AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentProcurement TransformationTalent Management January 18, 2022 Apple, Meet Orange: Helping the Business Rediscover ProcurementProcurement is likely always going to have savings among our performance metrics, and that has been a source of concern… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogData & AnalyticsDigitizationLeadership January 13, 2022 How does your procurement organization think about data?Although data is a ‘hard’ asset that most procurement organizations have access to, how procurement thinks about their data can… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogCategory ManagementData & AnalyticsExpense Management January 11, 2022 Partnership, Pricing, and Patience – The Three Advantages of Partnering with a SMEDo you have any idea how lucky you are to work in procurement? Who else can understand a business by… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogCategory ManagementPIQ SeriesSourcing & Contracting January 6, 2022 Cost Drivers – Corporate Gym MembershipsThe AOP Category Cost Drivers Series is a new content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ. Today we will uncover… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP Blog January 4, 2022 Do you trust your suppliers more than the Internet?Procurement has been discussing the nature of supplier relationships for a long time. It started with the debate between labeling… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogProcurement December 2, 2021 Who Cares About Spend Under Management?In one of our planning sessions for the December 7th AOP Live session with Greg Anderson and David Clevenger, they… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogDigitization September 28, 2021 SXM: Looking at Procurement Through Our Suppliers’ EyesFor some time now, ‘experience management’ approaches have been gaining in popularity: User experience management (UX) practices center around how… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogDigitizationDirect Procurement August 31, 2021 Confusing Digitization and Digitalization Could Doom Your Procurement TransformationDigitization v. Digitalization - is there really a difference? As it turns out, there is. Taking the wrong approach could… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogCOVID-19Crisis Management August 27, 2021 Emphasizing Speed and Transparency: NYC’s CPO on their Pandemic ResponseOne of the most memorable conversations I had in 2020 was with Dan Symon, the Chief Procurement Officer of New… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogSupplier Management August 24, 2021 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 Barner Love0