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Source Code Episode 12: Chris Chandler, Founder & Managing Partner at The Creovia Group, on Procurement Lessons From Private Equity

Chris Chandler on Procurement Lessons From Private Equity

The Procurement of Outside Lands

Source Code Episode 11: Douglas Johnson, Former VP of Global Supply Chain at Emerson, on 34 Years of Supply Chain Leadership

Source Code Podcast episode 10 cover featuring Victoria Folbigg, CEO of Folbigg Consulting

Source Code Episode 10: Victoria Folbigg, CEO of Folbigg Consulting, on How AI Will Transform Procurement

Source Code Podcast episode 10 cover featuring Victoria Folbigg, CEO of Folbigg Consulting

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We Just Launched AI Workforce. Here's What Happened.

Source Code Podcast episode 9 cover featuring Shashi Mandapaty, former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson
Source Code Episode 9: Shashi Mandapaty, Former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson, on Why One Throne Isn't Enough

Source Code Podcast episode 8 cover featuring Rick McDonald, former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox
Source Code Episode 8: Running on Paper: Rick McDonald, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox, on Why Supplier Trust Is the Real Business Continuity Plan

Webinar promo for "Tariffs Aren't Going Away: The Procurement Playbook for the New Trade Era" featuring Mitchell Zajac of Butzel and Spencer Penn of LightSource
The IEEPA Ruling Wasn't a Win. Here's What Procurement Leaders Are Missing.

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Direct Materials Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It Has an Operating System Problem.

Source Code Podcast episode 7 cover featuring Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters
Source Code Episode 7: The Failed Historian: Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters, on Why 99% of the Auction Happens Before Bid Day

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Rent the Model, Own the Evals

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LLMs Are Playdough. Deployment Builds the House.

Source Code Podcast episode 6 cover featuring Danny Wang, Principal at Efficio
Source Code Episode 6: Boots on the Ground: Danny Wang, former SVP at Canada Goose on Consulting, Sourcing, and Supply Chain Trust

Previous posts

Cover graphic for "First Look: LightSource AI Workforce" showing a monitor displaying the LightSource BOM items dashboard
We Just Launched AI Workforce. Here's What Happened.

Source Code Podcast episode 9 cover featuring Shashi Mandapaty, former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson
Source Code Episode 9: Shashi Mandapaty, Former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson, on Why One Throne Isn't Enough

Source Code Podcast episode 8 cover featuring Rick McDonald, former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox
Source Code Episode 8: Running on Paper: Rick McDonald, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox, on Why Supplier Trust Is the Real Business Continuity Plan

Webinar promo for "Tariffs Aren't Going Away: The Procurement Playbook for the New Trade Era" featuring Mitchell Zajac of Butzel and Spencer Penn of LightSource
The IEEPA Ruling Wasn't a Win. Here's What Procurement Leaders Are Missing.

Previous posts

Cover graphic for "First Look: LightSource AI Workforce" showing a monitor displaying the LightSource BOM items dashboard
We Just Launched AI Workforce. Here's What Happened.

Source Code Podcast episode 9 cover featuring Shashi Mandapaty, former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson
Source Code Episode 9: Shashi Mandapaty, Former Chief Procurement Officer at Johnson & Johnson, on Why One Throne Isn't Enough

Source Code Podcast episode 8 cover featuring Rick McDonald, former Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox
Source Code Episode 8: Running on Paper: Rick McDonald, Chief Supply Chain Officer at Clorox, on Why Supplier Trust Is the Real Business Continuity Plan

Webinar promo for "Tariffs Aren't Going Away: The Procurement Playbook for the New Trade Era" featuring Mitchell Zajac of Butzel and Spencer Penn of LightSource
The IEEPA Ruling Wasn't a Win. Here's What Procurement Leaders Are Missing.

Exploded 3D illustration of an automotive suspension control arm over a technical drawing, on an orange background
Direct Materials Doesn't Have an AI Problem. It Has an Operating System Problem.

Source Code Podcast episode 7 cover featuring Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters
Source Code Episode 7: The Failed Historian: Jason Busch, Founder of Spend Matters, on Why 99% of the Auction Happens Before Bid Day

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