AOP Blog Help! I hate my supplier! Let’s start by exploring that feeling… why do you hate the supplier? Or, for that matter, why do you love…Kelly BarnerJune 2, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentLeadershipProcurement Transformation [Pod] Envisioning the Procurement Operating Model of the Future w/ Conrad Snover and Betsy Pancik “The procurement operating model of the future is going to require flexibility and agility, but hopefully we're not just moving…Philip IdesonMay 31, 2021
AOP Blog Moving Procurement from a Cost Center to a Transformation Engine What is the one thing that unites procurement teams right now, regardless of industry, size, or maturity level? It is…Philip IdesonMay 26, 2021
AOP PodcastCSRData & AnalyticsData Ecosystem Series [Pod] Data Series: Supplier Diversity: Urgency, Scalability, and Ownership w/ Neeraj Shah “Most people will find that when they bring in new diversity suppliers, they find better value, better cost, and more…Philip IdesonMay 24, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentLeadership [Pod] A Conversation with the Authors of ‘Profit From Procurement’ “Procurement is not something that can be done by a procurement function sitting alone in a silo. It needs to…Philip IdesonMay 17, 2021
AOP PodcastData & AnalyticsData Ecosystem Series [Pod] Data Series: Holistic Supply Chain Risk Management: Response & Resilience w/ Heiko Schwarz “It doesn’t make sense to avoid every risk and have a backup plan for every potential threat to your supply…Philip IdesonMay 10, 2021
AOP Blog Is procurement moving away from category management? Category management has been one of the foundational pillars in the growth of procurement over the past 20 years. I…Philip IdesonMay 5, 2021
AOP PodcastCategory Management [Pod] Rethinking Procurement’s Approach to Marketing Operations Spend w/ Phil Schoonmaker “There's a ton of nuance to the marketing category, so even in today's high-tech environment, strategic, mutually beneficial, personal relationships…Philip IdesonMay 3, 2021
AOP Blog Managing ‘The People Part’ The people part, that’s always the wrinkle. Procurement can talk about transformation and evolution all we want, but if we…Kelly BarnerApril 28, 2021
AOP PodcastData & AnalyticsData Ecosystem Series [Pod] Data Series: Procurement as the Master and Beneficiary of Data Ecosystems w/ Sammeli Sammalkorpi “The more you use data, the better it will get. So I would argue that the right way to deal…Philip IdesonApril 24, 2021
AOP BlogBusiness Alignment Turning Urgency into Action for Top-line Growth Everyone in a leadership position today is in the process of getting their organization up to speed after a year…Philip IdesonApril 20, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentDigitizationProcurement Transformation [Pod] Why Procurement Leaders Must Seize the Moment and Transform Their Function – A Mastermind LIVE Spring Panel Discussion “We have processes and we have technology, but at the end of the day, it's about relationships. We have our…Philip IdesonApril 19, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentProcurement Transformation [Pod] Elevating Procurement’s Impact in a Distributed Organization w/ Robert Bonnar “There is obviously great strength in being an expert. We should let experts talk. When there is someone with expertise,…Philip IdesonApril 12, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness Alignment [Pod] Pulse Check: Are You Enabling True Stakeholder Alignment? According to the Procurement 2021 Pulse Check by WNS Denali and ProcureCon Europe, only 9% of CPOs are satisfied with…Philip IdesonApril 5, 2021
AOP Podcast [Pod] The AOP Mastermind LIVE Spring Preview Show “To me, a ‘growth mindset’ means getting out in front of challenges and working through the limiting beliefs that we…Philip IdesonMarch 31, 2021
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentDigitizationProcurement Transformation [Pod] How Telecom Giant BT Drives the Bottom Line and Corporate Resiliency w/ Adam Brown “We need to look to the future. Things are changing rapidly with the advances in AI, robotics, and machine learning.…Philip IdesonMarch 29, 2021
AOP Blog AOP Mastermind LIVE Spring 2021: Add Individual Sessions to Your Calendar Do you sign up for virtual events with the very best of intentions - and even block huge windows of…Philip IdesonMarch 26, 2021
AOP PodcastStartup Series [Pod] 2021 StartUp & Growth Series – Suppleye Today’s podcast is part of a special two-week series, our second annual sponsored StartUp and Growth Series, where we aim…Philip IdesonMarch 24, 2021
AOP PodcastStartup Series [Pod] 2021 StartUp & Growth Series – Promitheia Today’s podcast is part of a special two-week series, our second annual sponsored StartUp and Growth Series, where we aim…Philip IdesonMarch 23, 2021
AOP PodcastStartup Series [Pod] 2021 StartUp & Growth Series – Creactives Today’s podcast is part of a special two-week series, our second annual sponsored StartUp and Growth Series, where we aim…Philip IdesonMarch 22, 2021
AOP PodcastStartup Series [Pod] 2021 StartUp & Growth Series – Vistio Today’s podcast is part of a special two-week series, our second annual sponsored StartUp and Growth Series, where we aim…Philip IdesonMarch 18, 2021