We're proud to share that AGC Chemicals Americas, a global leader in fluorochemicals and specialty materials operating in 30+ countries, was just featured in Supply Chain World for their journey to a fully automated supply chain - and they cited Didero as a key part of that transformation.
In a world where procurement remains one of the last manual strongholds - scattered across spreadsheets, inboxes, and legacy systems - AGC's story shows what's possible when you automate the right layer. And it's not the layer most companies are focusing on.
Director of Supply Chain Donny Lombardi described the shift clearly: Didero's AI agents now handle vendor discovery end-to-end. The agents interpret specifications, search for suppliers, and filter based on application requirements and price ranges. His procurement team enters at the vetting stage - not at the beginning.
A single vendor change, surfaced by Didero’s AI agents in the first weeks of AGC’s deployment, delivered $75,000 in annualized savings. But the workflow compression matters more than the dollar figure.
When vendor discovery is automated, procurement headcount stops scaling with evaluation volume. Evaluating 50 suppliers takes marginally more effort than evaluating five because agents handle comparative analysis at scale. That's not a productivity gain - that's a structural cost advantage.With 150+ vendor touchpoints automated per sourcing event, procurement teams can evaluate dramatically larger supplier pools without adding headcount.
The mistake won't be technical. It will be strategic.
Most companies will deploy AI that generates supplier recommendations someone has to manually process and vet. That's fine-but if you're stopping there, you're treating agents like better analytics instead of workflow infrastructure.
The companies who see real value are the ones willing to say: "We're not making vendor research faster. We're eliminating the manual search step entirely and having our team focus on strategic vetting and supplier relationships."
At Didero, we believe agentic AI is not a fad, it's the next architecture of work: intelligent systems that manage supplier workflows, reduce friction, and let humans focus on outcomes
Today, in practice, AI is already at the point where it can feel like giving teams superpowers. When vendor switching becomes lower-friction, you churn suppliers based on performance, not inertia. When discovery work is automated, your team focuses on strategic fit and relationship management, not spreadsheet comparisons.
AGC deployed this in 2024. The agents are in production. The savings are measured. They're a mid-sized chemicals manufacturer, not a tech company experimenting with AI.
The pattern is becoming clear: procurement AI that changes workflows rather than tool speed is already viable at scale. The companies that design for workflow elimination instead of workflow acceleration will have fundamentally different cost structures than their peers by 2027.
That's the future AGC is building - and we're honored to help power it.
Thank you to Donny Lombardi and the AGC Chemicals Supply Chain team for their leadership - and to every customer pushing the industry ahead.
