AOS PodcastCSRSourcing & ContractingSupplier Management 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… Kelly Barner Love0
AOS PodcastCSRRisk ManagementSupplier Management February 15, 2024 Killer App: The UK Post Office Scandal In today’s digital age, jokes are often made at technology’s expense. I have multiple calls each week where someone apologizes… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogCategory ManagementDigitizationSupplier Management February 13, 2024 Top Priorities for IT Spend in 2024 Technology spend poses a unique set of challenges for procurement. Cost increases, waste and inefficiency, a crowded marketplace, and the… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementCSRSourcing & ContractingSupplier Management 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… Philip Ideson Love0
AOS PodcastRisk ManagementSourcing & ContractingSupplier Management February 8, 2024 Savings v. Safety in Aircraft Manufacturing On January 5th, Alaska Airlines flight 1282 left Portland, Oregon en route to Ontario, California. Just minutes into the flight,… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP BlogSupplier Management February 1, 2024 From Overwhelm to Orchestration: Empowering Your Digital Procurement Stack The ongoing debate over the 'right' procurement tech stack has persisted for years, seemingly without resolution. Traditional end-to-end platforms, once… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP BlogSupplier Management February 1, 2024 Roadmap to Success: Best Practice Supplier Diversity in 2024 Procurement teams and professionals have long known that supplier diversity and ESG initiatives can help organizations cut costs, reduce supply… Kelly Barner Love0
AOS PodcastCSRSupplier ManagementTrends November 9, 2023 Is it the most wonderful time of the supply chain year? According to the National Retail Federation, 43 percent of people started doing their holiday shopping in October, leading the NRF… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentRisk ManagementSupplier Management October 22, 2023 Achieving Next Level Supplier Relationships “Developing trustworthy and reliable suppliers is critical to your business, and maintaining those relationships is beneficial to the organization as… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastRisk ManagementSupplier Management October 15, 2023 Relationship Building: The Key to Effective Risk Management in Procurement “You need to know your suppliers, what they can and what they can’t do, and what they’re ready to do… Philip Ideson Love0