Sourcing Excellence requires optimization. Not AI. Optimization. We have finally reached a point where nothing else will get you there.
And Sourcing Excellence requires Paul Martyn. You need someone who has built and led programs, evaluated and employed multiple tools, and has the decades of experience to bring the insights you need instantly to the table. With many of the sourcing optimization greats (who founded CombineNet, VerticalNet Tigris, Trade Extensions, etc.) retired or moved on, the number of people left who have over two decades of practical experience are countable on your fingers (just like the number of analysts who have been consistently covering this space for two decades). Paul Martyn is one of the few, true, optimization masters left. So if you want to save your supply chain, reach out to Paul.
If you want to understand why, as well as why sourcing excellence truly requires optimization (as it’s time has finally come), since I know you won’t listen to me, read Paul’s ongoing Sourcing Excellence series, which just saw Part 11 published.
- Part 1: (Optimization is Thinking)
- Part 2: (Optimization Frames Reality)
- Part 3: (Optimization is More than a Capability)
- Part 4: (Optimization Changed the Game)
- Part 5: (Optimization Must Always Be On)
- Part 6: (AI is NOT Yet Fly in Procurement)
- Part 7: (Innovation is Just an Input)
- Part 8: (Orchestration is the Key)
- Part 9: (Value is a Game)
- Part 10: (Constraints Dictate)
- Part 11: (Constraints Vary)