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Inside Procurement, by The Smart Cube, is our take on industry challenges, opportunities and trends. It comes from our experience as a global provider of research and analytics solutions to a third of companies in the Fortune 100. In our podcasts, white papers and blogs we look at what is impacting the CPG, financial services, retail, life sciences, energy and industrials sectors as well as sharing some of our experiences. We hope you find them useful and for more information visit thesmartcube.com.

Inside Procurement: Dealing with COVID-19 in the Industrial sector - An interview with Brian Slobodow

April 14, 2020

In our latest podcast of the Inside Procurement series, Omer Abdullah talks to Brian Slobodow, who brings his unique perspective on a variety of issue...

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Inside Procurement - 2020 CPO Trends

December 2, 2019

In our last episode of Inside Procurement in 2019, we talk about the key trends and challenges that will influence procurement leaders over the next 1...

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Inside Procurement - Zero Based Budgeting

November 18, 2019

In our latest podcast from the Inside Procurement series, we discuss Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) – a hot topic on the minds of C-Suite executives – and...

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In conversation with Brian Slobodow

September 23, 2019

They explore how Private Equity firms can unlock procurement's value to meet its end goals and also discuss some practical skills sets, beyond the tr...

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In conversation with Phillip Duncan

June 4, 2019

In this episode we talk to Phillip Duncan, Ex-CPO of Takeda Pharmaceutical, about his experiences and learnings from over 30 years in the Procurement ...

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Trends for 2019

January 21, 2019

Our second podcast of 2019 looks at the key trends and challenges that we expect will influence procurement over the next 12 months. In this episode...

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Procurement Strategy - What, how and why

January 3, 2019

In the first podcast of 2019, we discuss ‘procurement strategy’. Not a new concept, but for many this just meant achieving simple goals – such as redu...

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Digital Procurement - Accelerating towards this future state

September 25, 2018

What exactly is digital procurement anyway? Why is it important? How do I take advantage of it? Do I have to spend a lot of money? Do I need a “digita...

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Category Excellence: A Primer For The Progressive Category Leader

July 13, 2018

In this episode, we look at Category Management within the Procurement realm. As an idea and a concept, Category Management has been around for many y...

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The CPO - CFO Relationship - Making it work

April 5, 2018

In this episode, we look at the relationship between the CPO and the CFO – that is, the Chief Procurement Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. The...

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