United StatesFood and restaurants2026 – ongoingPerdue Farms
Generative AI procurement spend control tower
Perdue Farms put a generative AI supplier-price comparison system into production
Problem
Procurement employees spent days researching markets for purchased items and comparing supplier prices.
Approach
Perdue worked with partners to build a procurement spend control tower using generative AI. The production system flagged high prices and presented supplier comparisons. Employees retained responsibility for purchasing decisions and transactions.
Results
No published figures
Takeaway
The system accelerated price research while employees continued to authorize purchases. Perdue did not disclose measured purchasing savings.
Categories
- Size
- Large enterprise
- Industry
- Food and restaurants
- Business function
- Logistics and supply chain
- Innovation type
- Process innovation
- AI technology
- Generative AI
- Adoption
- Partner co-development
- Evidence
- Company's own claim
Sources
Source summaries
CIO Mark Booth confirmed that Perdue's procurement AI system was in production. He said supplier research that previously took days returned in milliseconds, with employees making the purchasing decisions.
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