AOP BlogCategory ManagementProcurement Iq Cost Drivers – National Trucking Services CategoryToday we will uncover the primary cost drivers impacting national trucking services. The Numbers Unsurprisingly, national trucking services is a…Philip IdesonAugust 28, 2021
AOP BlogDigitization Defining the ‘Source to Cash’ ProcessDuring last week’s AOP Live session with Joe Payne and Jennifer Ulrich from Corcentric, I asked Joe to define the…Philip IdesonAugust 25, 2021
AOP BlogSupplier Management Doing What’s Necessary to Achieve the Impossible“Start by doing what's necessary, then do what's possible. Before you know it, you're doing the impossible.” - Quentin Roach,…Kelly BarnerAugust 24, 2021
AOP Podcast [Pod] Reflections, Vision, and Plans for the Rest of 2021 w/ Philip Ideson“We're hearing from CPOs many supply markets are still in a state of flux, a lot of creaking supply chains…Philip IdesonAugust 23, 2021
AOP BlogCategory Management Buying Decision Scorecard: Digital Advertising AgenciesThe AOP Buying Decision Scorecard is a new content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that suggests an RFP scoring…Philip IdesonAugust 20, 2021
AOP BlogCategory Management 5 Tips for Managing Your Energy SpendLast week, the Art of Procurement community received a briefing on the energy and utilities category from Grey Campbell, Managing…Kelly BarnerAugust 19, 2021
AOP BlogRisk Management How to Build a Business Continuity Plan for Your Spend CategoryIf you expect your strategic suppliers to have a business continuity plan, doesn’t it make sense for procurement to have…Philip IdesonAugust 18, 2021
AOP Blog New Evidence Tying Procurement to Enterprise SuccessEach month we pause and consider a topic in greater depth than we usually have time to do. Sometimes these…Kelly BarnerAugust 17, 2021
AOP PodcastLeadershipTalent Management [Pod] Taking Control of Procurement’s Brand w/ Steve Wills“I worry that the good work that so-called ‘strategic procurement leaders’ have done to define what procurement might be will…Philip IdesonAugust 16, 2021
Category ManagementProcurement Iq Buyer Power Score – Consumer Credit ReportsThe AOP Buyer Power Score is a new content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that rates the balance of…Philip IdesonAugust 13, 2021
AOP BlogDigitization What is the intake-to-procure process?With the explosion of new technology providers in procurement, a number of new market segments are being created. These segments…Kelly BarnerAugust 12, 2021
AOP BlogCategory Management Do stakeholders need to understand category management for it to deliver value?Future Purchasing (FP), a procurement focused consultancy, have just launched their most recent bi-annual Global Category Management Study (click to…Kelly BarnerAugust 10, 2021
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementRisk ManagementTrends [Pod] Upheaval and Uncertainty in the Meetings and Events Industry w/ J. Grant Caplan“You have to design a policy so that you know what is a meeting or an event, and how procurement…Philip IdesonAugust 9, 2021
AOP BlogCategory Management Cost Drivers – Warehousing & General Storage CategoryThe AOP Category Cost Drivers Series is a new content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ. Today we will uncover…Philip IdesonAugust 6, 2021
AOP BlogProcurement Transformation Securing Buy-in for Tail Spend ManagementDespite the fact that procurement sees tail spend management as a top priority, it may be necessary to build a…Kelly BarnerAugust 5, 2021
AOP BlogCSR Supporting ESG Programs through Impact SpendingMany companies are currently undergoing a recommitment to spend-related initiatives like diversity and sustainability. Being intentional about making every dollar…Kelly BarnerAugust 4, 2021
AOP Blog Unlocking a Treasure Trove of Procurement InspirationSince we started Art of Procurement almost six years ago, a broad range of executives, practitioners, academics, and more have…Philip IdesonAugust 2, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentDigitizationProcurement Transformation [Pod] Improving Internal Perception of Procurement from Intake to Procure w/ Liem Hua, Michael Denari, and Rujul Zaparde“Yes, there's high visibility in getting savings, but it's the employee experience, the funneling, the process, the ability to enable…Philip IdesonAugust 2, 2021