Supplier Claims Coming in Faster Than You Can Handle? Let AI Validate Them in Minutes

Supplier price increase claims can take hours to investigate, and every unsupported increase can put pressure on your margins. In this webinar, see how AI can help procurement teams validate supplier claims in minutes by bringing together supplier data, purchase history, forecasts, market indices, and cost structures. Join Pactum’s team for a practical walkthrough of how AI can help you: Analyze supplier price increase claims and supporting documents Compare supplier requests against market and historical pricing Identify where a claim is justified and where there’s room to push back Surface negotiation arguments and recommended counteroffers Generate a supplier pushback email in seconds Research suppliers and market information automatically Scale price claim analysis across direct procurement spend Move from manual review to autonomous supplier negotiations You’ll see a real example of a supplier requesting an 11.7% increase, and how AI analysis identified a 6.6% increase as more realistic based on available market intelligence. Chapters 00:00 Welcome & Introduction 03:05 Why Supplier Price Increase Claims Are So Burdensome 04:57 What a Supplier Price Increase Claim Looks Like 05:38 The Manual Work Behind Validating a Claim 07:05 Getting a Complete View of Supplier Spend 08:10 Supplier & Spend Analysis 09:59 Researching Suppliers, Materials & Market Data 11:20 Building Cost Structures 13:50 From Reactive Claims to Proactive Cost Management 14:30 Processing a Supplier Price Increase Claim 15:16 Reviewing the Supplier’s Claim 16:23 11.7% Requested vs. 6.6% Market-Based Increase 17:44 Protecting Margins Across the Long Tail 19:12 Building a Supplier Pushback Strategy 20:09 Generating a Pushback Email in Seconds 21:26 Manual vs. Autonomous Supplier Negotiation 22:04 Recommended Counters & Negotiation Evidence 23:08 Autonomous Negotiation in Action The session also explores how procurement teams can use AI to protect margins across the long tail of suppliers, where limited resources often mean price increases go unchallenged. Watch the full walkthrough to see supplier claim validation and negotiation in action.