London, UK – 2 July 2026 TSM is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for the CIPS Excellence in Procurement & Supply Awards 2026, marking the third consecutive year the consultancy has been recognised by one of the profession’s most prestigious award programmes. This year’s shortlist recognises TSM’s partnership with IPC International in […]

AI in procurement has generated no shortage of ambitious claims this year, autonomous agents negotiating contracts, fully automated sourcing decisions, procurement functions running themselves. The reality on the ground looks different, and arguably more useful. Recent industry research points to a wide gap between intention and deployment. A large majority of procurement organisations are now […]

For financial services procurement and risk teams, DORA has moved from a regulation to prepare for to one that is now firmly in force. But moving from awareness to actual operational readiness is where most organisations are still working. DORA treats third-party risk as a lifecycle, not a one-time check. That means five distinct stages […]

Most procurement functions don’t set out to build a fragmented tech stack. It happens one point solution at a time: a sourcing tool bought to solve one project, a contract repository added when the last one hit its limits, a supplier risk tool brought in after an audit finding. Each decision made sense on its […]