The DPW Podcast

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Coca-Cola shares how it transformed purchase-to-pay by moving beyond isolated process fixes and rebuilding the journey from the very first business idea through to supplier payment. The conversation explores the scale of Coca-Cola’s global complexity, the role of intake and orchestration, the importance of simplifying user experience, and how end-to-end transformation is helping reduce manual work, improve supplier onboarding, strengthen compliance, and unlock new opportunities with AI agents.

Host:
- Chris Vessey, VP of Innovation & Customer Value, ORO Labs
Guests:
- Wilbert Amador, Senior Director Business Process Procure to Pay, The Coca-Cola Company
- Adrian Quinteros, VP Purchase to Pay Global Process Owner, The Coca-Cola Company

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Patrick McGee, author of Apple in China, joins DPW in New York to unpack how Apple became deeply tied to China’s rise as a manufacturing powerhouse. The conversation explores the scale of Apple’s supply chain dependency, the role it played in shaping China’s tech ecosystem, and what this means for the future of global manufacturing, AI infrastructure, and one of the world’s most valuable companies.

Host:
- Herman Knevel, CEO, DPW 

Guest: 

- Patrick McGee, NYT Bestselling Author of Apple in China 

 

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Explore how AI, knowledge graphs, and agentic workflows are reshaping procurement operations. From simplifying complex buying processes and supplier onboarding to improving risk management, compliance, and user experience, the discussion examines what it takes to build a faster, smarter, and more business aligned procurement function at enterprise scale.

Guest:
- Sudhir Bhojwani, Co-Founder & CEO, ORO Labs

Host:

- Matt Friedman, CPO, Kyndryl

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Procurement orchestration is evolving fast as AI agents begin handling supplier onboarding, invoice processing, and other manual workflows at scale. ServiceNow leaders Mark Labes and Colby Blakeman discuss how agentic AI is reshaping procurement, where humans still add the most value, and what the future of procurement operations could look like.

Guests:

- Mark Labedz, Head of Finance, Supply Chain, & GBS Product Marketing, ServiceNow
- Colby Blakeman, Senior Director Product Management, ServiceNow

Host:
- Chris Sawchuk, Principal & Global Procurement Advisory Practice Leader, The Hackett Group

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A deep conversation on the future of procurement, the rise of AI native companies, and the journey from Scout to LevelPath. From building delightful procurement experiences to using generative AI inside the company itself, this discussion explores how fast the industry is changing and what comes next.

Guests:
- Alex Yakubovich, Co-Founder & CEO, Levelpath
- Stan Garber, Co-Founder & President, Levelpath

Host:
- Elouise Epstein, Partner, Kearney

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