The diagnostic that determines whether your AI investment will succeed or fail — before it begins

PAF-I Diagnostic

The PAF-I Self-Assessment covers the 5 highest-signal pillars from the full 8-domain diagnostic — sufficient to determine your AI Readiness Level and identify your primary structural barrier.

THE ENTRY POINT · 5 WORKING DAYS

What's included

• Structured examination across 8 domains: Data Quality, System Fit, Process Reality, Governance, Change Capacity, Commercial Viability, Legal & IP Risk, Value Realisation

• Transaction-level data forensics — supplier master, spend classification, contract metadata, system integration

• Structured interviews across 8 stakeholder personas including CFO, CIO, and operational leads

• Artefact quality validation — whether documents exist and whether they meet minimum standards

OUTPUT

• AI Readiness Level 1–5 with scoring rationale

• Domain heatmap — where the risk is concentrated

• Use-case feasibility map — what can proceed now and what cannot

• Sequenced remediation roadmap — no-regret moves (0–90 days) and structural fixes (3–18 months)

• PAF-I Executive Brief — 16 slides, board-ready

CPOs who proceed to a Work Package within 90 days have part of the diagnostic fee credited.

THE ESCALATION LOGIC

Each Work Package exists because the previous one creates a gap only the next one fills. Skip a stage and that gap surfaces in production — at cost.

WORK PACKAGES

2 Days

Clarity

What's included

• Structured blocker examination across all domains identified in the PAF-I Diagnostic

• Cross-functional sessions with domain owners — not pre-prepared summaries

• Facilitated alignment on what must change and in what sequence

OUTPUT

• Consolidated blocker register — every gap named, owned, and sequenced

• Single agreed view of remediation priorities across the leadership team

• Named owner per work-stream

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Flexible duration

Alignment

What's included

• Cross-functional commitment sessions — CPO, CIO, CFO, Legal, Category Leads

• Accountability framework design — who owns what and how it is measured

• Governance structure built to survive the first board challenge

OUTPUT

• Cross-functional commitment document with named owners per work-stream

• Governance framework — decision rights, escalation paths, review cadence

• Board-ready accountability structure

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Flexible duration

Momentum

What's included

• Sequenced AI deployment roadmap built with the execution team

• Change management plan — communications, training, adoption tracking, named change lead

• Board presentation construction — evidence-based, defensible without ProcureSynth present

OUTPUT

• 18-month sequenced roadmap — named owners, milestones, hurdle rates

• Change management plan with adoption KPIs

• Board presentation ready for sign-off

Minimum 20 hours ·Flexible duration

Transformation

What's included

• End-to-end execution support through every stage of live deployment

• Active governance maintained as deployment complexity meets organisational reality

• Friction resolution as it surfaces in production — not retrospectively

OUTPUT

• Live AI deployment with documented governance

• Procurement function operating with AI embedded in workflows

• Handover protocol — results sustained after ProcureSynth steps back

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STANDALONE SERVICES

For CPOs who need a specific intervention rather than the full sequence.

Advisory

6 weeks

What's included

• Identification and prioritisation of highest-ROI AI use cases for your specific procurement environment

• Implementation roadmap sequenced by readiness

• MVP definition — what to start with and why

• 18 years of procurement decisions from Siemens, Bosch, Lufthansa, Infineon applied to your context

OUTPUT

• Three highest-ROI AI use cases with business case per use case

• Sequenced implementation roadmap

• Defined MVP ready to take to the board next quarter

Online Consultation

3 sessions over 2 months

What's included

• Structured coaching for governance teams whose transformation has stalled

• Separation of compliance metrics from AI adoption metrics

• Leadership expectation reset — what delivery looks like and by when

OUTPUT

• Unblocked governance team with clear adoption mandate

• Revised delivery timeline Finance and the board will accept

• Named actions per session with accountability confirmed

Workshops

3 Days

What's included

• Cross-functional alignment sessions — Category Leads, Finance, IT, Legal in the same room

• Single AI strategy agreed across all functions

• Two-quarter implementation plan built in the room with the people who must execute it

OUTPUT

• Shared AI strategy document — one version, signed off by every function

• Two-quarter implementation plan with named owners and board accountability

• No ambiguity about who owns what after the room empties

Not sure where you sit?

The PAF-I Self-Assessment takes 8 minutes and covers the same 8 domains as the full diagnostic. If one domain is harder to answer honestly — that is exactly where the problem is.

Newsletter

Every fortnight, ProcureSynth delivers what research reports cannot — practical judgement shaped by real-world procurement decisions. CPOs receive a concise brief featuring one real procurement scenario, the decision taken, and the implications for AI adoption in their function. Consistent readers walk into their next board meeting equipped to articulate clear, experience-backed positions on AI investments, risks, and execution priorities.