On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast recorded live during the Global Executive Summit, Dina Ghobrial, founder of Halo AI, discusses her transition from Chief Procurement Officer at Coupa Software to launching Halo AI - a cutting edge platform that aims to revolutionize third-party risk management by leveraging technology to streamline vendor vetting processes. Halo AI utilizes diverse data sources, such as cybersecurity, financial viability, ESG, climate, and sentiment analysis, to generate instant vendor scores. Tune in to hear about Dina’s journey and how Halo AI has th ..read more

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn Tiura interviews Sagi Eliyahu, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tonkean, about intake orchestration and its importance in managing the earliest point in a process. Sagi emphasizes the need for a seamless and user-friendly intake experience, regardless of the channel used. He also highlights how the integration of intake orchestration with other systems can bring immense value to procurement and other departments. Key Takeaways:  Intake orchestration is the management of the earliest point in a process, where information or requests are co ..read more

In this conversation, Dawn Tiura interviews Kate Vitasek, a globally recognized expert in collaborative business relationships and the founder of Supply Chain Visions. They discuss the evolution of the Vested business model over the past 13 years and how organizations like BP have embraced it to achieve amazing results. They also explore the concept of outcome-based contracts and the importance of a formal relational contract in building successful supplier relationships. Kate emphasizes the need for a different sourcing business model that focuses on desired outcomes, pricing models with ince ..read more

On this episode, Priyanka Mouli Shankar, Senior Global Category Manager at Applied Materials and winner of the Rising Star Award at the 2023 Future Sourcing Awards, discusses her background and career in supply chain. She emphasizes the importance of understanding the complexities of the commodity sourcing process and the impact of global events on supply chains. Priyanka also shares her motivation and passion for the role, as well as her interest in incorporating artificial intelligence and automation into procurement solutions. She expresses her desire to inspire and mentor young talent in t ..read more

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Anders Lillevik, CEO and founder of Focal Point. The two discuss the need for an end-to-end enterprise procurement orchestration platform and the role of generative AI in enhancing procurement processes. Anders explains Focal Point's vision and how they aim to address the challenges faced in procurement operations, such as tracking and managing procurement activities, ensuring compliance, and gaining recognition for the work done.    Learn more about Focal Point: https://www.getfocalpoint.com/company/about ..read more

Managed Services (MS) originated from the 1980s outsourcing trend and have since expanded into various business functions, including Procurement. MS entails outsourcing specific business processes to third parties to manage them externally, optimizing tasks like spend analytics, sourcing, supplier management, requisition processing, and invoice management within Source-to-Pay and Procure-to-Pay cycles.   The value proposition for business leaders, such as CPOs and CSCOs, centers on operational efficiency, strategic enhancement, industry expertise, spending control through SLAs and KPIs, o ..read more

Tune into this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast where Dawn is joined by Larry Flusser, an Advisory Manager at ProcureAbility to discuss creativity in procurement and how it can be leveraged to elevate the procurement function. Larry shares best practices and provides actionable steps for procurement leaders to take for implementing creativity to enhance the procurement function.  Read the blog post mentioned during this episode: https://procureability.com/embracing-the-5-key-pillars-of-creativity-in-procurement-to-create-new-sources-of-value-creation/  Learn mo ..read more

On this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Jamie Ogilvie-Smals, Vice President at GEP and Dr. Frank Kobor, Vice President of the Rapid Deployment Team at Bayer to celebrate their team’s winning the Innovations in Outsourcing award at this year’s Future of Sourcing Awards. The trio discuss their partnership and its background, highlighting the specific areas of innovation and the secrets to their success. Learn more about GEP – https://www.gep.com/  Learn more about the Future of Sourcing Awards – https://futureofsourcingawards.com/  Join us for the ..read more

On this two-part episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Amanda Prochaska, Founder and Chief Wonder Officer of Wonder Services. During part two of this series, we celebrate the many reasons that Amanda was ultimately named the Future of Sourcing 2023 Sourcing Star. We learn how the name of the firm, Wonder Services, came to be and how Amanda plans to scale the firm for success in 2024 and beyond!     Learn more about Wonder Services: https://wonderservices.net/ Learn more about the Future of Sourcing Awards: https://futureofsourcingawards.com/ Register f ..read more

During this two-part episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, Dawn is joined by Amanda Prochaska, Founder and Chief Wonder Officer of Wonder Services, and a finalist nominee for the 2023 Sourcing Star Award at the Future of Sourcing Awards. During part one of this series, Dawn and Amanda grab a semi-quiet corner at our Global Executive Summit to get better acquainted where we learn about Amanda’s background and how she stumbled into the procurement world. Amanda shares her journey into entrepreneurship as the Founder of Wonder Services and what sets her firm apart as a leader in the ..read more