How 3 Procurement Teams Fixed Fragmentation with Zycus | Horizon US 2026

Three procurement leaders. Three very different organizations. One honest conversation about what it actually takes to modernize procurement. In this panel from Zycus Horizon US 2026, Vidhi (Panasonic North America), Terran (Holt), and Abbie (AAMC) sit down with moderator Amanda to talk through the real work behind their procurement journeys: the fragmentation that was killing adoption, why each of them landed on Zycus, and the outcomes they can now point to. Panasonic moved from best-in-class but disconnected tools to a single intake front door. Holt, grown through acquisition, needed to standardize and consolidate across more than ten business units. AAMC set out to connect buy side and sell side on one comprehensive source-to-contract suite. The group gets specific on what changed: higher stakeholder adoption, stronger QBR reporting built on better data, a shift from once-a-year to quarterly spend reviews, and the real value of contract management when you control the entry point. They close on where agentic AI fits next, from Merlin Intake as a process-orchestration foundation to a careful "crawl, walk, run" path into autonomous negotiation, and why keeping people in the loop for judgment and critical thinking still matters. Chapters: 00:00 Meet the panel 01:25 Panasonic: fragmented tools, low adoption, and the intake fix (Vidhi) 04:13 Holt: scaling through acquisition and why Zycus (Terran) 07:55 AMC: one comprehensive source-to-contract suite (Abbie) 09:32 Panasonic outcomes: happier stakeholders, better QBRs, quarterly spend (Vidhi) 12:33 Is CLM dying? The real value of contract management (Terran) 18:01 Where agentic AI makes the biggest impact (Abbie) 19:55 Merlin Intake as the foundation (Vidhi) 22:22 Using AI in contracts today, carefully (Terran) 25:56 Crystal ball: procurement two years out Key themes covered: Why fragmented, best-in-class tools quietly erode adoption Building the business case on stakeholder experience, not just cost savings Standardizing and consolidating procurement across business units and ERPs What good contract management and clean intake data actually unlock A measured path into agentic AI and autonomous negotiation ──────────────────────── See where this is all heading. Join us at PLAN, the global virtual procurement event, on 18 November 2026. Register free: https://tinyurl.com/hvsjnrhh #Zycus #Procurement #AgenticAI #ProcurementLeaders #HorizonUS2026