simplifier MX 26
At the simplifier MX 2026, our experts shared insights into finding your path to an AI-first procurement organisation.
MAKERS X-CHANGE DAYS
Simplifier MX 2026 is an event focused on low-code, digital process optimisation and modern enterprise applications in a manufacturing context. It highlights practical ways for companies to digitalise industrial processes, shopfloor applications and IT/OT-related workflows faster and at scale.
TARGET GROUP
- C-Suite Executives
- Senior Business Leaders
- IT & Digital Leaders
- Operations & Manufacturing Leaders
- R&D & Innovation Leaders
H&Z KEYNOTE
Wednesday, 17.06.2026 | 9:30 am
Stop piloting. Start scaling. Your path to an AI-first procurement organisation: from TOM to Tech Stack to Transformation
The technology is here. AI agents can already classify requirements, run should-cost analyses, negotiate, and place orders. The platforms exist. That part has been solved.
And yet, 95% of projects never progress beyond the pilot stage.
The bottleneck is not the technology. It sits within the organisation. Because an agent is not a tool that you simply implement. It is an actor within the process. It acts, makes decisions, and initiates actions. As a result, what changes is not merely the workflow, but the fundamental question of who is responsible for what in procurement.
Organisations that are not prepared for agentic procurement do not fail because of implementation challenges. They fail because they have not answered four critical questions in advance:
→ Are our processes simple enough to be automated in the first place?
→ Who does what alongside and in collaboration with the agent? (Target Operating Model)
→ Under which identity and mandate does the agent operate? (Roles and permissions)
→ Where does the human remain in the loop, and how do we manage escalation? (Governance and trust)
Implementation is ultimately the easy part. The real work lies in change management, designing a new operating model, and having the courage to radically simplify processes before automating them.
Moving from pilot to scale does not require more technology. It requires an organisation that is ready for it.
SPEAKER
Michael Schuh
