AOP PodcastBusiness AlignmentSourcing & ContractingTrends September 24, 2023 Benchmarking Services Procurement“Services are relationship-based from a procurement perspective, whether that means the relationship procurement needs to have with the business to… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementExpense ManagementRisk ManagementSupplier ManagementTrends September 14, 2023 The Cold, Hard Facts About Cold Chain LogisticsThe term “cold chain” was first used in 1908 to describe meat industry storage and transportation in and out of… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementExpense ManagementRisk ManagementSupplier ManagementTrends September 7, 2023 Nerves of U.S. Steel“You can’t unscramble eggs.” – J.P. Morgan U.S. Steel was formed in 1901 when J.P. Morgan financed the merger of… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementExpense ManagementRisk ManagementSupplier ManagementTrends August 31, 2023 Dodging the Urban Doom LoopIn the book “Good to Great,” Jim Collins wrote about the flywheel effect, a prosperous cycle of work and adjustment… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastCategory ManagementExpense ManagementTrends August 27, 2023 [Pod] Elevating the ROI of Business Travel“The largest corporations that spend the most on business travel are generally at about 75% of their 2019 spend, and… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementExpense ManagementRisk ManagementSupplier ManagementTrends August 24, 2023 Who is to blame for Yellow’s demise?On July 30th, 2023, Yellow announced that they would cease operations after 99 years and declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy just… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementLeadershipSupplier ManagementTalent ManagementTrends August 17, 2023 Restoring Business Imagination Through Nature“For men like Ford, Firestone, and Edison, whose success in the world had given them access to any thing they… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastDigital Outcomes 2023DigitizationProcurement TransformationTrends August 13, 2023 [Pod] The Care and Feeding of the Procurement Startup EcosystemLooking at any of the digital procurement ‘spider charts’ suggests that procurement is an incubator for a vast array of… Philip Ideson Love0
AOP PodcastCSRCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementRisk ManagementSupplier ManagementTrends August 10, 2023 The Problem with Performative ESGAlthough we talk about ESG programs all the time, they actually haven’t been with us for very long. ESG initiatives… Kelly Barner Love0
AOP PodcastCurrent EventsDial P for ProcurementSupplier ManagementTrends August 3, 2023 Tesla Takes the Socialist PledgeChina is one of the most influential consumer, industrial, and raw materials markets in the world. Unfortunately, they are also… Kelly Barner Love0