2 Babes Talk Supply Chain

Ryan Walicki & Matt Montgomery talk about supplier management - data challenges; complex tech; taking a proactive approach to risk; & the potential of AI.   IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS: [06.43] Introductions to today’s guests and what they do. “I completely nerd out about supplier management and third-party risk!” [09.02] From collection and validation to ongoing maintenance, the current processes and challenges of supplier management. “You’d think it was simple… but, in reality, suppliers get asked by a lot of customers to provide data in any number of ways – portals, emails, forms – and if you’re a big supplier, it can be thousands of different ways that you’re transmitting that information, through lots of different people and functions.” “Big organizations use supplier information differently – in sourcing, contracting, supply chain, finance – and all of a sudden there’s multiple versions of this supplier that exists.” [15.26] A closer look at the DNA of a supplier profile, and the importance of ha