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Procurement Says No

Richard Beattie & Edward Cross

The thoughts of two CIPS award winning procurement gods who want to share our love of procurement with newbies, oldies and the procurious. Generally we"ll be talking nonsense about all things procurement, with the occasional nugget of priceless insight.All views are our own - we"re not affiliated in any way to anybody or anything!Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/procurement-says-no--5886102/support.

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39:58

Procurement Says No Ep30 Global turmoil - trade,...

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2025/06/02

Rich and Ed have another special guest - Shone Richardson - and we're talking total global turmoil and meltdown - including tariffs and their impact for US procurement; whether war with Canada is the answer (or at least stealing their timber); if an SUV is sufficient to run products across the Mexican border into the US; and if you should route all your Chinese imports via the UK with a "Made in UK" sticker.And loads of questions from the virtual postbag - on suppliers in administration who've

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37:24

Procurement Says No Ep29 Unintended Consequences

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2025/05/01

Rich and Ed do much pondering of all sorts of unintended consequences in the latest episode of Nigaragua's favourite business-based podcast - including the impact of tariffs on everything; pensioner job shares; Rachel Reeve's CV; even beavers and bees.We've also got lots of stats on just how well PSN is doing; news about Europe's continuing love affair with Russian gas; and....yes....news from CIPS...who are so hot they're on fire (not literally).All this and an extended "Ask Rich & Ed" where

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41:24

Procurement Says No Ep28 Zipped Up

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2025/04/01

Rich and Ed said they'd never do politics but have a load of political news about the possible impact of US tariffs and looming recession (d'oh); a lack of news on the UK Public Procurement Act (which we'll take as good news); dull news about UK National Procurement Policy Statement; and finally some news from CIPS (yippee).And we have a special guest star from Zip - who we've been stalking for over a year and finally got to meet at ProcureCon in Vegas - Joe Piazza - who explains intake and

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22:37

Procurement Says No Ep27 Leaving Las Vegas

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2025/03/05

Rich and Ed are in their final day at ProcureCon Las Vegas - and have now put everything on red and lost it all. But luckily we ran in Subu Rao from Discover Dollar who not only gave a great explanation of how AI can help procurement find those missing dollars, but he also subbed us 10 bucks to put on black.And we talk to Cheron Lessmeister from CIPS Americas who is tasked with developing the CIPS offering for the American market - from Canada through the US, the Caribbean and right down to Chile

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27:50

Procurement Says No Ep26 Vegas Nights

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2025/03/05

Rich and Ed continue to be bamboozled by intake to procure and orchestration - so much so that they've found more guest stars to try to explain it all. And this time....well....We speak to Michael (never Mike) Shields from Tropic and Sean Warren from Opstream. Michael tells us how a procurement person turns sales person (Prosalesment) to further the cause of intelligent spend management, and Sean suggests R2D2 was soooo much better than C3PO as an agent of AI.Become a supporter of this podcast:

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19:58

Procurement Says No Ep25 Waking up in Vegas

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2025/03/04

Rich and Ed literally woke up in Vegas to the excitement of ProcureCon West Indirect! In the first of three sort-of-mini episodes, they get to grips with agentic AI and Orchestration Schmorchestration...we have no idea what this means, but luckily our guests Mike Pearson from Tonkean and Niyata Chhaya from Hyperbots do!!So listen up and learn. Are you going to put the dollars on red or black????Become a supporter of this podcast:

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21:04

Procurement Says No Ep24 Viva Las Vegas

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2025/02/24

Rich and Ed have an assortment of exciting news - including Procurecon in Las Vegas, "Procurement Says No" Merch (available in all of the colours and sizes almost) and our new spin-off podcast "Ask Rich & Ed" (available on all good pod places).Plus a survey from the Cheetah Research Institute all about the uptake of AI in procurement - it's happening - slowly; priorities for Supply Chain leaders in '25 from CAPS; and a whole range of tech vendors splurging with webinars! We do love a

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43:42

Procurement Says No Ep23 ProcureCon - Events, dear boy

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2025/02/02

Rich and Ed discover all there is to know about hosting your very own Procurement Event - with special guest stars Frank Musero and Michael Dunlap of ProcureCon; which only happens to be one of the biggest organisers of global procurement events!We ask Frank and Mike - what is ProcureCon all about; how many events do they hold; how long these things take to organise; how do they deal with terrible speakers and drop outs; what's in it for sponsors; and most importantly, what's in it for you, dear

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54:31

Procurement Says No Ep22 Alchemie - Pestilence,...

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2025/01/20

Your favorite procurement podcast is hosted by Alex Jennings on the Alchemie Network's livestream event.Ed and Rich muse on what we should expect in the world of procurement in 2025, as well as also looking back at what we said this time last year. Were we right about near shoring, the continuing focus on risk and cost reduction, the slow march of AI, procurement tech continuing to lag, and a lack of available talent beginning to hit recruitment??? And what are our predictions for 2025 – more AI,

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26:59

Procurement Says No Ep21 The 12 Days of Procurement -...

