The Buyer's Side with Fexingo: Procurement, Sourcing, and B2B Purchasing Decisions

Episode 6 of The Buyer's Side dives into the hidden value of supplier audits. Lucas and Luna walk through a real 2025 case where a mid-sized manufacturer avoided a costly contamination recall because its procurement team scheduled unannounced audits at a key raw-materials supplier. They discuss how audits are shifting from compliance checklists to strategic intelligence tools, the difference betwe...

Episode 5 of The Buyer's Side examines how procurement teams are embedding carbon reduction targets into supplier contracts and sourcing decisions. Lucas and Luna explore the case of a European automotive manufacturer that cut its supply chain emissions by 22 percent in three years by redesigning its request-for-proposal process and leveraging collaborative supplier partnerships. They discuss the...

Episode 4 of The Buyer's Side digs into a single high-stakes negotiation: how a mid-market manufacturer's procurement team leveraged market intelligence, multi-source bidding, and a walk-away threat to reduce their biggest raw material cost by 30 percent. Lucas walks through the step-by-step playbook — from supplier audits to final terms — and Luna pushes back on when this strategy can backfire. S...

Episode 3 of The Buyer's Side with Fexingo dives into a real-world procurement overhaul at a mid-size manufacturer called Meridian Components. Lucas and Luna walk through how Meridian's sourcing team applied a 'value-stream mapping' exercise to their top 20 suppliers and discovered that nearly half the lead time came from internal approvals, not the suppliers themselves. By redesigning their purch...

In this episode of The Buyer's Side, Lucas and Luna explore how procurement teams are deploying artificial intelligence to detect supplier risk before it becomes a crisis. They dive into the case of a mid-sized manufacturer in the Midwest that uses an AI platform called Resilinc to monitor its 2,000-plus suppliers for geopolitical, weather, and financial instability. The hosts break down how the s...

On the premiere of The Buyer's Side, Lucas and Luna drill into a single number that changes how you think about corporate purchasing: 14 percent. That's the average cost savings a Fortune 500 manufacturer achieved after switching from an annual bid cycle to continuous real-time sourcing. We unpack the company, the data, and the procurement team that pulled it off. Lucas explains why this signals a...