The Source
A Podcast by Beroe
Digital Procurement Overview
Beroe's Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks with Lance Younger, CEO and Founder of ProcureTech, to map out what's hot in the digital procurement space. During the conversation, Lance also offers his opinion on the technology evolution, and how it can impact the function in the next few years.
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Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks with Nick Wildgoose, a Supply Chain Insurance expert who spent decades in the insurance industry. Nick explains the nuances of Supply Chain Insurance and what role Procurement can play when pressed into action by the business to scout for insurance products.
Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks with Jacob Gorm Larsen, former Head of Digital Procurement at AP Moller Maersk. Jacob, who currently runs a consulting firm called Moneyball CPH, talks about the need for Procurement teams to guard themselves against the temptations posed by “shiny new digital solutions”.
In this episode, Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks with Jody Franich, a veteran supply chain executive who spent several decades at Boeing. Jody was responsible for sourcing all of the common commodities -- for eg., aluminum, titanium, etc. He was also responsible for deploying category strategy for the spend that was about $60 billion. He now teaches at University of Washington, Foster School of Business.
In this episode, Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks to Katharina Stenholm -- former CPO of food company Danone and SAB Miller -- about the politics surrounding sustainable initiatives, and whether Procurement can indeed make a difference in achieving green objectives.
In this episode, Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks to Peter Smith, author of "Bad Buying: How Organisations Waste Billions Through Failures, Frauds and F*ck-ups". Peter is recognized as one of the UK's leading experts in public and private sector procurement performance improvement.
A Procure-to-Pay (P2P) system is the heartbeat of any Procurement function. Getting the implementation right is critical as it would ensure org-wide success. In this episode, Beroe’s Head of Content, Sakthi Prasad, speaks to veteran Procurement consultant, Niul Burton, on wide-ranging issues relating to P2P implementation including: