876: AI with Purpose: Designing Procurement's Next Chapter W/ Gaël De Martelaere

The Art of Procurement by Philip Ideson

Jul 27, 202641:16Business

"If you build AI on top of weak foundations, you're going to have a very broken system." - Gaël De Martelaere, Chief Procurement Officer, Hexion AI is driving enormous change in procurement, but success relies on more th...

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