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How to do market research in Procurement.  No need for those big research companies anymore.  DIY with AI.

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube (shorts) in full glorious video.

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In episode 47 of your favourite procurement-flavoured podcast, Rich and Ed bring you much news from the supply chain front line and beyond:

• Another dead rock star
• No CIPS news but plenty of Avios points
• Coupa's new CEO - it's not Roy Batty
• Kimberley Clark's new fibres
• Panama canal runs out of water - shock
• Gartner's AI ROI report
• BCG's Generative AI report
• Ford and GM's opposing views of China
• EU to buy from EU - shock
• Romanian vaccine whiplash
• New procurement software that's as cheap as crisps

Plus more of your questions on Ask Rich and Ed:

• Culture fit in job interviews
• Stakeholders giving work to their favourite suppliers without a PO - shock
• Are fake RFPs ever a good idea?
• Should we buy all of our oil and gas via the Strait of Hormuz?

Plus Ed becomes a mentor.

Plus plus Rich & Ed become Marxists.

Plus plus plus more on our wonderful "Ask Rich and Ed bot" AI companion app - which will answer all of your questions with genius and brilliance.  We couldn't believe it!    You won't either - so click the link below to be amazed...

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How to deal with a cold caller.   Hint - don't!

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube (shorts) in full glorious video.

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We get lots of questions from our listener(s) on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 29 we have more lovely questions including:

• Buying a trench - how much should it cost?
• Using strategic consultants with "should cost models" - is this better than going to market?
• Buying garments from a supplier in Pakistan with reported modern slavery in the supply chain - what's the next thing to do?
• If your boss is very close to a supplier - suggesting direct awards and sharing competitors' pricing - should you be suspicious?

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.  Woohoo.

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How to buy a car.   Not necessarily a better car.

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube (shorts) in full glorious video.

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Meanwhile it's almost time to set fire to the sky as various AI agents begin to attack one another in an "unprecedented" AI cyber-attack.  Oooops.   Don't worry, it's all contained in the sandbox, no wait...

Also in this episode...

• UK Military work out the best place to buy grenades.  Not.
• CIPS funds the promotion of deforestation-free procurement in Wales.
• More Trump tariffs - this time for slavery in supply chains.
• It turns out that diamonds aren't forever.
• Who knew that the Suez Canal keeps closing and re-opening.
• New UK Government - sort of.
• Theme of resilience in procurement remains, er, resilient.
• Sainsbury's chicken eggs white supremacy madness.

All this plus more on our wonderful "Ask Rich and Ed bot" AI companion app - which will answer all of your questions with genius and brilliance.  We couldn't believe it!    You won't either - so click the link below to be amazed...

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And, yes there is a drone called the T-400.  Not quite as good as the T-600.   Yet.




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We get lots of questions from our listener(s) on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 27 we have some random questions including:

• How to cope with your company reducing its stance on ESG when you don't want to
• How best to procure a kitchen renovation
• How to manage suppliers in administration who you've already paid (oh dear)

And we've specifically released ep27 after ep28, just to mix things up a little.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.  Woohoo.

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More Negotiation Gambits - get them here!

• Limiting authority
• Take it or leave it
• Split the difference
• Enjoy the silence

Better negotiation!

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube (shorts) in full glorious video.

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We get lots of questions from our listener(s) on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 28 we answer all your techy IT type questions:

• How to go to market with a complex IT service made up of 7 existing different contracts
• Renewing design software to avoid in-built inflationary increases 
• When to use an IT reseller rather than a prime contractor

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.  Woohoo.

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Negotiation Gambits - get them here!

• Good cop/Bad cop
• The Flinch
• The Nibble
• Higher authority

Better negotiation!

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

Now sponsored by www.KodiakHub.com.  Smartipants.

