465: How to Utilize a Data-driven Mindset to Supercharge your Procurement Organization w/ Sievo and Bain & Company

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The common legacy of procurement software is one of overpriced technology that no one uses (if they can avoid it). Procurement technology is perceived as a tool intended for process enforcement rather than enabling insight or competitive advantage.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But it doesn’t have to be that way.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For all of procurement’s talk about wanting to change, it seems as though the desire for a new way of doing things is stronger outside of procurement than within. Before procurement can actively drive change for ourselves, through technology and analytics, we have to embrace a whole new mindset - one that creates a culture of insight by providing open access to actionable data.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode - based on an AOP Live session, Heta Ruikka, Vice President of Product Management at Sievo, and Flavio Monteleone, an Expert Partner in Procurement at Bain & Company, discussed ways for procurement technology to be user friendly - even in the midst of data heavy activities.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why collaborating with the business to leverage the power of data is where the magic happens</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The ‘people challenges’ that have to be resolved before any technical challenges can be addressed or deliver ROI</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">What Sievo has learned from their clients about the power of self-service dashboards</span></li> </ul>