Positive Purchasing has been named to The Hackett Group’s 2025-2026 50 to Watch list, recognizing solution providers that are shaping the future of procurement technology.
Selected from approximately 220 procurement technology vendors worldwide, the list is compiled by The Hackett Group’s Solution Intelligence analysts following detailed briefings, product demonstrations and a rigorous, data-driven evaluation process. Providers are assessed on criteria including technology capability, solution maturity, innovation, customer adoption and overall market impact.
This year’s assessment reflects a rapidly evolving procurement technology landscape, with AI-enabled capability now embedded across leading platforms. As organizations demand measurable results from technology investment, recognition is increasingly awarded to providers who translate innovation into practical, scalable outcomes.
For Positive Purchasing, the acknowledgment highlights the impact of Capella – the Guided Category Strategy Creator® – and its wider digital ecosystem, including Procleus® and Ruby®. Together, these platforms combine deep procurement expertise with intelligent, AI-powered workflow to enable teams to build stronger capability at scale and deliver measurable value across category management, negotiation and supplier strategy execution.
“Positive Purchasing’s Capella is a 50 to Watch for combining deep procurement expertise with enabling technology to help organizations build stronger capabilities at scale. The platform supports category management, should-cost modelling, negotiation planning and supplier strategy execution. Differentiated by its strong IP, practical tooling and tight linkage between consulting, training and software, it helps teams drive measurable value rather than just automate processes.”
Bertrand Maltaverne – Lead Analyst at Upstream Procurement.
You can view the full 2025-2026 50 to Watch list on The Hackett Group’s website here.
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