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In episode 45 Rich and Ed have a super dooper packed podcast - including some exciting World Cup procurement facts to share; techy news from Zip (cutting and pasting is bad); Coupa (buying everyone but not necessarily integrating them); Google (a lovely review of your favourite podcast); Berrow's Beige procurement book (yes, beige); and our very own AI procurement bot - COMING SOON.

And we said we'd never do politics, so have lots to discuss and rant about including:

• NHS carbon procurement targets and value-based procurement guidelines
• UK defence industry enquiry stuff
• EU defence procurement easing and harmonising (what?)
• UK buys Russian fuel shock
• So does EU shock
• US economic growth and slavery tariffs

AND we have another Secret Buyer - this time buying luxury goods in Edinburgh.

AND we have the welcome return of Ask Rich & Ed - where we help our listener(s) negotiate with Trump on bombs and peace; and what to if your job is all about carbon reduction but your company is producing 120,000,000 plastic bottles which end up dumped in the sea.

So much to talk about, so little time until the end of the World Cup, and indeed world (unless peace break out). 

GOAAAALLLLLLL.

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 26 we answer questions which will help you do everyday things ever betterer, by applying procurement know how and genius.

• How to get the best deal on a holiday
• How to get a better deal when buying a house
• How to get a less worse deal when buying a car

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.  Woohoo.
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Negotiation - know your BATNA!!! 

Do you know what your BATNA is - and what it isn't?

Better negotiation!

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

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Procurement Says No is sponsored by the power of Kodiak Hub's darker sense of sourcing humour; so we thought we better get Kodiak Hub's Chief Powerpoint Maker Sam Jenks on the podcast to tell us all about their suite of SRM tools.

This time we ask the questions, such as:

• What was the inspiration behind Kodiak Hub?
• Is SRM the poor cousin to sourcing?
• What do customers need to look for in an SRM solution
• How easy is Kodiak Hub to implement on a scale of TikTok to SAP?
• Does Kodiak Hub need implementation support costing $millions?
• How many species of bear can Sam name, and what is his favourite bear character?
• What is Einstein's second theory of relativity?

It's rare to get those last two questions in any single podcast.

So, everything you need to know about Kodiak Hub's angle on SRM in a carefully crafted podcast of loveliness.

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Negotiation - we're still in the bargaining phase.

Here are the mechanical stages of a true bargain.

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

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We get lots of questions from our listener(s) on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 25 we just have one question - but it's a big one!

What strategy should you adopt in negotiating on tariffs with Donald Trump?   

Not warfare, that comes later!

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.  Woohoo.

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Procurement Says No is now sponsored by Kodiak Hub - The SRM suite that makes you smarter.  Not with a shirt and tie or fancy blouse; no - smarter as in intelligent.

In episode 43 Rich and Ed have so much procurement based news, we have become a news channel for procurement professionals.  It's basically all of the procurement news, including:

• AI automation surges; 
• CIPS pulse survey excitement;
• The challenge to the  “most financially significant procurement process in UK history”;
• Proxima's incredible procurement themes for 2026 (you'll be amazed); 
• EU public procurement to be simplified shock;
• Not one, but two book reviews;
• And Kodiak Hub's CRO names many different species of bear

It's all so exciting you'll be massively off the pace if you miss out.

P.S. We're using the procurement space cats image on this episode just because we like it.

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 24 you ask

• Which will work best in South East Asia - a centralised or decentralised procurement organisation?
• Where does Procurement responsibility start and end?
• Is everything negotiable?

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Negotiation - it's the bargaining phase.

I love a bargain.

Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.




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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

You are becoming better at negotiation everyday - remember your LIMITS!




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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 23 we are asked whether you should recruit people who are better than you; if rebates are ever good - even in a chaotic environment; and whether to resist when your business has been taken over and the procurement teams are being merged.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.  Woohoo.

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 22 we answer your questions how to retain staff; how to attract staff; whether to start a career in procurement; and whether you should ever trust a recruitment agency.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

The most important step in Negotiation - Prepare!

