833: The Polycrisis Playbook: How Procurement Can Lead Through Turbulence W/ Gordon Donovan
"We're in the business of change – selling change and then delivering it." - Gordon Donovan, Vice President Research - Procurement & External Workforce, SAP In an era of overlapping crises, procureme...
22 Sep 202543min
BTW EP 18: It's Getting Real: AI, Procurement, and the End of Savings Theater with Jason Busch
"We can all claim savings without necessarily achieving the result." This stark observation from Jason Busch sums up decades of dysfunction in how procurement measures their impact and why AI may fin...
17 Sep 202541min
832: AI, Data, and the New Procurement Advantage W/ Vel Dhinagaravel
"Procurement is going to be on the front lines, creating competitive advantage for the corporation." - Vel Dhinagaravel, CEO at Beroe AI isn't just a buzzword anymore… it's rapidly becoming procuremen...
15 Sep 202544min
831: Conquering the Decision Abyss: From Data to Supply Chain Impact W/ Keith Hartley
"A decision abyss is the chasm that forms between critical supply chain functions… and that's what keeps and prevents organizations from making fast, cross-functional, well-informed data-driven decisi...
8 Sep 202541min
BTW EP 17: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Your P&L: Validating Procurement's Efforts with Kristine Morton
When Kristine Morton's was first introduced to the flawed incentive structures plaguing much of corporate procurement, she said, "That all sounds stupid." Her blunt reaction reveals something profoun...
3 Sep 202530min
830: Inside AOP's Acquisition of the ProcureTech100: Objectivity, Community, Impact
"ProcureTech100 is the voice of the user. It's the voice of the customer. We want the perspective of those who are using these solutions every day, who have done proof of concepts, and who have seen t...
1 Sep 202525min
829: From Good to Great: How Business Partnering Transforms Procurement Teams
"Business partnering is what sets apart good procurement teams from great procurement teams, especially in indirect procurement... Those who are good at partnering with the business, they actually are...
25 Aug 202529min
BTW EP 16: Lightbulb Moments: Shedding Light on Purposeful & Productive Procurement
"Savings is completely self-invented and pointless because it's separated from the real P&L." This assessment from Bayer Chief Procurement Officer Thomas Udesen captures the essence of what may be p...
20 Aug 202543min
