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Procurement is accustomed to thriving in the midst of constant change: always maturing, evolving, and pushing towards the next biggest thing. In fact, we’re so focused on the future, that we rarely pause to look back.

As JAGGAER celebrates its 25th anniversary, It provides us all with an opportunity to look back to the beginning of procurement’s journey and appreciate the critical innovations that have occurred along the way. 25 years takes us back to 1996, when gas was $ 1.23 per gallon and a dozen eggs were $ 1.31. I graduated from high school that year. And while I wouldn’t discover procurement for another 7 years, I’ve had the extraordinary opportunity to walk this road with an amazing community of professionals and companies for nearly two decades.

As JAGGAER celebrates its 25th anniversary, we're all afforded an opportunity to look back to the beginning of procurement’s journey and appreciate the critical innovations that have occurred along the way. 

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