Panama canal, EU sanity, AI ROI and fake RFPs - Procurement Says No Ep47

In episode 47 of your favourite procurement-flavoured podcast, Rich and Ed bring you much news from the supply chain front line and beyond:

• Another dead rock star
• No CIPS news but plenty of Avios points
• Coupa's new CEO - it's not Roy Batty
• Kimberley Clark's new fibres
• Panama canal runs out of water - shock
• Gartner's AI ROI report
• BCG's Generative AI report
• Ford and GM's opposing views of China
• EU to buy from EU - shock
• Romanian vaccine whiplash
• New procurement software that's as cheap as crisps

Plus more of your questions on Ask Rich and Ed:

• Culture fit in job interviews
• Stakeholders giving work to their favourite suppliers without a PO - shock
• Are fake RFPs ever a good idea?
• Should we buy all of our oil and gas via the Strait of Hormuz?

Plus Ed becomes a mentor.

Plus plus Rich & Ed become Marxists.

Plus plus plus more on our wonderful "Ask Rich and Ed bot" AI companion app - which will answer all of your questions with genius and brilliance.  We couldn't believe it!    You won't either - so click the link below to be amazed...

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