Ep 02: The Agentic Procurement Diaries: The Work-Work Balance: Building an Agentic Supply Chain at SLB W/ Jeffrey Ostrander
Dear Diary… "I use AI a lot to help scout out things or pose challenges and see where solutions are being marketed along those lines." Jeffrey Ostrander runs a nearly $5 billion business in one of the...
30 Syys 38min
885: Procurement Should Be a Safe Pair of Hands in a Complex World W/ Frank Mckay
"Do we have a supply chain that we are building that is going to allow us to navigate and be agile enough, no matter what the world continues to throw at us?" - Frank Mckay, Chief Supply Chain & Procu...
28 Syys 34min
EP 017: Stop Buying Technology. Start Changing the Operating Model W/ Mason Morgan
"AI makes the answers cheaper, so the good questions and good judgment really become the coin of the realm." - Mason Morgan, Managing Director, Managing Director at CrossCountry Consulting focusing on...
23 Syys 37min
884: Beyond On-Time Delivery: Measuring Supplier Stability W/ Shayan Farshid
"You don't need an advanced platform to begin. You just need consistent definitions, discipline, to look at the data, and a willingness to move beyond the on-time delivery average to make really good ...
21 Syys 24min
Ep 01: The Agentic Procurement Diaries: Why This Is a Once-in-a-Few-Centuries Revolution
Dear Diary… "I believe we are in the midst of a revolution — and I think in a revolution, we as a vendor also want to invest a lot in educating the community on what's really changing and how it's cha...
16 Syys 34min
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 Syys 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 Syys 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 Syys 35min