Don't skip this one!

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Rich and Ed are riffing about everything - and have THE ANSWER!

Most importantly whether an air rifle or cross bow is better at defending procurement teams from chicken attack drones.

Plus everything you needed to know about procurement; supply chain; risk; AOG; CIPS; buying Chinese chickens; weaponising supply chain; war in the middle east; and AI replacing your procurement role.

And SIG - Sourcing Industry Group or Spectrum is Green (with thanks to Captain Scarlet), and the latest dead member of Motorhead.

And why cats protect you on the toilet.

So get ready to update your supply chain disruption excel spreadsheet.

The only procurement podcast listened to in space.  Possibly.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

The "if then" rule of negotiation.   

If you listen to this, then I'll teach you about "if...then."


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This episode includes AI-generated content.

We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 21 we answer more of your questions on recruitment and interviewing - what's the worst question you can be asked; and should you be aggressive and challenging when interviewing?

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

The 6 steps of negotiation.   Sometimes it's 4, sometimes it's 8.  It's never just 1.

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No.  Now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food. 

In episode 20 we answer your questions on how best to prepare for interviews; why some businesses only like to recruit from their own sectors (mostly because they are stupid); and which job to take - a big job in a big company or a bigger job in a smaller company.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Yes, now you too can speak like a CEO.   You can have suppliers, customers, team members and entire financial institutions hanging on your every word.

All you need to do is reach out, touch base, circle back, pivot, fix forward and find a new narrative.

Alternatively, listen to Rich and Ed exploding the myths of this nonsense talk - because CEOs don't really speak like this at all!

And we'll be sharing the secrets of developing a sooper dooper Procurement Vision - full of wordy words.

Plus lots of news of procurement jobs on the chopping block of AI; the first anniversary of the UK Procurement Act (yippee); problems at Ford; Amazon lay offs (bring on enshittification); Canadians get angry; India spends more on killing machines; and tariffs, tariffs, tariffs (again).

Oh, and a competition to win a book (with words and pictures).

With apologies to the Icelandic Tourist Board.

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No...now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food.  

In episode 19 it's actually Ask Verity (White) & Graeme (Hunter) again - experts on the brilliant Procurement Act which brings bureaucracy and inefficiency to all things public procurement in the UK. 

Recorded waaaaay back in September 2024 - see if you can tell which bits of the Act have now been significantly improved following feedback from users (clue - none).

Is there any data to show whether public procurement rues enhance or stifle competition?
What are the rules on publishing notices and conract awards?
Why don't we just scrap all this nonsense?
What are the best and worst bits of the new Act?

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

Will your supplier ever walk away?

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No...now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food.  

In episode 18 it's actually Ask Verity (White) & Graeme (Hunter) - experts on the brilliant Procurement Act which brings bureaucracy and inefficiency to all things public procurement in the UK. 

Recorded waaaaay back in September 2024 - see if you can tell which bits of the Act have now been significantly improved following feedback from users (clue - none).

Will the Act make it easier for SMEs?
What's the new system like?
Why do we need all these rules?
Will there be new best practice?
Will the new framework timescales drive better value?

You can probably guess the answers!

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok and YouTube in full glorious video.

The second of two mini-vids on the art of persuasion - conviction.

Talk with conviction and your supplier will respect your authoritar.

But don't be shouty.

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Rich and Ed welcome Alex Jennings from the Alchemie Network to explain what went right and what went wrong with the world's best procurement ex-online network; including the weather (how very British); the history of Alex; Alchemie's inspiration (mainly boredom) and principles; "THE ALGORITHM"; and whether subscription models will save the world.

We've also got a tonne of news including "Enshittification"; Tonkean's view of AI growth; AI's role in procurement and its lack of prioritisation; EU defence spending; Jacobs buys PA Consulting to improve biscuit management; and bourbon (not biscuits) sales and knickers down in the US in a race to the bottom.  And lots of mentions of Grok and our now abandoned Naked Procurement group.

