246: Evaluating FinTechs: Performing Due Diligence on Startups and Emerging Technologies w/ Andy Atkins
When we hear about 'fintech' providers, most of us immediately think of a quickly shifting ad diverse landscape of startups – highly innovative companies, some of which are here today and gone tomorro...
1 Apr 201943min
245: Technology Alone is Still Not a Silver Bullet for Transformation
In this episode, AOP Host Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner (AOP Content Director and Owner of Buyers Meeting Point) discuss their major take-aways from March's news, industry topics and podcast intervie...
25 Mars 201945min
244: Managing Spend by Mastering Behavior w/ David Loseby
In a era when we emphasize the importance of 'soft skills' in the face of the hardest business challenges, the human element is impossible to ignore. While most of us tend to focus on developing our o...
18 Mars 201959min
243: Building Your Procurement AI Game Plan w/ Sammeli Sammalkorpi
Automation can only be as good as we program it to be. If we want innovative, industry-leading support from emerging technologies, we need to be informed about the potential applications of AI and mac...
11 Mars 201954min
242: Moving Up or In to Procurement w/ Louis Bastone
We often discuss the impact that procurement talent has on current results and the role it will play in determining how our function evolves in the future. The procurement community is vibrant, divers...
4 Mars 201939min
241: Aligning Intent and Investment to Build (the Right) Procurement Capabilities
In this episode, AOP Host Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner (AOP Content Director and Owner of Buyers Meeting Point) discuss their major take-aways from February's news, industry topics and podcast inter...
25 Feb 201944min
240: Bridging the Gap Between Procurement and Accounts Payable w/ Matt Clark
The Accounts Payable team play a key role in the success of procurement. The data that they extract from supplier invoices determines the accuracy of our spend analytics (and therefore our strategic ...
18 Feb 201933min
239: The Long-term Impact of Risk-Averse Recruiting w/ Andrew Daley
Recruiting and strategic sourcing actually have a lot in common – even beyond the role that risk appetites play in decision making. In both cases, the sooner you get a specialist or expert involved, t...
11 Feb 201948min
