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RobobAI is an AI-powered procurement intelligence platform that helps organisations build more responsible, compliant, and resilient supply chains through intelligent supplier governance and ESG risk management.

Through RobobAI's AI-driven procurement intelligence platform, organisations gain a single, trusted view of supplier and procurement data. Information is cleansed, enriched, and validated to support accurate reporting, stronger governance, and confident decision-making across procurement, supplier management, and ESG initiatives.

RobobAI's Supplier Onboarding Agent automates supplier due diligence by collecting and validating supplier information, verifying ABN and company details, assessing supplier risk, checking certifications and policies, identifying missing documentation, and generating onboarding recommendations. This enables procurement teams to onboard suppliers faster while maintaining consistent governance and compliance standards.

The Risk Agent continuously monitors suppliers across financial health, sanctions, adverse media, ESG performance, geopolitical exposure, cyber risk, and regulatory compliance. Procurement teams receive proactive alerts and AI-generated recommendations to identify emerging risks, support Modern Slavery and ESG obligations, strengthen supplier resilience, and make informed sourcing decisions.

Supporting these capabilities is Agent Bob, RobobAI's AI procurement assistant, which enables procurement professionals to instantly analyse supplier portfolios, investigate ESG risks, evaluate compliance gaps, develop sourcing strategies, and generate actionable recommendations using natural language.

Trusted by enterprise organisations, RobobAI helps procurement teams transform supplier data into actionable intelligence reducing risk, improving supplier governance, strengthening ESG compliance, accelerating supplier onboarding, and enabling more sustainable procurement outcomes.

Established in 2013, Social Procurement Australasia is a volunteer-led organisation that brings together practitioners, governments, businesses, researchers, and community organisations committed to harnessing procurement’s power as a force for positive social change. 

We raise awareness, connect practitioners with the best research and resources, and advocate for and champion the advancement of social procurement practices across Australia and New Zealand.

Operating in Australia as a not-for-profit since 1964, ASCI has fostered the professional learning in globally recognised best practice supply chain management. ASCI has grown the end to end supply chain management community over the years, merging into its fold the Logistics Association of Australia (2015); the Alliance for Supply Chain Innovation (2015), the Lean Network Australia (2016), and the Australian Chamber of International Trade (2017). As majority shareholder for the SMART Conference and the SMART Awards, it rebranded the conference and awards under its rebrand to Australasian Supply Chain Institute (ASCI) as the Professional Accreditation Body to reach its mission to professionalise Supply Chain Management in Australasia.