podcast tag heart of procurement 
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 24, 2025
The lane has a lot of potential — it’s estimated that more than 90% of all goods consumed in Hawaii are imported from the mainland. At the outset, shippers may see Hawaiian shipping as an extension of their mainland operations, to which they can apply the same strategies and the same playbook. Every hurdle introduces strain and slows momentum.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 23, 2025
AI, at its heart, is a tool to help solve problems — like a hammer, or pair of scissors. AI, at its heart, is a tool to help solve problems — like a hammer, or pair of scissors. Yet these same companies have the same anxieties about investing. Data privacy and employee resistance are two running-with-scissors risks.
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Supply Chain Brain
JUNE 26, 2025
Building an AI organization capable of training large models on your own data is not for the faint of heart. If you asked those same leaders what they wished they had in place and are now investing in heavily, the answer would be “supply chain analytics.” Enter 2025, and we’re facing another major supply chain challenge. Buy, don’t build.
Supply Chain Brain
JULY 16, 2025
Between market volatility, rapid advances in automation and rising customer expectations, transportation leaders are being forced to rethink legacy systems and outdated ways of operating. One theme was clear: Transformation is underway, and those who lean into it will be better positioned for what’s next.
Procurement Software
JANUARY 16, 2024
Could more visionary procurement leaders be the cure for procurement teams not getting the recognition they deserve? It’s time to start replacing the technocratic, process-obsessed procurement teams. We must usher in a more visionary and value-focused group of procurement leaders and CPOs. The Status Quo has got to GO!
Procurement Software
AUGUST 8, 2023
nShockwaves were sent through the procurement software industry last December when the Coupa software acquisition was announced. Aside from the obviously devastating blow this is to their former employees, what is the wider and longer lasting impact of Coupa’s acquisition on the procurement software industry? What went wrong at Coupa?
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