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Procurement Says No

By: Richard Beattie & Edward Cross
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  • The thoughts of two CIPS award winning procurement gods who want to share our love of procurement with newbies, oldies and the procurious. Generally we'll be talking nonsense about all things procurement, with the occasional nugget of priceless insight.

    All views are our own - we're not affiliated in any way to anybody or anything!

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    Richard Beattie & Edward Cross
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  • Procurement Says No Ep15 Return to Listmania

    Procurement Says No Ep15 Return to Listmania
    Jun 17 2024
    For our first anniversary, Rich and Ed Return to Listmania - our favourite topic of random lists for everything in procurement - including a list from someone off the internet - the 9 laws of stuff, plus 7 skills for supplier management, lists of procurement hats, 5 stages of aligned strategy, 11 trends for 2024 and a load of other hopeless predictions - including the demise of the letters C, X and Q.

    And we've got news - including more lists, this time of the top 10 ethical procurement companies (no we don't believe it either) with the BS thermometer of news, Dunkin's new CPO, CIPS's launch of their brand strategy, CAP's top uses for AI, and our podcast being big in Oman as well as now officially recognised as the 19th best global procurement podcast or something.

    We've also got some hard questions to answer from our listeners - what your 90 day plan should look like; how to save money on fleet management; when to e-auction and use Amazon for Business, and how many suppliers is the right number!

    You'll love it - we have a list of 9 reasons why.

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    39 mins
  • Procurement Says No Ep14 Deus Ex Machina

    Procurement Says No Ep14 Deus Ex Machina
    May 15 2024
    Ashley Williams from Mishcon de Reya is back as we delve further into artificial intelligence and machine learning. Will machines save us? Will capitalism save us? What will the world’s despots do with this technology? Is this a turtle on its back? Will Charlie Watts really play drums on a new Whitney album? Will lawyers and procurement people be replaced by bots? Who’s best – big companies or small companies? What is intent prediction and will Ed go to prison for a crime he is yet to commit? Or will we just be regulated to a higher standard (oh, that’s a bit dull)? All of these questions will be answered, sort of.

    And we have news of a very exciting procurement job in construction (no, really); procurement’s role in creating massive plastic pollution; procurement podcast lists (we love a list); and who really cares about the top 10 ERP systems. Plus your questions on travel sourcing and AirB&B; above the line marketing; and the best categories for big savings.

    Don’t press the red button; press the link below instead.

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    41 mins
  • Procurement Says No Ep13 Artificially Intelligent

    Procurement Says No Ep13 Artificially Intelligent
    Apr 22 2024
    Rich and Ed invite another super-duper special guest star to the podcast – Ashley Williams is a partner at Mishcon de Reya, specialising in all things AI, who talks to us about EU and US approaches to AI; whether your AI controlled car will kill you or random pedestrians whilst you’re playing Candy Crush; data scraping; Love Island and the wonderfully broad definition of AI. It’s procurement, but it’s personal.

    We’ve also got a distinct lack of news; except for a very exciting CPO conference coming up in May; the price of cocoa and eggs; some very un-bureaucratic sounding EU innovation awards and oh, CIPS again.

    And of course, more of your questions for “Ask Rich and Ed” – this time we ponder jumping ship into a procurement consulting role; whether to go to a procurement EXPO; what’s the worst category to manage; and what’s the next Procurement bandwagon you should be jumping on!

    Don’t be scared of the future – just download Episode 13 instead. Unlucky for some.

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    39 mins
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