So many insights into the crazy world of procurement, you will learn sooooo much - so it'd be quite silly to miss this one.

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No...now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food.  Except in headphone cans, not actual cans.  Sort of.

In episode 17 we have still so much to share about consultants, and you ask - would we recommend a risk and reward/gainshare approach; how to spot "land and expand"; and how to negotiate with an incumbent consultancy.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok in full glorious video.

The first of two mini-vids on the art of persuasion - condition or repetition.  Or conditioning.
Or repetition.

What was your saving target again?

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Last year (and the year before) Rich and Ed made a whole load of procurement predictions - and a few others.    Now it's crunch time as we find out how many came true.   

Virtually all of them it turns out.   What a pair of prediction-genius-types!   

• ESG - correct
• Tariffs - correct
• Befriending IT - correct
• Obvious stuff from CAPS and Deloitte is true - correct
• Recession in the West - well, close
• COP30 - correct
• Amazon - correct
• A mysterious leader will emerge from the sea and form an aquatic emprie - correct (sort of)
• Kearney talking nonsense - correct
• CIPs resurgence (helped by us of course) - correct

And now we have a whole load of more predictions - so get ready to place your bets - possibly everything on black  Or was it red?   

So, just by listening to Procurement Says No you can potentially make millions of dollars in bet winnings by gambling your house on our predictions (which we don't recommend by the way).

P.s. We're not sure if "bug people from the moon will eat all the cheese on Earth" will be accurate but it still stands in our list.

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...no it's just the way I walk.

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In episode 16 we are still banging on about consultants, and you ask - is it better to use a big global consultancy (discuss); how to deal with a stakeholder who used to work for a consultancy they now want to use; why IT enterprise software vendors don't do their own implementations; would we recommend a career in interim management; and how best to use interims in your procurement function.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok in full glorious video.

How will I know if my supplier is lying to you?

Watch out for them "letting the lie go"!


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Rich and Ed welcome back Dr John Glen from Cranfield and CIPS to discuss more economic things such as: the Japanese economy; chips in the UK and Europe; austerity's role in the UK's lack of growth; the decline of political debate (and rise of Celebrity Traitors); whether the WEF is the beginning of Spectre; when AI will begin to make all the decisions; and, who is John's favourite economist?

All this plus some more entirely predictable news about public sector tenders being required over the holiday period (how many due on New year's Eve???); Rich's identity fraud; and some made up procurement lists (we thought the days of lists were numbered, but no).

It's also lightly sprinkled with Christmas glad tidings so listen now - or indeed over the Christmas hols! 

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Rich and Ed welcome super duper guest Dr John Glen to answer the question "how's the big global economy doing at the moment?".   

John is visiting professor at Cranfield University and Chief Economist at CIPS so he answers a load of other questions too, such as: is economic reconfiguration inevitable; what's the longer term economic view; is this the end of liberal democracy; how to sum up the UK budget; is it the end for the UN, COP30, G20 (delete where applicable); how do we grow the UK economy; and can global protectionism ever be successful?

It all sounds very serious.   But fear not, because we've kept it lighthearted and tried to ignore that we're all doomed.

We've also got news from McKinsey and Magenta Associates on the use of AI tools - and it's all a bit obvious really!    And news about the German defence industry circumventing EU procurement rules; plus exciting threshold changes in the UK's public procurement and, shock - possible corruption in the Chinese defence industry.

Can you afford NOT to listen?   We don't think so.

And hope you like the blue logo!

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We get lots of questions from our listener on Procurement Says No...now you can listen to them all again in our series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks. Like dog food.  Except in headphone cans, not actual cans.  Sort of.

In episode 15 we continue a theme all about consultants and you ask - what's the wort part of being a consultant; how to tender a consulting engagement (with thanks to Liam Neilson); and how to measure the value add of a change management programme.

