codes, spotting trends, & reclassifying out of "Other". When ready, remove "Other" entirely for clearer spend visibility.
#ProcureTech #Procurement
Start by tracking spend logged under "Other" codes, spotting trends, & reclassifying out of "Other". When ready, remove "Other" entirely for clearer spend visibility.
#ProcureTech #Procurement
January 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
The "Other" category in purchasing commodity codes = a black hole for spend data.
Start by tracking spend logged under "Other" codes, spotting trends, & reclassifying out of "Other". When ready, remove "Other" entirely for clearer spend visibility.
#ProcureTech #Procurement
Start by tracking spend logged under "Other" codes, spotting trends, & reclassifying out of "Other". When ready, remove "Other" entirely for clearer spend visibility.
#ProcureTech #Procurement
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Yjis is impressive, and yet another excellent use of AI - www.bbc.com/news/article...
AI is trained to spot warning signs in blood tests
AI can spot patterns in the data from blood tests that can give an early warning of disease.
www.bbc.com
December 20, 2024 at 8:00 AM
Yjis is impressive, and yet another excellent use of AI - www.bbc.com/news/article...
Stop chasing the "Amazon-like" buying experience for your corporate purchasing department...
Amazon is designed to keep you shopping as long as possible and spending more money.
Your corporate purchasing marketplace should be designed to get people out of there ASAP and minimize spend.
I can help
Amazon is designed to keep you shopping as long as possible and spending more money.
Your corporate purchasing marketplace should be designed to get people out of there ASAP and minimize spend.
I can help
December 16, 2024 at 4:32 PM
Stop chasing the "Amazon-like" buying experience for your corporate purchasing department...
Amazon is designed to keep you shopping as long as possible and spending more money.
Your corporate purchasing marketplace should be designed to get people out of there ASAP and minimize spend.
I can help
Amazon is designed to keep you shopping as long as possible and spending more money.
Your corporate purchasing marketplace should be designed to get people out of there ASAP and minimize spend.
I can help
ETL The 3 most important letters in #ProcureTech.
This is how interfaces between two systems work:
Extract:
Take required information out of the first system.
Transform:
Change info format to 'fit' into the destination system.
Load:
Load info the destination system. Carry on with process.
This is how interfaces between two systems work:
Extract:
Take required information out of the first system.
Transform:
Change info format to 'fit' into the destination system.
Load:
Load info the destination system. Carry on with process.
December 12, 2024 at 2:18 PM
ETL The 3 most important letters in #ProcureTech.
This is how interfaces between two systems work:
Extract:
Take required information out of the first system.
Transform:
Change info format to 'fit' into the destination system.
Load:
Load info the destination system. Carry on with process.
This is how interfaces between two systems work:
Extract:
Take required information out of the first system.
Transform:
Change info format to 'fit' into the destination system.
Load:
Load info the destination system. Carry on with process.
How to build a Digital #Procurement business case to get your CFO to approve spending for that project you got budget for in the fall... #DigitalTransformation
December 11, 2024 at 2:57 AM
How to build a Digital #Procurement business case to get your CFO to approve spending for that project you got budget for in the fall... #DigitalTransformation
Why does #procurement swear by "3 bids and a buy"?
2 bids is not enough information to truly contrast and compare.
3 bids gives you enough information for critical thought.
4+ bids gives you even more information but has diminishing effort to benefit returns for every bid.
2 bids is not enough information to truly contrast and compare.
3 bids gives you enough information for critical thought.
4+ bids gives you even more information but has diminishing effort to benefit returns for every bid.
December 6, 2024 at 2:40 AM
Why does #procurement swear by "3 bids and a buy"?
2 bids is not enough information to truly contrast and compare.
3 bids gives you enough information for critical thought.
4+ bids gives you even more information but has diminishing effort to benefit returns for every bid.
2 bids is not enough information to truly contrast and compare.
3 bids gives you enough information for critical thought.
4+ bids gives you even more information but has diminishing effort to benefit returns for every bid.
The ProcureTech market is growing like crazy.
Market Research Future predicts that ProcureTech will:
→ Grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.1% until 2030
→ Be worth $14.10 Billion USD by 2030
...That's a lot of procurement software.
