AOP BlogCost ManagementExpense Management The Ultimate Guide to Expense Management: Achieving Cost Savings that StickWhether your company is in growth mode, protecting what they have on hand, or adapting to a new normal, responsible…Philip IdesonApril 6, 2020
AOP PodcastCost ManagementCOVID-19Expense ManagementLeadership Leading Procurement in an Economic Downturn w/ Joe Payne“When you hit a recessionary period, the urgency goes way up. And so companies that maybe don't always look to…Philip IdesonApril 6, 2020
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentCategory ManagementCategory Specific: ITCoronavirusCOVID-19 A CIO’s Perspective on IT & Procurement during a Pandemic w/ Tim Crawford“Where we are today, we just need to get the work done and we'll figure out how to clean it…Philip IdesonApril 1, 2020
AOP PodcastCoronavirusCOVID-19 Procurement’s Response to COVID-19 Beyond the Next 2 Weeks w/ Christian Heinrich“Strategic decisions will need to be made about when companies should try to ramp their production back up again -…Philip IdesonMarch 30, 2020
AOP BlogCoronavirusCOVID-19OpinionRisk Management What Changes for Procurement Once You Accept Government Recovery FundsLate last night, the US Senate passed the CARES Act to provide funds aimed at strengthening families and industries most impacted by…Philip IdesonMarch 26, 2020
AOP PodcastCash managementCoronavirusCOVID-19 How Procurement Can Help US-Based Suppliers Access Emergency Cash from the SBA w/ Amanda Prochaska“Everyone has an opportunity to serve each other right now. If we can go out and serve the suppliers who…Philip IdesonMarch 25, 2020
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementUniforms Category Spotlight – Uniforms w/ Rich Ham“When it comes to managing uniform rentals, you just are forced to look for other avenues to pursue cost savings…Philip IdesonMarch 23, 2020
AOP PodcastCoronavirusCOVID-19Crisis ManagementLeadership Leading in a Crisis w/ Jan Griffiths“It is time for procurement to step up and lead.” It is safe to say that we currently find ourselves…Philip IdesonMarch 16, 2020
AOP PodcastCSR Powering Procurement’s Social Impact w/ Paul PolizzottoEveryone wants to have a positive social impact on their community or industry, but doing so also has to be…Philip IdesonMarch 9, 2020
AOP PodcastThis Month in Procurement Breaking Up is Hard to Do – This Month in ProcurementIn this episode, AOP Host Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner (General Manager of AOP and Owner of Buyers Meeting Point)…Philip IdesonMarch 2, 2020
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentInc.Procurement Transformation How Cimpress Built a Procurement Team that Operates like a Services Business w/ Evert Karsen“We realize that when we negotiate with suppliers, the business is the end customer. We are the function that does…Philip IdesonFebruary 24, 2020
AOP PodcastSourcing & ContractingSupplier Management Unpacking the Standing Neutral w/ Kate Vitasek“In these complex deals, change is the norm and it's very easy to get out of alignment as new players…Philip IdesonFebruary 17, 2020
AOP PodcastData & Analytics Mastering the Procurement Data Challenge w/ Joe Yacura“If we could do this somehow create a value that we could actually put on a company’s balance sheet, that…Philip IdesonFebruary 10, 2020
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentThis Month in Procurement Introducing Procurement, Inc. – This Month in ProcurementIn this episode, AOP Host Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner (General Manager of AOP and Owner of Buyers Meeting Point)…Philip IdesonFebruary 3, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – TraDove w/ Rowena Bonnette“We're pretty much replacing the letters of credit via smart contracts through blockchain. It'll save users time, energy. It's easy…Philip IdesonJanuary 31, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – Per Angusta w/ Pierre Lapree“We're giving procurement teams an easy and reliable tool to track their activities, to measure their performance and to share…Philip IdesonJanuary 30, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – ProcurementFlow w/ Tarmo Saidla“The procurement person, they shouldn't really work in an office like a sales guy. Actually, the best procurement guys spend…Philip IdesonJanuary 29, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – Tealbook w/ Stephany Lapierre“There's a huge data problem right now and it's actually impacting the return on investment from all the dollars that…Philip IdesonJanuary 28, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – Bid Ops w/ Edmund Zagorin“We've done a deep dive and found that the main differentiator between ‘peer class’ and ‘world class’ sourcing organizations is…Philip IdesonJanuary 27, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – Spendency w/ Nils Lundgren and Arvid Fredin“We have figured out that the key to really democratizing data is two things: 1. make it easy enough that…Philip IdesonJanuary 23, 2020
AOP PodcastDigitizationStartup Series AOP Special Startup Series – Keelvar w/ Alan Holland“Our feedback from CPOs has been that automation is their number one priority for 2020. The instructions they're receiving from…Philip IdesonJanuary 22, 2020