Digital transformation has become an important topic for most procurement teams today. As I advise procurement leaders on how to approach digital initiatives I find myself looking back on experiences from high school and college where I was lucky enough to participate...
A Brave New Supply Chain World
Jun 3, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
To understand long-term transformations in supply chain and procurement technology, supply chain professionals must be able to understand present trends so they can help shape future realities. Experts believe the following supply chain predictions are viable...
Emotion, Personality, and Negotiation: Why AI Provides Unique Leverage on the “Soft Skills” of Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Selection
Feb 18, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
People who make forecasts about AI assume that because AI is a virtual machine (albeit an adaptive one), that it will be good at things we’ve come to know machines are good at and bad at everything else. Strangely, the past few years have disproved this – AI seems...
Data Science Is Changing the Procurement Landscape
Jan 31, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Contributor Post from Christian Ries For years, supply chains have relied on manual data entries from spreadsheets to assess spend and opportunity. At the same time, large companies with several supply chains combined their sourcing efforts in order to compile enough...
Arkestro Management Lessons
Nov 12, 2019 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Contributor Post from Edmund Zagorin In building and scaling Arkestro, our team has worked hard to create an intentional culture where people are able to set individual and team goals that align with business metrics. We aim to build a company where anyone with vision...
3 Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Procurement
Apr 26, 2019 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Being in the AI procurement software business means that our team gets an inside view into how business leaders across the industry are thinking about implementing AI in their enterprise. Across the board, we see people caught between curiosity about what’s possible...
Why Digitization Will (And Won’t) Displace In-Person Supplier Negotiations – What Does The Future Of Procurement Negotiation Hold?
Mar 12, 2019 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Contribution Post from Edmund ZagorinCEO & Founder Negotiation is fundamentally a human act, between one or more humans. When two servers “talk to each other” to determine the optimal load-balance, we probably would not say that they are “negotiating”. However,...
5 Lessons I Learned About Procurement’s Digital Transformation From Competitive Debate
Dec 21, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Digital transformation has become an important topic for most procurement teams today. As I advise procurement leaders on how to approach digital initiatives I find myself looking back on experiences from high school and college where I was lucky enough to participate...
A Brave New Supply Chain World
Jun 3, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
To understand long-term transformations in supply chain and procurement technology, supply chain professionals must be able to understand present trends so they can help shape future realities. Experts believe the following supply chain predictions are viable...
Emotion, Personality, and Negotiation: Why AI Provides Unique Leverage on the “Soft Skills” of Strategic Sourcing and Supplier Selection
Feb 18, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
People who make forecasts about AI assume that because AI is a virtual machine (albeit an adaptive one), that it will be good at things we’ve come to know machines are good at and bad at everything else. Strangely, the past few years have disproved this – AI seems...
Data Science Is Changing the Procurement Landscape
Jan 31, 2020 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Contributor Post from Christian Ries For years, supply chains have relied on manual data entries from spreadsheets to assess spend and opportunity. At the same time, large companies with several supply chains combined their sourcing efforts in order to compile enough...
Arkestro Management Lessons
Nov 12, 2019 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Contributor Post from Edmund Zagorin In building and scaling Arkestro, our team has worked hard to create an intentional culture where people are able to set individual and team goals that align with business metrics. We aim to build a company where anyone with vision...
3 Misconceptions About Artificial Intelligence (AI) In Procurement
Apr 26, 2019 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Being in the AI procurement software business means that our team gets an inside view into how business leaders across the industry are thinking about implementing AI in their enterprise. Across the board, we see people caught between curiosity about what’s possible...
Why Digitization Will (And Won’t) Displace In-Person Supplier Negotiations – What Does The Future Of Procurement Negotiation Hold?
Mar 12, 2019 | Blog | Thought Leadership
Contribution Post from Edmund ZagorinCEO & Founder Negotiation is fundamentally a human act, between one or more humans. When two servers “talk to each other” to determine the optimal load-balance, we probably would not say that they are “negotiating”. However,...