FOREWORD From AI to Strategic Sourcing , from Burnout to the Circular Economy - How can Procurement build a bridge between today and tomorrow ?
“ AI can act as a force multiplier to the procurement team , shortening sourcing cycles and freeing up time to accelerate other activities ”
DAVID DOYLE , CEO AND CO-FOUNDER ,
FORESTREET
The February issue of procurement magazine is focused on the avalanche of adverse impacts on procurement , and the master skiers manoeuvring the barrage .
What ’ s happening in procurement is in an odd sense , similar to life itself . When adversity strikes , those who throw up their hands in despair , will inevitably succumb to its incursions .
But the planner ; the strategiser ; those with the will to overcome can , and have - not only survived the hardships - but have invariably transmuted them into opportunities for growth and exemplary success .
From solving staff burnout to the exponentiality of Artificial Intelligence ; from leveraging strategic sourcing to streamline processes through dire straits ; from establishing circular economies and taking a leaf out of the books of the most sustainable companies - procurement is the newly appointed vanguard .
And Procurement Magazine shares their stories …
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