The Supplier Truth Gap: Supplier data in the age of AI
Live webinar: Thursday, 12 November 2026, 16:00 GMT / 17:00 CET
Every AI initiative in procurement and finance rests on one assumption: that the supplier data underneath it is true. In most enterprises, it is not quite. Records drift after onboarding, the same supplier sits in several systems, and teams quietly work around the gaps.
That is the Supplier Truth Gap: the distance between what your systems say about a supplier and what is actually true. As AI starts to act on supplier data, that gap no longer stays in a report. It flows straight into automated decisions.
Join Prof. David Loseby, Professor of Research Impact at Leeds University Business School, and Jeremy Reeves, VP of Product and Engineering at HICX, to explore what trusted supplier data looks like in the age of AI, and how to keep it trusted as the stakes rise.
In this live session, you will learn:
- How to spot where your supplier records and reality have drifted apart
- Why AI raises the cost of inconsistent supplier data
- The questions to ask before any AI tool relies on your supplier data
- David and Jeremy’s perspectives on where supplier data and AI go next
Can’t join live? Register anyway and we will send you the recording.
Your webinar speakers:
Prof. David Loseby
David is Professor of Research Impact at Leeds University Business School and Editor in Chief of both the Journal of Public Procurement and the Journal of Responsible Production and Consumption. A Chartered Construction Manager and Fellow of the Institute of Collaborative Working, he designs and delivers MSc and MBA courses for universities including Leeds, East Anglia, Plymouth, Arkansas and Aalto. As an advisor to the Social Value Portal, he developed its 7 lenses of maturity matrix for social procurement, and he has been a Sustainable Procurement Ambassador since 2020. Thinkers360 ranks David among its Top 100 Thought Leaders in CSR and Top 50 in Procurement
Jeremy Reeves
Senior Vice President of Product at HICX
Jeremy is Senior VP of Product, and a seasoned executive with 20+ years leading enterprise teams and delivering innovative sourcing and supplier management solutions. He has launched industry-defining products, driven major revenue growth, and led multiple successful M&A integrations. Having previously led Product at SAP Ariba, Jeremy excels in product strategy, scaling global teams, and bringing impactful software and AI capabilities to market.
