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Source Code Episode 6: Boots on the Ground: Danny Wang, former SVP at Canada Goose on Consulting, Sourcing, and Supply Chain Trust

Most procurement people can name the moment they closed a great deal. Fewer can tell you what happened after. Danny Wang spent a decade moving between Walmart, Canada Goose, and Accor, and he's landed on a number for it: in hospitality, the deal is 40% of the job. The other 60% is convincing every single property to actually sign on

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Fluency First: The Right Order of Operations for AI in Procurement

Closed-Loop Procurement: What Spend Management Can Learn From Control Engineering

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Introducing Source Code: The LightSource Podcast

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