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AI-Native Cost Intelligence to Turn Procurement into a Profit Center
Procurement leaders are under pressure to do more than manage spend—they’re expected to drive measurable business value. This member-only webinar explores how AI-native cost intelligence is reshaping procurement into a strategic profit lever.
Join Gautam Pasari, Founder and CEO of True ValueHub, a 2025 ISM Supply Chain Trailblazer winner, for a focused discussion and case study on how organizations can move upstream in the cost lifecycle, increase transparency across global supply networks, and accelerate sourcing decisions without compromising rigor. You’ll gain practical insight into how AI is enabling faster, more informed collaboration across engineering, sourcing, and supplier ecosystems.
What you’ll learn:
- Why early-stage cost intelligence matters
Understand how influencing the first 70–80% of cost during design can unlock greater savings and reduce downstream trade-offs. - How to build transparency and tariff resilience
See how breaking costs into clear drivers—materials, manufacturing, logistics, and carbon—creates a shared understanding with suppliers and strengthens your ability to model and respond to tariffs and trade shifts. - How AI is accelerating sourcing cycles
Explore how AI-enabled workflows can compress RFQ timelines from months to days, enabling real-time collaboration and more strategic decision-making.
Learning Objectives
- Identify how early-stage cost intelligence influences 70–80% of total product cost and apply this insight to improve design-phase decision-making.
- Evaluate cost drivers across materials, manufacturing, logistics, and carbon to improve transparency, strengthen supplier alignment, and model the impact of tariffs and trade changes.
- Apply AI-enabled approaches to accelerate RFQ and sourcing processes, reducing cycle times and enabling more effective real-time collaboration.
AI-Native Cost Intelligence to Turn Procurement into a Profit Center
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Date
Aug 6, 2026
Time
1 PM - 2 PM ET
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Presenters
Gautam’s vision for launching True ValueHub was born out of 20+ years of experience in the manufacturing supply chain. In leading strategic sourcing and digital transformation teams at Honeywell, Hexion and Daikin North America, time and time again, Gautam faced the challenges of meeting company productivity targets with limited resources. At Honeywell, Gautam managed the global category team across 12 countries.
Gautam’s background in engineering with a deep understanding of complexity of strategic sourcing and a passion for innovation. He implemented strategies and technologies for procurement cost optimization, supplier value engineering, supplier risk mitigation and sourcing lead-time improvements. Gautam has held a variety of leadership roles in digital and functional transformation, strategic sourcing and lean six sigma.
Gautam has BS and MS degrees in Industrial Engineering, an MBA from The Wharton School of Business, and is a certified Lean Sigma Black Belt.
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