Big Conversation: Dodgy Data with Susan Walsh and Natasha Brown

The Procurement Conversation

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This week we’re looking at why Procurement suffers from dodgy data - how it affects the function and what we can do to solve it.
Rich is joined by Susan Walsh - the Classification Guru and Natasha Brown Group Procurement Director of Harland & Wolff.
We cover:

0:46 - Why does Procurement suffer from dodgy data?
10:53 - What are the key steps in cleansing your data?
13:11 - Examples of where poor data has affected procurement decision making
15:43 - Importance of being data driven as a core procurement soft skill
17:46 - AI vs humans in the next phase of data management
21:58 - How do we foster a data driven culture?
25:03 - What advice would you give to Procurement teams that are struggling with legacy data?
29:56 - How do we influence other parts of the business to get the data we need?
35:43 - The panel's data wishes
39:00 - Data dumping grounds

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