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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Episodes
  • Procurement Says No Ep23 ProcureCon - Events, dear boy

    Procurement Says No Ep23 ProcureCon - Events, dear boy
    Feb 2 2025
    Rich and Ed discover all there is to know about hosting your very own Procurement Event - with special guest stars Frank Musero and Michael Dunlap of ProcureCon; which only happens to be one of the biggest organisers of global procurement events!

    We ask Frank and Mike - what is ProcureCon all about; how many events do they hold; how long these things take to organise; how do they deal with terrible speakers and drop outs; what's in it for sponsors; and most importantly, what's in it for you, dear listener; and whether Taylor Swift or Guns 'n' Roses are playing ? And how crazy does it get when things go wrong (and right!).

    Plus we've got news about Trump's tariffs from Columbia and Ericsson (who managed to predict this at least 2 years ago); no news as usual from CIPS (and a plan to fix it)...and a whole new world of agentic AI which is coming soon. All this and DeepSeek - or is that SkyNet - and setting fire to the sky (again).

    And where exactly is Eswatini and where else has the world's top Procurement podcast been downloaded this month?

    Wherever you are, you know what to do - click the link!

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    44 mins
  • Procurement Says No Ep22 Alchemie - Pestilence, Plague and Other Predictions.

    Procurement Says No Ep22 Alchemie - Pestilence, Plague and Other Predictions.
    Jan 20 2025
    Your favorite procurement podcast is hosted by Alex Jennings on the Alchemie Network's livestream event.

    Ed and Rich muse on what we should expect in the world of procurement in 2025, as well as also looking back at what we said this time last year.

    Were we right about near shoring, the continuing focus on risk and cost reduction, the slow march of AI, procurement tech continuing to lag, and a lack of available talent beginning to hit recruitment???

    And what are our predictions for 2025 – more AI, more tech, more risk, war, flood, famine, recession and tariffs - and that’s just the positive stuff.

    What would Nostradamus think?? Perhaps, a new mysterious leader will come from the sea and form an aquatic empire. Oh, and a massive asteroid is going to come close to hitting the Earth. Yep.

    We also talk about ProcureCon, PSN merch and some amazing thought leadership coming soon.

    And you can even see video of us recording this one on the Alchemie Network - join up, it's as cheap as crisps...

    https://www.alchemienetwork.com/spaces/13204286/content


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    55 mins
  • Procurement Says No Ep21 The 12 Days of Procurement - Christmas Special

    Procurement Says No Ep21 The 12 Days of Procurement - Christmas Special
    Dec 16 2024
    Rich and Ed bring you Christmas cheer with their 12 Days of Procurement - as they count the days and suggest things you should be doing - like sorting 12 unpaid invoices, approving 10 requistions, unsticking 9 contracts stuck in legal, reading 6 Linked-In lists, defining 3 definitions of ESG and a releasing tender on Christmas eve...you get the picture. Listen to find out the whole 12 days! And will Ed uncover what exactly the Apostles' Creed is all about?

    Plus news from VW and L'Oreal on batteries and decarbonisation, more news on our collabs with ProcureCon and Alchemie and we celebrate new listeners in the Czech Republic, Lesotho, Armenia, Papua New Guinea and, er, Russia.

    And shocking news that AI will wipe out 80% of Procurement people. Possibly.




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    27 mins

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