AOP Podcast Archives

AOP Podcast Business Alignment Procurement Transformation Supplier Management

June 30, 2024

All About Relationships: Changing Your Mindset for Better Procurement

The speed of business is dramatically accelerating. Procurement teams need to be able to react quickly and pivot within their…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Digitization Procurement Transformation Trends

June 23, 2024

Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in Procurement

“Longer term, I think people haven’t fully understood the power of generative AI beyond their own personal use cases. But…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Business Alignment Expense Management

June 16, 2024

GPOs as Value Drivers within Private Equity Procurement

“There is no perfect data today. In the absence of that, we have to take the knowns and extrapolate from…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Digitization Procurement Transformation Sourcing & Contracting

June 9, 2024

The Future of Digital Contract Management

“A contract lifecycle management platform drives processes for you. That drives your price down, your risk down, and you get…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Data & Analytics Leadership Supplier Management

June 2, 2024

Meeting Supply Chain Volatility with Agility and Resilience

“You have to make investments in your supplier network if you want to be successful. The old days of ‘I…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Leadership

May 26, 2024

From Practitioner to Entrepreneur: Mark Holyoake Interviews AOP Founder Philip Ideson

“At the end of the day, we exist to try and help the procurement profession be more impactful. That’s the…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Category Management Digitization Risk Management

May 19, 2024

Optimizing Procurement’s Source-to-Pay Strategy

"In some weird sense, as we see the power of technology, the more apprehensive we get about how much information…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Sourcing & Contracting Supplier Management

May 12, 2024

Dear Supplier… The Art of Giving RFP Response Feedback

“There is one thing you can do that really creates a positive ROI for an RFP respondent even if they…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Category Management CSR

May 5, 2024

Removing the Internal Tension Between Cost and Sustainability

“Only when we stop accepting the fact that procurement is being made to make decisions that are not the best…

Philip Ideson

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AOP Podcast Digitization Leadership Procurement Transformation

April 28, 2024

Fortune 500 Playbook: Procurement Leaders’ Secrets to Orchestration Excellence

“If you think of it simplistically, orchestration is a whole art form. You have to learn what it all means.…

Philip Ideson

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