APD Webinar | AI for Supplier Cost Increase Requests: Faster Validation, Better Pushback

Date & Time: February 11th, 11:30 AM Eastern
Duration: 30 Minutes
Host: Jeoff Burris, Founder, Advanced Purchasing Dynamics

Stop Reacting to Cost Increases. Start Controlling Them.

Supplier cost-increase requests are arriving faster — and with less transparency — than ever before. Many teams respond the only way they can: scrambling, firefighting, and trying to make sense of incomplete supplier explanations.

The problem isn’t the buyer. It’s the process.

High-performing teams don’t “review” supplier increases — they validate them. And they don’t rely on hunches, assumptions, or supplier claims.
They rely on objective market data, structured analysis, and consistent workflows that make every response fact-based and defensible.

In this focused 30-minute session, you’ll learn how AI gives purchasing teams a faster way to analyze, challenge, and respond to supplier cost increases — without adding workload or slowing sourcing decisions.

Whether you lead a purchasing organization or manage categories yourself, you’ll walk away with a clear, practical approach you can put to work immediately.

What You’ll Learn in this 30-Minute Free Webinar

You’ll discover how AI supports a disciplined, repeatable approach to supplier cost increases through three core capabilities:

1. Market-Based Validation in Minutes

How to use AI to compare supplier requests against objective indices, commodity movements, and cost-driver trends — even when suppliers provide limited data.

2. Fact-Based Pushback That Strengthens Negotiations

A proven structure for translating your analysis into clear, evidence-driven counterarguments that resonate during internal reviews and supplier discussions.

3. A Repeatable Workflow Any Buyer Can Use

How to build a simple AI process tailored to your categories so every buyer approaches increases the same consistent way — reducing firefighting and improving team alignment.

Why This Matters

Most teams struggle with supplier increases because:
  • Supplier explanations are incomplete or vague
  • Buyers lack the time to perform deep analysis
  • Internal stakeholders want fast answers
  • Responses vary widely from buyer to buyer

AI doesn’t replace judgment — it accelerates it.

With the right workflow, purchasing teams gain:
  • Faster analysis
  • Clearer justification
  • More confident negotiations
  • Stronger internal support
  • Less reactive work

Teams equipped with structured, AI-supported validation processes don’t just respond better.
They negotiate better.

Who Should Attend?

This session is designed for:
  • Purchasing Leaders looking to improve consistency and reduce firefighting
  • Buyers & Sourcing Professionals managing supplier cost-increase requests
  • Procurement Teams seeking more defensible, data-driven analysis
  • Organizations wanting a practical approach that improves negotiation outcomes

You’ll Walk Away With

  • A clear, step-by-step AI workflow for validating cost-increase requests
  • Tools and examples you can apply immediately to current supplier submissions
  • A framework for building fact-based pushback your team can use consistently
  • A defensible process that accelerates decision-making and reduces internal noise

Reserve Your Spot

Join us for this free 30-minute session and learn how to use AI to bring structure, speed, and fact-based clarity to supplier cost-increase requests. You’ll leave with a practical blueprint for transforming how your team validates and challenges increases — and how to improve negotiation outcomes across the board.

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