AOP BlogExpense Management Bridging the Decision Abyss with Actionable Intelligence What is a ‘decision abyss?’ In March 2023, Art of Procurement partnered with LevaData to create a 2-hour event that…Philip IdesonMarch 15, 2023
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentData & AnalyticsRisk Management Hope for the Best, Prepare for the Worst Procurement has always managed spend and suppliers in the short term with the longer term goals of the organization in…Philip IdesonMarch 9, 2023
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentDigitizationProcurement Transformation Benchmarking Supplier Diversity to Drive Performance Supplier diversity program managers are among the most passionate professionals in procurement. They convert social vision into actionable plans for…Philip IdesonMarch 7, 2023
AOP BlogData & AnalyticsDigitizationRisk Management Cloudy With a Chance of Cyber Risk At Digital Outcomes 2023, Art of Procurement was pleased to have Jo Peterson, Vice President Cloud & Security Services at…Kelly BarnerMarch 2, 2023
AOP BlogCSRData & AnalyticsSupplier Management How to Benchmark Supplier Diversity Performance If there were a shortlist of core procurement skills, benchmarking would undoubtedly be on it. And yet, for the ease…Kelly BarnerFebruary 28, 2023
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentData & AnalyticsSourcing & Contracting Using Data to Drive Differentiated Decision Making “If we know nothing else, we know that the world shifts and the world changes – frequently and violently. In…Philip IdesonFebruary 23, 2023
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentRisk ManagementTrends The Psychological Long Tail of Supply Chain Disruption Traditionally, procurement has been measured on their ability to generate savings and bring spend under management. That has led to…Kelly BarnerFebruary 21, 2023
AOP BlogDigitization Reframing Failure: There’s Always a Way Digital transformation is hard - really hard. According to a 2020 study by BCG, 70 percent of transformation projects fall…Philip IdesonFebruary 16, 2023
AOP BlogDigitization Running Successful Pilots with Procurement Tech Startups There has been an explosion of startups in the procurement space, a dynamic that creates opportunities as well as challenges.…Philip IdesonFebruary 16, 2023
AOP BlogLeadership Thriving in the Chasm In the classic book Crossing the Chasm, author Geoffrey A. Moore explains how companies and organizations can learn to embrace…Philip IdesonFebruary 16, 2023
AOP BlogCSRRisk ManagementSourcing & Contracting Revisiting the Importance of Supplier Watchlists When the Chinese surveillance balloon was finally ‘removed’ from the sky over the Atlantic Ocean on February 4th, we all…Kelly BarnerFebruary 14, 2023
AOP BlogTalent ManagementTrends A Look at the Current State of Procurement Recruiting The last few years in procurement recruiting have been wild - just like the external conditions procurement professionals have been…Kelly BarnerFebruary 9, 2023