At Manifest 2026 in Las Vegas, Nordstrom’s chief procurement officer described how artificial intelligence is being used inside the company’s sourcing systems.
“It spits out so much information that it would really take me hours to compile,” Karoline Dygas said during a panel discussion about procurement analytics. She was referring to the company’s spend intelligence platform.
Nordstrom uses procurement intelligence software from Suplari to analyze supplier spending and category data. According to Suplari’s published case study, the platform consolidates fragmented financial systems and provides cross-category visibility into supplier relationships. The case study describes the system delivering “actionable data and deep insights,” including identification of overly complex supplier relationships and single-sourcing risks.
