I see procurement capacity planning as one component of a wider Procurement Control Tower. It connects incoming tasks and existing commitments with the resources needed to deliver them. We can start developing that component even before reliable operational data is available.

An annual procurement plan becomes useful when it tells the team when to start each sourcing event, who owns the next action, and whether a need-by date is at risk. A spreadsheet exchanged by email can hold the original demand, but it is a weak system of record for continuing updates.

Most organisational inefficiency comes from undefined states, unclear ownership, and uncontrolled transitions — not from a lack of intelligence. Those problems are solved with basic RPA and workflow design, not machine learning.

In times when Zero Bureaucracy becomes the government strategy, Vibe Coding can be the way to fulfil bold declarations and truly embrace AI.

Nevertheless, I encourage you to try. The joy of the working process is remarkable, and it's more intense the longer you have been working and the deeper you have drowned in desperation and disbelief on the midway.