Everyone wants their customers to have a good experience but being able to live up to that standard consistently and at scale is not easy. Ideally, someone will take responsibility for creating positive experiences no matter the exact requirements. In this Dial P for Procurement livestream, Kelly Barner and Scott Luton are joined by…
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Move Faster, Save More, and Look Better Doing It! With Anthony Clervi and Kris Lance from Una
With more spend and suppliers to manage than ever, many procurement teams are re-evaluating the category expertise they maintain in house and which buying decisions are managed by procurement v. being turned over to the business. In this conversation, Anthony Clervi and Kris Lance from Una, a Group Purchasing Organization, bring their sales and marketing experience along with a perspective refined through years of entrepreneurship to tackle this challenge and others.
The 3 Ways to Learn Supply Chain with Andrew Chen, founder of the National Supply Chain Foundation
What do you do when a global pandemic gets in the way of your supply chain internship? Well, if you’re Andrew Chen, you start the National Supply Chain Foundation so students of the supply chain can connect from a social distance. We sat down to chat with Andrew to learn more about the foundation, his new rotational program at…
Collaborating with Suppliers Through Challenging Times
Collaborating with suppliers isn’t easy – and it doesn’t always come naturally either. One silver lining to the last 18 months is that there are plenty of opportunities to work together, whether procurement is helping suppliers or vice versa. If done right, those opportunities will become relationships that offer significant value for both parties well into the future.
The Intersection of International Culture and Talent in Procurement, Guest Jacinta Taliauli
Although industries and supply chains are increasingly global, the cultural norms that prevail in each region vary. As we begin to work within those regions, it often becomes apparent that there are cultural differences at the country and even city or regional level. Each person has to be aware of their own cultural background as well as…
Supply Chain Now Episode 650
In this episode of Dial P for Procurement, powered by Supply Chain Now, hosts Kelly Barner and Scott Luton welcome Jacob Gorm Larsen and Marcell Vollmer to the show.
Supply Chain Now Episode 646
In this episode of the Supply Chain Buzz on Supply Chain Now, produced in partnership with OpenText, Scott and Greg welcome Kelly Barner, host of Dial P for Procurement, as she joins them in sharing some of the top news in supply chain for the week.
Supply Chain Now Episode 643
There are many paths people follow to start a career in procurement, but not a single one of them is a straight line. Although this can present challenges from a skills consistency perspective, more often than not, it actually…
Supply Chain Now Episode 634
Many people that work in the supply chain industry never intended for their career to follow that path. Gugulethu Hughes, the Founder of Clinch and a procurement and supply chain professional with over a decade of experience across different sectors, can make an even bigger claim. He ended up in supply chain without realizing it was supply chain.
Supply Chain Now Episode 627
These days, it seems like everyone is in the risk business. From high consumer expectations to the challenging final mile, and from ships stuck sideways in far away canals to an uncertain global economy, all business decisions come with elevated risk. But – and this is a BIG BUT – the riskiest move of all is giving in to the…