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok in full glorious video.

How will I know if my supplier is lying to me - ha, no elaboration and plenty repetition.

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Well, if there are themes in procurement at the moment then they are AI, cyber and something else - possibly monkeys. Rich and Ed discuss two of these in depth - including whether we'll ever have an AI procurement companion-bot.

We have news on what CAPS data is telling us now about how procurement people spend their time (same old); how Peter Smith is finding sex-bots; less chocolate on your Club (and Penguin); and THREE insightful surveys brought to you courtesy of 100 CIPS procurement people in a room in Birmingham.

We also find out that we reached "peak procurement" in 1985. Apparently.

We have more questions from listeners - this time on cyber insurance, outsourcing cyber defence and what exactly is a SOW? (Spoiler - not a pig).

Plus some incredible thought leadership to help you create a procurement vision and develop your organisation using the "Procurement Sophistication Nexus".

Plus double plus Diella, the AI procurement bot from Albania, makes an appearance (sort of).  

All this plus plus plus more crap procurement jokes.

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is audio only.

They're on TikTok in full glorious video.

How will I know if my supplier is lying to me - ha, the autonomic response!



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Lots more questions from Procurement Says No - the world's best procurement podcast.

Now in a series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks.  Like dog food.

In episode 14 you ask what's the best part of being a consultant; and whether you can bluff your way in consulting (er, yes).

With thanks to Nigel Viney

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

www.procurementsaysno.com


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It's all gone a bit psychic energy crazy, as Rich and Ed invite spritual mentor and intuitive business coach Aude Firmin to talk to the dead (and accounts), do some live reiki healing and generally improve our shakras.

Channel your business strategy with Aude, improve your intuition and discover that rejection is redirection.   

Enter the land of fluffy bunnies with us - you don't need psychedelic drugs, or even a valid PO, to get some spiritual healing with Aude.

We also have some news from Starbucks and their use of AI to count stuff in warehouses; shock news as it turns out post award contract management in the UK public sector isn't brilliant; cyber attacks happening all over the place; and some waffle about the UK Government's AI IT services tender.

There'll be interruptions, mysterious phone calls, black cats and more - so tune in and have your astral projection realligned! 

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Another video which we said we'd never do.   Except this is the audio-only version.

They're on TikTok in full glorious video.

Diella is the new Albanian Minister for Public Procurement and an AI bot.   She's here to take your job.


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Rich and Ed are back with more news, advice and answers to the crazy goings-on in the world of procurement.

Including very exciting news from Renault - their new CEO is an ex-procurement person.  Woohoo.   News that some people will never learn - as the UK Government gives Fujitsu more contracts, worth £281m.   And some reaction to US tariffs - or it was already planned, honest -  as Mars invests $2bn in US manufacturing across its pet care and snacking division by the end of 2026.

Some legal stuff where suppliers to the public sector "win" after seeking commercially sensitive information; and "win" by being reinstated after being blacklisted.    

And lots more questions from our listener around the world - including advice on buying a trench; which is best: desk research or going out to tender when looking to optimise costs; what to do when you receive reports of modern slavery in your supply chain; and some possibly dodgy behaviour from a boss who seems to be a little too close to a supplier.


Plus a new feature "The Secret Buyer" where anonymous listeners tell us their stories of best and worst practice.  One involves a confused MD who is trying but failing to help; and one a confused business owner who thinks he's an expert negotiator but unfortunately isn't.  So mostly worst practice then.

This all works in practice but will it work in theory?





Now with incidental royalty-free background music!



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Lots more questions from Procurement Says No - the world's best procurement podcast.

Now in a series of mini bite-sized podcast chunks.  Like dog food.

In episode 13 you ask for our thoughts on Amazon Business; how many suppliers is optimum; should you use an interim or a Big4 consultant and which consultancy is best - and should you work for one???

All of the procurement questions, all of the time.

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