Market Research Future predicts that ProcureTech will:
→ Grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.1% until 2030
→ Be worth $14.10 Billion USD by 2030
...That's a lot of procurement software.
December 4, 2024 at 7:26 PM
The ProcureTech market is growing like crazy.
Market Research Future predicts that ProcureTech will:
→ Grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.1% until 2030
→ Be worth $14.10 Billion USD by 2030
...That's a lot of procurement software.
Market Research Future predicts that ProcureTech will:
→ Grow at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 10.1% until 2030
→ Be worth $14.10 Billion USD by 2030
...That's a lot of procurement software.
The newsletter edition I sent out tonight is 10 years in the making...
If you're struggling to figure out how to use procurement technology in your business, this is for you:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/procuretec...
#Procurement #ProcureTech #SourceToPay
If you're struggling to figure out how to use procurement technology in your business, this is for you:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/procuretec...
#Procurement #ProcureTech #SourceToPay
My ProcureTech Market Map
Making sense of the complex procurement technology market
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca
December 2, 2024 at 2:21 AM
The newsletter edition I sent out tonight is 10 years in the making...
If you're struggling to figure out how to use procurement technology in your business, this is for you:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/procuretec...
#Procurement #ProcureTech #SourceToPay
If you're struggling to figure out how to use procurement technology in your business, this is for you:
newsletter.pureprocurement.ca/p/procuretec...
#Procurement #ProcureTech #SourceToPay
Planning on buying a Procurement system or application in 2024?
Make sure it has a complete, robust and flexible set of APIs for integration.
You will need to make multiple applications "talk to each other" to reach your business objectives. APIs are critical for this.
Make sure it has a complete, robust and flexible set of APIs for integration.
You will need to make multiple applications "talk to each other" to reach your business objectives. APIs are critical for this.
October 20, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Planning on buying a Procurement system or application in 2024?
Make sure it has a complete, robust and flexible set of APIs for integration.
You will need to make multiple applications "talk to each other" to reach your business objectives. APIs are critical for this.
Make sure it has a complete, robust and flexible set of APIs for integration.
You will need to make multiple applications "talk to each other" to reach your business objectives. APIs are critical for this.
Digital Procurement is NOT just about technology:
It's about figuring out who does what, when and how when you put new technology into the mix.
Technology is only the "How" and it won't work without the 'Who does what' (People) and the 'When' (Process).
What's you favorite tool to document this?
It's about figuring out who does what, when and how when you put new technology into the mix.
Technology is only the "How" and it won't work without the 'Who does what' (People) and the 'When' (Process).
What's you favorite tool to document this?
October 18, 2023 at 7:01 PM
Digital Procurement is NOT just about technology:
It's about figuring out who does what, when and how when you put new technology into the mix.
Technology is only the "How" and it won't work without the 'Who does what' (People) and the 'When' (Process).
What's you favorite tool to document this?
It's about figuring out who does what, when and how when you put new technology into the mix.
Technology is only the "How" and it won't work without the 'Who does what' (People) and the 'When' (Process).
What's you favorite tool to document this?
The world biggest Procurement project is still ongoing, 20 years after it's launch...
Why?
The scope is huge.
The complexity is massive.
There are way too many stakeholders.
Can you guess what Procurement project I am talking about?
I'll let you know if you got it right.
Why?
The scope is huge.
The complexity is massive.
There are way too many stakeholders.
Can you guess what Procurement project I am talking about?
I'll let you know if you got it right.
October 18, 2023 at 2:12 AM
The world biggest Procurement project is still ongoing, 20 years after it's launch...
Why?
The scope is huge.
The complexity is massive.
There are way too many stakeholders.
Can you guess what Procurement project I am talking about?
I'll let you know if you got it right.
Why?
The scope is huge.
The complexity is massive.
There are way too many stakeholders.
Can you guess what Procurement project I am talking about?
I'll let you know if you got it right.
Hello (Procurement) World!
A Bluesky usually foreshadows a great day.
Let's get chatting.
A Bluesky usually foreshadows a great day.
Let's get chatting.
October 18, 2023 at 2:01 AM
Hello (Procurement) World!
A Bluesky usually foreshadows a great day.
Let's get chatting.
A Bluesky usually foreshadows a great day.
Let's get chatting.