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2024/12/16

Rich and Ed bring you Christmas cheer with their 12 Days of Procurement - as they count the days and suggest things you should be doing - like sorting 12 unpaid invoices, approving 10 requistions, unsticking 9 contracts stuck in legal, reading 6 Linked-In lists, defining 3 definitions of ESG and a releasing tender on Christmas eve...you get the picture. Listen to find out the whole 12 days! And will Ed uncover what exactly the Apostles' Creed is all about? Plus news from VW and L'Oreal on

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39:50

Procurement Says No Ep20 Death of a Salesman

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2024/11/18

Rich and Ed meet a real life salesperson, Meir Ziskin, who is an expert in automation and robotics sales. Mier will be answering all those salesy questions such as what makes a good salesperson; what does he really think of procurement people; how to stop “tyre kickers”; what does sales want from procurement; can salespeople be a buyer’s friend; do competing sales organisations really talk to each other about tenders, margins and whether to bid; what’s the hardest sell; and how to sell a pen. Plus

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42:40

Procurement Says No Ep19 Now Recruiting

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2024/10/21

Rich and Ed explore the murky world of recruitment and provide their top tips whether you are interviewing or being interviewed. Should you “be yourself” or perhaps someone else; should you wear a pointy hat; what’s the worst question to ask in an interview - and how to answer it; should you be passive or aggressive or passive aggressive; when should you walk out of an interview and run, never looking back; what is an EVP anyway?And why do some sectors only recruit from within their own

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47:56

Procurement Says No Ep 18 The Procurement Act

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2024/09/10

Rich and Ed explore the strange and wonderful world of Public Procurement with the Procurement Act 2023. We are “deep diving” into what it’s all about with special guests Graeme Hunter and Verity White and asking questions such as: What is it and why?What are the differences compared with PCR 2015?Will it encourage SMEs?What’s the new system going to be like?What is a Dynamic Markets process?Will it create a new best practice and does it encourage or stifle competition? We have conclusive proof.Is

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45:41

Procurement Says No Ep 17 Collaborators feat LTP

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2024/08/05

It’s a collab podcast – this time we are joining forces with fellow smooth podcasters Luke Stroud and Luke Burford aka 2Lukes of Let’s Talk Procurement (verified as the second best procurement-based podcast). Yes, it’s PSN vs LTP. GenX vs GenZ. Masters vs Learners. We discuss important matters such as: which animal would be best at procurement; how to spot “red flags” in recruiting and job ads; whether you always need a notepad; should we have merch, an Amazon mini-series and possibly the

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Procurement Says No Ep 16 Consulting with Consultants

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2024/07/08

Rich and Ed spill the beans on all the tricks of the trade in consulting and interim management. So have a listen if you are buying them, working with them, are one or want to be one! We are selling the consulting crown jewels for nothing by answering questions from our listeners around the world - when to use an interim vs a consultant; boutique or Big4; what's the best part and worst part of being a consultant; whether you can bluff your way in consultancy (yes, a bit); measuring a consultant’s

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38:45

Procurement Says No Ep15 Return to Listmania

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2024/06/17

For our first anniversary, Rich and Ed Return to Listmania - our favourite topic of random lists for everything in procurement - including a list from someone off the internet - the 9 laws of stuff, plus 7 skills for supplier management, lists of procurement hats, 5 stages of aligned strategy, 11 trends for 2024 and a load of other hopeless predictions - including the demise of the letters C, X and Q. And we've got news - including more lists, this time of the top 10 ethical procurement companies

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40:34

Procurement Says No Ep14 Deus Ex Machina

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2024/05/15

Ashley Williams from Mishcon de Reya is back as we delve further into artificial intelligence and machine learning. Will machines save us? Will capitalism save us? What will the world’s despots do with this technology? Is this a turtle on its back? Will Charlie Watts really play drums on a new Whitney album? Will lawyers and procurement people be replaced by bots? Who’s best – big companies or small companies? What is intent prediction and will Ed go to prison for a crime he is yet to

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38:53

Procurement Says No Ep13 Artificially Intelligent

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2024/04/22

Rich and Ed invite another super-duper special guest star to the podcast – Ashley Williams is a partner at Mishcon de Reya, specialising in all things AI, who talks to us about EU and US approaches to AI; whether your AI controlled car will kill you or random pedestrians whilst you’re playing Candy Crush; data scraping; Love Island and the wonderfully broad definition of AI. It’s procurement, but it’s personal.We’ve also got a distinct lack of news; except for a very exciting CPO conference coming

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43:17

Procurement Says No Ep12 Listmania/Listeria

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2024/03/24

Rich and Ed have noticed that everyone is banging on about lists - so they’ve joined the bandwagon of creating lists about stuff. We’ve got lists from Elon, PWC and, er, a Linked-In algorithm on procurement top 10 skills! We’ve also got news from CEPA, WMBC and CEBI, the mystery of CIPS and CCS; and that your BEV might by spying on you. So many acronyms, so little time.And we’ve got loads of your questions - this time about whether TFM is good for you, UNSPSC (jeez, more acronyms); what to do

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Procurement Says No Ep11 Procurement Guru #2

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2024/02/26

We've turned it up to 11 where Rich and Ed welcome back special guest, and Procurement Guru, Peter Smith, who bangs on about Bad Buying (including the story of Fat Leonard; the Wrong Incentives); the madness of HS2; AI and replicant procurement people, and whether the world is going to end.We also discuss Apple's continuous improvement blah, blah, blah; whether you should be zigging or zagging; and buying bits for aircraft in India.And we have yet more answers for your questions - which stakeholders

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