Welcome to a special edition of the Sourcing Industry Landscape podcast, hosted by Dawn Tiura. This episode highlights team finalists for Sourcing Industry Group’s (SIG) Future of Sourcing Awards in the Innovations in Supplier Performance category.

The teams nominated for the Innovations in Supplier Performance category have demonstrated excellence in their field and represent the best example of innovation, transformation and/or leadership in talent management.

About the Teams:

• Florida Blue – Florida Blue created processes to assess, monitor and mitigate supplier risk across a diverse supply chain, with the goal being to revise the supplier relationship process from the ground up, continue to meet regulatory requirements and become a customer of choice. You’ll learn how their team achieved reductions in average time to complete an initiative, increased effectiveness of the team, hard dollars savings increases and avoidance/value increases.
• Microsoft – Microsoft transformed its supplier management, product development, sourcing and supply chain processes from disjointed to one that is a fully-integrated and seamless design-to-deliver process for Surface, Xbox and other hardware products. Learn how Microsoft and its partner SAP Ariba co-innovated to gain early visibility into the cost impact of design decisions and accelerated its product development cycle.