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Conversations On Expense Management Strategy

Hear directly from cost reduction specialists, expense reduction consultants, and industry experts as they unpack real challenges in spend management, and how to solve them.

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February 17, 2025

Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement

“Show me the incentive, and I will show you the outcome.” Warren Buffet’s vice chairman Charlie Munger’s succinct...
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Tales of Dysfunction (a.k.a. “Procurgatory”)

Building off the previous discussion about “purposeful procurement” in the first episode, Buy: The Way…To Purposeful...
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Oliver’s List: Inspiring Tales of Purposeful Procurement with Oliver Hurrey

As Albert Einstein said, “We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.” After taking...
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Mission Possible: Unburdened Procurement with Brian Kyle

The stakes are always high for procurement, but at mission-driven nonprofits like the American Cancer Society (ACS), procurement...
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The Phil-Ins: Connecting the Dots with Phil, Kelly, and Rich

In this episode of “Buy: The Way… To Purposeful Procurement,” Rich Ham, CEO of Fine Tune, and Philip Ideson and Kelly...
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The Foothills of the Flaws; Retracing Procurement’s Path with Rob Hills

It’s been a long, winding road that has brought procurement to its current state of flawed incentive structures and measurement...
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Seeking Balance in Buyer-Seller Dynamics with Kate Vitasek

In this seventh episode of the “Buy: The Way…To Purposeful Procurement” podcast series, Art of Procurement’s Philip...

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