AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentData & AnalyticsSupplier Management October 4, 2022 Achieving Resilience Through Third Party CentricityWhen disruptive times hit, trying to keep things as stable as possible is a natural response. And while it is… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentProcurement TransformationSourcing & Contracting October 3, 2022 [Pod] Improving Procurement’s Impact From the Moment of Intake w/ Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner“We're eliminating the problem of procurement not being brought in soon enough the same way we resolved maverick and rogue… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentCategory Management September 26, 2022 [Pod] Improving the Flexibility of your Category Management Skills w/ Steve Trussell“The first step is answering, ‘What are we trying to accomplish as a company?’ Sometimes that’s the hardest question to… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentDigitizationSourcing & Contracting September 15, 2022 How does the employee experience affect procurement’s impact?“If only the business would involve us sooner…” How many times have procurement professionals found themselves behind the 8 ball,… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentLeadershipProcurement Transformation September 8, 2022 Getting the ‘People Part’ Right: A Sourcing Hero Conversation with Thomas Siersbæk Heller-NjorEarlier this year I was joined on The Sourcing Hero podcast by Thomas Siersbæk Heller-Njor. He is currently the Founder… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentLeadershipTalent Management September 5, 2022 [Pod] Magic v. Logic: The Power of Storytelling w/ Simon Geale“The average person has 6,200 thoughts a day, and probably about 5,000 of those are going through your head in… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentLeadershipProcurement Transformation August 25, 2022 Can a focus on procurement experience unlock our latent potential?If you’re in the customer-facing part of the business, you’re all about experience. There’s even an acronym for it, CX. … Helen Mackenzie Love0
Business AlignmentProcurement TransformationRisk Management August 23, 2022 The Critical Role for Procurement in Mergers, Acquisitions, and DivestmentsProcurement’s role in integrations and separations is often overlooked – and understandably so. Corporate development teams and M&A professionals are… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentDigitizationProcurement Transformation August 22, 2022 [Pod] Crossover from The Sourcing Hero: Life Hacks for Driving Employee Engagement w/ Ashley Sieb“When you’re trying to engage a community that you serve in any kind of communication effort, it needs to be… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogBusiness AlignmentSourcing & ContractingSupplier Management August 18, 2022 Who Do Patents – and Contracts – Protect?I recently had the opportunity to interview Wen Xie, an intellectual property attorney, about the World Trade Organization’s decision to… Kelly Barner Love0