Philip Ideson, Author at Art of Procurement

AOP Podcast Category Management Pandemic Pressures Risk Management Trends

September 13, 2021

[Pod] Pandemic Pressures: 4 Key Pillars to Evaluate in Your Corporate Travel Program – Part 1: Policy

Corporate travel is one of the most complex spend categories that procurement has management responsibility for. For almost two years…

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AOP Blog Category Management PIQ Series

September 10, 2021

Buying Decision Scorecard: Call Centers

The AOP Buying Decision Scorecard is a new content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that suggests an RFP scoring…

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AOP Blog Category Management Sourcing & Contracting

September 9, 2021

Addressing Supplier Cost Increase Requests – Can You Beat the Market?

Last week during our inaugural Categorypalooza event, participants confirmed that they are currently being inundated with cost increase requests from…

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AOP Blog

September 8, 2021

Different Ways to Tame Your Tail

We talk about tail spend like it is one thing, but procurement knows it is far more complicated than that.…

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AOP Podcast Risk Management Sourcing & Contracting Supplier Management

September 6, 2021

[Pod] The Value of Having an Audit Clause in Certain Contracts w/ Ben Evans

“Contract compliance audits are marriage counseling, not divorce consulting. Ideally you're looking for ways to make the relationship better moving…

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AOP Blog Category Management PIQ Series

September 3, 2021

Buyer Power Score – Janitorial Services

The AOP Buyer Power Score is a new content offering created in partnership with ProcurementIQ that rates the balance of…

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AOP Blog Category Management

September 2, 2021

What we learned – insights from Categorypalooza 2021

Categorypalooza 2021 was just as jam-packed with insights as we hoped it would be. Thanks to the team from ProcureAbility…

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AOP Blog

August 31, 2021

Categorypalooza 2021 is HERE!

After much planning and preparation, we are excited to welcome you all to join us at Categorypalooza - a live,…

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AOP Podcast Digitization Procurement Transformation Supplier Management

August 30, 2021

[Pod] What is an Integrated Business Network and What Does It Do? w/ Tony Harris

“We live in an age where change is the only constant. Whether that's changing demands due to consumer preference or…

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AOP Blog Category Management PIQ Series

August 28, 2021

Cost Drivers – National Trucking Services Category

Today we will uncover the primary cost drivers impacting national trucking services. The Numbers Unsurprisingly, national trucking services is a…

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