What's in the report?

• Independent analyst research from The Hackett Group on why traditional CLM and standalone supplier management fall short for compliance-driven mid-market organisations.
  

• The 2026 compliance and capacity squeeze: procurement workload up 8% with shrinking headcount, set against an expanding regulatory perimeter (DORA, NIS2, CSDDD).
  
• What a unified approach looks like in practice, from risk-first intake through to post-signature monitoring, plus why agentic AI only works on unified data.

Who's it for?

• Procurement leaders managing growing third-party bases with smaller teams and tighter budgets.
• Risk and compliance teams working under DORA, NIS2, GDPR or PCI-DSS obligations.
• Mid-market operators in regulated industries where supplier compliance is a precondition for doing business.