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Source Code Episode 10: Victoria Folbigg, CEO of Folbigg Consulting, on How AI Will Transform Procurement

Victoria Folbigg on why sprinkling AI on everything is a mistake, and why the procurement teams that survive won't be the ones that adopted AI fastest - they'll be the ones that learned to profile their stakeholders like marketers.

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Source Code Episode 9: Shashi Mandapaty, Former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson, on Why One Throne Isn't Enough

Source Code Podcast episode 9 cover featuring Shashi Mandapaty, former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson

Source Code Episode 8: Running on Paper: Rick McDonald, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox, on Why Supplier Trust Is the Real Business Continuity Plan

Source Code Podcast episode 8 cover featuring Rick McDonald, former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox

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Source Code Episode 7: The Failed Historian: Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters, on Why 99% of the Auction Happens Before Bid Day

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Google Sold a Million Chips to Its Own Competition

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Webinar promo for "Tariffs Aren't Going Away: The Procurement Playbook for the New Trade Era" featuring Mitchell Zajac of Butzel and Spencer Penn of LightSource
The IEEPA Ruling Wasn't a Win. Here's What Procurement Leaders Are Missing.

Exploded 3D illustration of an automotive suspension control arm over a technical drawing, on an orange background
Direct Materials Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It Has an Operating System Problem.

Source Code Podcast episode 7 cover featuring Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters
Source Code Episode 7: The Failed Historian: Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters, on Why 99% of the Auction Happens Before Bid Day

A modular docking chassis with interchangeable cartridges, one orange cartridge hovering mid-swap
Rent the Model, Own the Evals

Previous posts

Webinar promo for "Tariffs Aren't Going Away: The Procurement Playbook for the New Trade Era" featuring Mitchell Zajac of Butzel and Spencer Penn of LightSource
The IEEPA Ruling Wasn't a Win. Here's What Procurement Leaders Are Missing.

Exploded 3D illustration of an automotive suspension control arm over a technical drawing, on an orange background
Direct Materials Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It Has an Operating System Problem.

Source Code Podcast episode 7 cover featuring Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters
Source Code Episode 7: The Failed Historian: Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters, on Why 99% of the Auction Happens Before Bid Day

A modular docking chassis with interchangeable cartridges, one orange cartridge hovering mid-swap
Rent the Model, Own the Evals

A raw lump of orange modeling clay beside a precise architectural house model built from the same clay
LLMs Are Playdough. Deployment Builds the House.

Source Code Podcast episode 6 cover featuring Danny Wang, Principal at Efficio
Source Code Episode 6: Boots on the Ground: Danny Wang, former SVP at Canada Goose on Consulting, Sourcing, and Supply Chain Trust

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