AIW-207Applied AI at Work

Practical Application of AI in Procurement and Supply Chain

AI can analyze spend, screen suppliers and prep negotiations. Put it to work well, and know what to insist on when you're the one buying AI.

10 lessons About 3 hours 4 ALCs Certificate on completion

What you'll be able to do

  • Use AI to analyze spend and evaluate bids while people make the award decision
  • Screen suppliers for sanctions and risk with checks you can evidence
  • Prepare negotiations and contract terms faster without handing AI the final say
  • Write the contract terms you need whenever the thing you're buying uses AI
You finish with

Your procurement AI playbook

What's in it. Approved tools and data rules, one row per use case with what AI does, what people decide, checks and evidence, failure modes and owner, plus the evaluation, screening and negotiation rules and the standard terms for buying AI.

You build it lesson by lesson, using your own organization, and submit it for your certificate. It's yours to keep and adapt.

Who it's for

Procurement managers, category and sourcing leads, and supply chain planners.

What's inside

  1. 1Where the requirement comes from 18 min
  2. 2How small teams and enterprises meet it 16 min
  3. 3Spend, sourcing and evaluation 22 min
  4. 4Supplier due diligence and screening 24 min
  5. 5Negotiation, pricing and contracts 20 min
  6. 6Buying AI 22 min
  7. 7Supply chain operations 20 min
  8. 8Hands-on lab: small team choose one 22 min
  9. 9Hands-on lab: enterprise choose one 24 min
  10. 10Finish and submit your deliverable 20 min

Built for your size

The requirement is the same everywhere. How you meet it depends on who you have. You pick the lab that matches your organization.

Small team or early-stageSmall organization: buying spread across cards and a few signers, so intake questions for every software purchase, owner-based screening decided by a person and criteria written before quotes.
EnterpriseFormal sourcing and thousands of suppliers, so fixed evaluation plans, entity resolution with human disposition, forced labor mapping, enforced negotiation limits and standard AI terms.

How you earn the certificate

Submit your finished deliverable, which is scored against a published rubric, and pass a short scenario quiz. Your certificate goes to your wallet and can be checked by anyone on the public register.

Ready to build your procurement AI playbook?10 lessons, about 3 hours. Start whenever you're ready.
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