883: The CPO Agenda: Scaling AI Beyond the Pilot W/ Darshan Deshmukh
"It's all about building that momentum, creating the value, testing the hypothesis, and then continuing to challenge us to take it to that next level." Darshan Deshmukh, President at ProcureAbility AI...
14 Sep 49min
EP 016: Startup of the Week: FlockScore W/ Matthew Spencer
"The earlier you can catch risk, the cheaper it is to solve." - Matthew Spencer, Founder of FlockScore Procurement teams have access to plenty of information when evaluating a new supplier, from certi...
9 Sep 26min
882: Reengineering Procurement for Greater Impact W/ Polly DeSouza
"If you want a seat at the table, you've got to pull up the chair." - Polly DeSouza, APAC Transformation Leader Procurement teams have spent years talking about the need to move away from tactical and...
7 Sep 35min
EP 015: Provider of the Week: Tradeverifyd
"It's more the translation of visibility. It's not so much visibility. Visibility is there, but it's what do you do with that?" - Mike Prorock, CEO, Tradeverifyd Supply chain risk has become both more...
2 Sep 30min
881: Owning Transformation: How to Successfully Lead Procurement Through Change W/ Gretchen Vance
"Don't ask AI to do something that you don't know how to do yourself." - Gretchen Vance, Vice President Procurement at Forest Lawn Parks and Mortuaries Procurement transformation often comes down to a...
31 Aug 35min
EP 014: Provider of the Week: Sievo W/ Sammeli Sammalkorpi
"The expectation level of procurement is rising. Today's stuff that was not possible a year ago, that felt like science fiction three years ago, is something that we can create for our customers today...
26 Aug 24min
880: The State of AI in Procurement: Who's Getting the ROI? W/ Nick Heinzmann
"There's an absolute risk of procurement's role and scope being diminished by AI, unless we embrace new ways of working." - Nick Heinzmann, Head of Research, Zip According to new research from Zip, on...
24 Aug 33min
879: The AI Pilot Phase is Over: How to Move From AI Investment to Genuine Business Impact W/ Joseph Postiglione, Sr.
"If you're not completely sure about what you want to try to achieve, how will you know you ever achieved it?" - Joseph Postiglione, Sr., Author, Protecting Expected Outcomes in the Age of AI AI inves...
17 Aug 28min
