The Smarter Supply Chain: AI for Procurement
Clear thinking for supply chain leaders navigating AI.
Hosted by Carlo, a procurement and supply chain practitioner with 28 years in the field, The Smarter Supply Chain cuts through the vendor hype to answer the only question that matters: is this tool taking your time or your judgment? No breathless futurism, no sales decks — just honest, practitioner-led takes on the AI tools actually changing how we work, including the failures alongside the wins. If you do this work, or lead people who do, this show is built for you.
The Smarter Supply Chain: AI for Procurement
Latest Episodes
The Fire in Albuquerque
In March 2000, two of the biggest phone makers on earth got the exact same phone call about the exact same supplier fire. One took the reassurance at face value. One didn't believe it, kept pushing, and found out the real damage was month...
The Only 3 Things AI Can't Take From Your Job
Out of everything you did at work last week, only three tasks were genuinely, permanently yours. This episode names them — and explains why that number isn't as small as it sounds.Episodes 2 and 3 covered the work AI takes off you...
Supplier Intelligence: Walking into the Room with the Advantage
You walk into a supplier meeting and realise, halfway through, that they know more about you than you know about them. Your volumes, your renewal dates, your internal politics — and you know their website tagline. Pre-meeting resea...
The Most Expensive Admin Task in Your Week
The Most Expensive Admin Task in Your Week (and How AI Actually Fixes It) Quote normalisation — downloading 14 supplier quotes in 6 formats and copying them into a table by hand — is quietly the most expensive ad...
Not Here to Sell You AI — A Procurement Manifesto
Everyone's selling autonomous procurement. Almost nobody's telling you the truth about it.In this first episode of The Smarter Supply Chain, Carlo — 28 years in procurement and supply chain—makes the case that the question everyon...