Art of Procurement

807: Procurement 6 | May 30th, 2025

Procurement 6 is a short podcast from Art of Procurement that publishes in the Art of Procurement feed every Friday morning at 6am US Eastern Time. Presented by a member of the Art of Procurement team...

30 Touko 202510min

BTW EP 10: Poachers Turned Game Wardens:" the "Tuners" on indirect supplier tactics (part 1)

Much like the classic plot twist in old thriller movies where the characters realize the threat is coming from inside the house, the most revealing insights about supplier tactics are coming from insi...

28 Touko 202538min

806: Building a Leading Services Procurement Capability at Mastercard

"Change is about first having an awareness. Once you have that awareness, then that other party that you're trying to drive that awareness has an understanding. And when that understanding is there, t...

26 Touko 202546min

805: Procurement 6 | May 23rd, 2025

23 Touko 202510min

804: Strategic Services Sourcing in an AI-Driven World W/ Amy Fong

"I'm a big believer in market intelligence, where we educate the business on the providers and the levers to pull. It's not about just pricing; it's understanding the market." - Amy Fong, Partner, Sou...

19 Touko 202539min

803: Procurement 6 | May 16th, 2025

16 Touko 202510min

BTW EP 09: Status Quo Harms Through the GPO Lens with David McCarty

Twenty-five years after co-founding Corporate United, the first indirect GPO in the United States, David McCarty points out an inconvenient truth: the very tools procurement once developed to leverage...

14 Touko 202539min

802: A Journey of Continuous Transformation at IKEA W/ Joel Andersson

"In a transformation, make your good examples in the beginning, where you think you will make a difference." - Joel Andersson, Process development and digitalization project leader - indirect procurem...

12 Touko 202536min