393: Holistic Supply Chain Risk Management: Response & Resilience w/ Heiko Schwarz

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As digital transformation progresses, corporate leadership teams are increasing their focus on the quality and availability of data. Spend analysis is just one internal data resource in a sea of data ecosystems, but it has the potential to serve as the foundational connection point for all procurement analytics.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">For this special series, Art of Procurement partnered with Sievo and Buyers Meeting Point to take a deep dive into procurement data ecosystems. We will explore how procurement leaders can meet their analytical requirements while also exploiting the full cross-functional value of data - data that enables corporate growth and competitive advantage. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Every two weeks between April and July 2021, Philip Ideson and Kelly Barner will speak with senior level executives at Sievo, riskmethods, Basware, supplier.io, and EcoVadis - companies at the forefront of the procurement data revolution. Listeners can also download the ebook behind the podcast series in the Links section below.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, Philip Ideson and Heiko Schwarz, Founder and CEO of riskmethods discuss the complex web of data, automation, and human skills that are required to proactively monitor and manage risk worldwide from one central location.</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">Finding the optimal balance of automation and human ingenuity in the fight against risk</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The two sides of the ‘risk management coin’ that can help procurement better monitor risk and build out enterprise resilience</span></li> <li><span style="font-weight: 400;">The multi-tiered conversations that every corporate leadership team needs to have (and have again) to establish their detailed risk appetite</span></li> </ul>