# AI and Emerging Technologies in Procurement and Supply Chain

> Apply AI, analytics, e-procurement and blockchain to sourcing, supplier risk, demand planning and logistics.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Procurement & Supply Chain
- **Duration:** 3 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/procurement-supply-chain/ai-and-emerging-technologies-in-procurement-and-supply-chain
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=ai-and-emerging-technologies-in-procurement-and-supply-chain

## Overview

Digital procurement and supply chain tools can cut costs, reduce fraud and make supply chains more resilient. This course explains the technologies that matter, including AI spend analytics, demand forecasting, e-procurement platforms, supplier-risk monitoring, IoT tracking and blockchain, and how to build a realistic digital roadmap.

## Who should attend

- Procurement and supply chain managers
- Logistics and inventory managers
- Digital transformation leads
- Chief procurement officers

## Learning outcomes

- Explain the main digital technologies for procurement and supply chain
- Use AI for spend analysis, sourcing and contract review
- Improve demand forecasting and inventory with machine learning
- Monitor supplier risk and supply chain visibility digitally
- Build a business case and roadmap for digital procurement

## Course outline

### Module 1: Digital procurement

- E-procurement and e-tendering
- AI spend analytics
- Generative AI for specifications and contracts
- Fraud detection analytics

### Module 2: Digital supply chain

- Machine-learning demand forecasting
- Inventory optimisation
- IoT and track-and-trace
- Blockchain for provenance

### Module 3: Implementation

- Supplier-risk monitoring tools
- Data quality and governance
- Business case and roadmap
- Change management