Why Procurement Suites Aren’t Enough Anymore | Andy Lightfoot, ORO Labs

Ten years ago, the procurement suite was the answer: couple every disconnected application together, cut out the manual steps, and call it done. Andy Lightfoot, Senior Director Europe, Enterprise Business Development & Customer Growth at ORO Labs, spent years working for one of those suite vendors. In this conversation, he explains why that model solved yesterday’s problem but not today’s. Andy breaks down what’s actually changed: procurement used to mean asking “where’s my stuff,” the same way you’d track an Amazon order. Now it means someone in the business has an idea and needs procurement to engage with it early, something a suite was never built to do. He also challenges a long-standing assumption, that teams need perfect data before they can start a transformation project, and explains why that’s no longer true. What you’ll learn in this video: Why procurement suites were the right answer 10 years ago, and why they fall short now The real difference between “buying a good or commodity” and engaging procurement around an idea Why waiting for perfect data is no longer a reason to delay a project What actually takes time in a technology change, and what doesn’t Learn more about ORO Labs: https://www.orolabs.ai #ProcurementOrchestration #AgenticAI #EnterpriseAI #ProcurementTransformation