AOP Blog June 30, 2021 Establishing Procurement’s Internal Brand If you think about what a brand really represents, at least in the context of a B2C business, it is… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP Blog June 23, 2021 How to Create Stronger Supplier Relationships A question that we often get asked is, “How do we create stronger relationships with our suppliers?” A couple of… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP Blog June 16, 2021 A Procurement Attitude of Gratitude Do you have any idea how lucky you are to work in procurement? Who else can understand a business by… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP Blog June 2, 2021 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 Barner Love0
AOP Blog May 26, 2021 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 Ideson Love0
AOP Blog May 5, 2021 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 Ideson Love0
AOP Blog April 28, 2021 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 Barner Love0
AOP BlogBusiness Alignment April 20, 2021 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 Ideson Love0
AOP Blog March 10, 2021 Securing Buy-in for Sustainability Initiatives Sustainability is a value lever we've been talking about for a long time as procurement professionals, and it is becoming… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP Blog March 3, 2021 Governance and Compliance Through Digitally Transformed Procurement Governance and compliance have always presented a challenge for procurement - not because we can’t establish and enforce them, but… Kelly Barner Love0