Art of Procurement

This week is Big Idea Week on the Art of Procurement - a mini series of shorter interviews with procurement thought leaders ahead of their participation in the Procurious Big Idea Summit. Today's guest is Barry Ward, Senior Procurement Brand Manager at IBM. Barry and I discuss how cognitive technologies have the potential to transform procurement delivery models. Barry shares how IBM is using technology to drive automation across their internal procurement group by levering their IBM Watson platform. We talk about where this technology is on the maturity curve, and the impact this is likely to have on the procurement skill sets of the future. For links and show notes, go to http://artofprocurement.com/ibm-watson

This week is Big Idea Week on the Art of Procurement - a mini series of shorter interviews with procurement thought leaders ahead of their participation in the Procurious Big Idea Summit. Today's guest is Chris Browne, Chief Procurement Officer of The World Bank. The World Bank has arguably one of the most complex procurement scope's in the world, covering $44B in project spend across 173 countries. Chris and his team embarked on a three year journey to reform procurement at The World Bank, and he shares his learnings covering topics such as the impact of culture on procurement practices, where to start when planning a complex procurement transformation, and The World Bank's approach to leading procurement projects in conflict states around the world. For links and show notes, go to http://artofprocurement.com/chris-browne

This week is Big Idea Week on the Art of Procurement - a mini series of shorter interviews with procurement thought leaders ahead of their participation in the Procurious Big Idea Summit. In today's interview, I talked with Chris Sawchuk. Chris is a Principal, and the Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader at The Hackett Group. Chris and I focused on the findings of Hackett's 2016 CPO Key Issues Study. As part of the conversation, we touched on CPO priorities, how world class procurement organizations are becoming trusted business advisors, and the need for CPO's to focus on agility in times of rapid change. For links and show notes, go to http://artofprocurement.com/chris-sawchuck-hackett

This week is Big Idea Week on the Art of Procurement - a mini series of shorter interviews with procurement thought leaders ahead of their participation in the Procurious Big Idea Summit. Today, I sat down with Gabe Perez, the Vice President of Strategy and Market Development at Coupa. Gape shares his thoughts on a number of procurement technology issues, including the potential for cognitive computing, the need to focus on the value that technology can provide to all users to ensure its success, and why open platforms are the future of procurement technology. For links and show notes, go to http://artofprocurement.com/gabe-perez-coupa

This week is Big Idea Week on the Art of Procurement - a mini series of shorter interviews with procurement thought leaders ahead of their participation in the Procurious Big Idea Summit. We start the week with a wide ranging conversation with Tom Derry, CEO of the Institute of Supply Management (ISM). Tom shares his thoughts on CPO priorities, the talent profile necessary to be successful in the evolving world of procurement, and why the use of social media has now become an imperative for procurement professionals. For links and show notes, go to http://artofprocurement.com/tom-derry-ism.

In this episode of The Art Of Procurement, it's a little bit of a different show. I want to discuss a couple of items related to the show itself, and then I have some exciting news about some shows that, allbeing well, will be coming out over the next week or so. Full show notes can be found at artofprocurement.com/rebranding

This week, I am joined once again by Terri Gallagher. You may recall I invited Terri on the show previously, back in Episode 20, to talk about the role that procurement can play in the management of the temporary labor category. Terri is President & CEO of Gallagher and Consultants, an advisory firm that helps companies build and implement end to end workforce management strategies. Terri is an expert in the field of Human Capital Management, and specifically contingent on temporary labor, as has previously been an executive of a number of leading services providers in this space such as Adecco, Manpower and Tapfin. Full show notes can be found here.

Today, I am going to continue a topic that I first started to discuss a couple of weeks ago on the topic of risk. We have heard a number of guests talk about the growing importance of risk, and procurement's role in monitoring, mitigating and managing risk. I received a listener question related to that show that I think was a great question. The question was: How do you integrate the identification of risk into the sourcing process? Full show notes can be found at artofprocurement.com/38

My guest today is Bill Michels. Bill is very well known in the procurement and supply chain professions across the US. He is currently the founder and CEO of Aripart Consulting, following a 23 year career leading ADR North America. Bill is a sought after speaker, and I was delighted when Bill agreed to be on the show, without hesitation. With such a wealth of knowledge, it was hard to select a single topic to discuss in today's show. However, what we decided to focus on is the megatrends – that are outside of our control – but that are impacting both what, and how, he buy. Full show notes can be found at artofprocurement.com/megatrends

In this episode of the Art of Procurement, I am joined by Dave Hulsen, co-founder of an RFP collaboration platform called RFP 365. You'll hear Dave talk about the circumstances under which we should be using the RFP, versus other tools that are out there, like an RFI, or frankly just picking up the phone. And then if an RFP is the right tool for the job what do we need to do to make sure that the RFP brings value to the process? That it's just not some burdensome document. Full show notes are available at: http://artofprocurement.com/rfp