CPO Insights #17

Welcome to CPO Insights #17, your monthly update on the world of Procurement, Digital Procurement and Supply Chain News, featuring insights from C-Level?executives.

Tamra Pawloski , Head of Global Leveraged Procurement and Corporate Real Estate at Corteva Agriscience , reveals how to drive continuous improvement while managing more than $3bn in spend.

Plus, exclusive procurement content, interviews, and insights from:

? Maria Agrusa , Chief Procurement Officer at County of Orange , California

? Anders L. and Alice Gumo MCIPS from Focal Point on procurement in the digital age

? Landry Giardina , Sanofi ’s Global Head of Clinical Supply Chain Operations Innovation & Technology?

? Tom Kieley , CEO and co-founder at SourceDay on his company’s secret sauce

Latest Stories from CPOstrategy:

Driving Digital Transformation in Procurement

In the latest issue of CPOstrategy , Tamra Pawloski , Head of Global Leveraged Procurement and Corporate Real Estate talks driving digital transformation in procurement at Corteva Agriscience "When you get down to the root of it, the biggest challenge is that change is constant. If you stay still then you're not going to be competitive"

"Procurement is all about relationships"

So says Maria Agrusa , Chief Procurement Officer at County of Orange , in the latest edition of CPOstrategy. Maria focuses on attracting talent from diverse backgrounds and facilitating cross-departmental training opportunities.

"I've opened up formalised training to everyone. I think it's beneficial for everyone to learn, and then within each department I'm able to rotate."This approach not only enhances individual skill sets but also fosters career development and progression within the department.

Procurement in the Digital Age

Learn how Focal Point ’s Anders L. and Alice Gumo MCIPS developed their end-to-end management solution for procurement decision intelligence, data analytics, and process automation.

Developed in response to their experience as procurement professionals, Focal Point connects seamlessly to legacy procurement infrastructure and helps streamline workflows and mitigate process inefficiencies by bringing typically-siloed data from across the organisation and making it easily available in real time.

Clinical Supply Chain Innovation

In Issue 49 of CPOstrategy, Landry Giardina , Sanofi 's Global Head of Clinical Supply Chain Operations Innovation & Technology talks data-driven performance, resilience, agility and operational excellence within the clinical supply chain area.

"From forecasting to operations, our role is to understand the complex needs and challenges of the clinical supply chain. Then, we translate them into operational activities to optimise supply strategy"

Delivering a Higher Level of Performance and Visibility in your Supply Chain

Tom Kieley , CEO and co-founder at SourceDay , discusses how, having built their careers in manufacturing, SourceDay’s founders grew tired of unnecessary costs, increased risk, and wasted time and productivity caused by ineffective supplier communication and incorrect ERP data.

“A minute, an hour, a day of downtime from a supplier drastically impacts the bottom line of manufacturing, which is already a low- margin, highly cash-sensitive organisation”

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