AOP BlogCategory Management August 11, 2022 Improving the flexibility of your category management skills Some categories of spend are dependable and constant. Their reliability makes them seem like they’ve been the same forever, which… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogCategory Management August 11, 2022 Practitioner Spotlight: Combatting Hostile Supplier Behavior Today’s economic conditions are presenting procurement with a ‘perfect storm’ of challenging circumstances. Suppliers are raising their rates, either because… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogCategory Management August 11, 2022 Driving Supply Chain Value in Disrupted Times What is the difference between a company that is ‘just getting by’ given today’s challenges and one that is leading… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogCategory Management August 11, 2022 Engaging in the Joust: Facing up to Suppliers in Inflationary Conditions For the last two years, many buyer-supplier relationships have been at a stalemate. No one wanted to disrupt the delicate… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogCategory Management August 11, 2022 Procurement for All Seasons: Being Prepared for Ever Changing Market Conditions It’s easy to think that in this world of access to information, being able to forecast, anticipate and (most importantly)… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementEcosystem SeriesProcurement TransformationSourcing & Contracting August 11, 2022 [Pod] Designing an End-to-End Ecosystem Approach to Procurement Part 4: Procure to Pay “If your data feeds back into your upstream processes, that helps you make better decisions and eventually helps the overall… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementEcosystem SeriesProcurement TransformationSourcing & Contracting August 10, 2022 [Pod] Designing an End-to-End Ecosystem Approach to Procurement Part 3: Source to Contract “Organizations have started looking at pain points as challenges to help transform their existing organizations and align them with the… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementEcosystem SeriesProcurement TransformationSourcing & Contracting August 9, 2022 [Pod] Designing an End-to-End Ecosystem Approach to Procurement Part 2: Category Management “Digital products become a bedrock of all the processes and the transformation that is taking place in the organization.” -Sanjeev… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementEcosystem SeriesProcurement TransformationSourcing & Contracting August 8, 2022 [Pod] Designing an End-to-End Ecosystem Approach to Procurement Part 1: Understanding the Current State and Mapping Out the Solution “Some of my favorite transformation success stories involve people who started out saying, ‘Please, don’t talk to me; I don’t… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogCategory ManagementData & Analytics July 19, 2022 Ensure Your “Knowing-Doing Gap” Doesn’t Become a Chasm Having access to resources and knowing how to use them are two different things. Take market intelligence resources for instance.… Helen Mackenzie Love0