Art of Procurement

To meet today's challenges in supply chain spend management, we must embrace automation. Gone are the days of being able to throw bodies at a problem. Systemic inefficiency not only creates unsustainable processes, it creates enormous waste and revenue risk. Now is the time for procurement to lead through change. Procurement teams are uniquely positioned to lead supply chain resilience initiatives...

For all the stories of stress and struggle we heard in 2020, there have also been some amazing examples of heroism and success. Procurement teams worked long hours with little information to go on to keep their operations running, often partnering with suppliers and colleagues to find creative solutions on the fly. Art of Procurement recently partnered with Ivalua to interview several CPOs about w...

Financial services spend has never been what you might consider 'low hanging fruit,' but many procurement organizations are getting to the point where they are not only ready to manage it, the organization needs them to bring consistency and transparency to these critical supplier relationships and operational requirements. Diego De la Garza, Senior Director Global Services & Delivery at Corcentri...

In the current moment, companies are finding themselves at the intersection of digital transformation and the varied but extreme pressures of the pandemic. And who is positioned to address the opportunities and challenges of this intersection? Procurement. Tony Uphoff is the President & CEO at Thomas - formerly ThomasNet. He has enjoyed a successful career leading and growing media and information...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

On November 4, 2015, the Art of Procurement podcast officially launched . In 5 years, we've released 345 episodes and surpassed 500,000 listens. We've gone from being a new, unproven idea to being a trusted voice in the community and the #1 weekly podcast in all of procurement. To celebrate this occasion, we are running a special series that will extend through the rest of November. For the next t...

MRO - or Maintenance, Repair, and Operations spend - is one of those categories that procurement has managed, and managed, and managed again… but don't make the mistake of thinking there is no value left to realize. Mike Croasdale has been focused on helping companies manage their MRO spend for years. If you listen to him describe the opportunities in this category, you're very likely to walk away...

Regardless of how you might choose to describe your journey through 2020, it is finally coming to an end. And while some of its effects will be with us for a long time, we have reached the point where it is not just appropriate to start thinking forward to 2021, it is absolutely necessary. Christopher Sawchuk, Principal and Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader at The Hackett Group, and Vish...

After months of planning, weeks of preparation, and days of sleepless nights, Mastermind LIVE 2020 is officially in the books. We had set an extremely high bar for ourselves: to run the most unique and meaningful event in procurement. From the session engagement and participant feedback, we believe we achieved our goal. Our speakers spanned a number of industries and disciplines, and our attendees...

For many years, Peter Smith wanted to write a book that was fundamentally about procurement but would appeal to a wider business audience, One that would peel back the onion on the role of procurement, with tales of what happens when good buying practices are not followed.  Following a career as a practitioner, and most latterly leading Spend Matters in the UK, Peter got to work.  The result: Bad...

Telecom has been on an interesting and unique journey as a spend category. Gone are the days when all that was needed to deliver significant savings was a professionally conducted third-party audit or service rationalization/optimization. Today, most organizations are several years post audit, looking for new efficiencies in a category that is not only evolving, it is also encroaching on other cat...

AOP Host Philip Ideson starts each interview with a question about what brought that particular guest to procurement. With this week's guest, business consultant and coach Juergen Scherer, it might have been better to ask what brought him THROUGH procurement, because he has held influential roles across procurement, supply chain, sales, and operations. While he isn't in procurement today, Juergen'...