Arkestro ’ s data and behavioural economics research backs this up , demonstrating how the platform is better in financial terms for the procuring organisation , particularly for those companies looking to scale operations across more spend without necessarily having additional procurement headcount available .
“ That ' s really Arkestro ’ s mission : to amplify the impact of procurement ’ s influence ,” says Zagorin . “ And that ' s where we see the power of embedding ML recommendations on price and supplier terms into processes wherever they are – be that email , spreadsheets or other systems the company might already be using .”
Westfall ’ s work with Arkestro has allowed Zagorin ’ s team to learn from a large company working with thousands of suppliers . Zagorin himself has said that David ’ s input has been something of an inspiration , particularly his drive to get teams working with data to see what benefits can be generated .
“ David got his team to ‘ kick the tyres ’ and challenge us really early on when we came together ,” says Zagorin . “ I ’ m always a student of our clients , and David has a great ability to get people in a room to say , ‘ We ’ re going to see how this works , so let ’ s analyse the
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