The Procurement Conversation
We tackle the hottest topics in Procurement.
Speaking to Procurement Leaders and industry specialists 121, on panels, and on LinkedIn Live, we take deeper look at the biggest challenges and opportunities facing procurement.
If you'd like to suggest a topic you think we should be covering - contact Rich Sains on LinkedIn.
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Speaking to Procurement Leaders and industry specialists 121, on panels, and on LinkedIn Live, we take deeper look at the biggest challenges and opportunities facing procurement.
If you'd like to suggest a topic you think we should be covering - contact Rich Sains on LinkedIn.
Please like, follow and share to catch the next episode.
The Procurement Conversation
Big Conversation: Dodgy Data with Susan Walsh and Natasha Brown
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Season 3
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Episode 6
This week we’re looking at why Procurement suffers from dodgy data - how it affects the function and what we can do to solve it.
Rich is joined by Susan Walsh - the Classification Guru and Natasha Brown Group Procurement Director of Harland & Wolff.
We cover:
- 0:46 - Why does Procurement suffer from dodgy data?
- 10:53 - What are the key steps in cleansing your data?
- 13:11 - Examples of where poor data has affected procurement decision making
- 15:43 - Importance of being data driven as a core procurement soft skill
- 17:46 - AI vs humans in the next phase of data management
- 21:58 - How do we foster a data driven culture?
- 25:03 - What advice would you give to Procurement teams that are struggling with legacy data?
- 29:56 - How do we influence other parts of the business to get the data we need?
- 35:43 - The panel's data wishes
- 39:00 - Data dumping grounds