September 8, 2024
Calculating the Cost of Convenience in Facilities Management
“Everyone has an opinion about facility services in your buildings, so you're always trying to accommodate multiple stakeholders and juggle…
August 1, 2024
Will FedEx Freight hit the open road?
When you read news that a company is thinking about spinning off a division, it is usually because that division…
July 21, 2024
Applying ISO Standards to Procurement
“Sustainability is at the top of the agenda for businesses, because now they have to demonstrate exactly what their carbon…
June 13, 2024
Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Progress or Setback?
The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, or UFLPA, was passed to protect an ethnically Turkish, predominantly Muslim minority living in…
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…
March 12, 2024
AOP Introducing… Cofactr
In this episode of AOP Introducing, Helen Mackenzie speaks with Matthew Haber, CEO and co-founder at Cofactr. Before finding procurement,…
March 3, 2024
Transparency is the Antidote for Rising IT Costs
“There is always room for negotiation around IT spend. The worst they can do is say ‘no,’ but at least…
February 22, 2024
Case Dismissed: Byron Allen v. McDonald’s
In May of 2023, two of the companies owned by Byron Allen, a black businessman and producer, sued McDonald’s for…
February 11, 2024
Escaping the Services Procurement Comfort Zone
“We have to incentivize the supplier to collaborate with us in a way that creates a different way of doing…
