Innovation is key in today's business environment. In this podcast, Natascha Schijven and Vijay Kasi discuss innovative approaches to sourcing direct materials, including the A.T. Kearney "Request for Solution" approach—a transparent and collaborative technique that leverages cost modeling, expressive bidding, and optimization. Natascha and Vijay emphasize the need for new methodologies that look beyond cost in order to extract maximum value, and they outline the benefits that innovative approaches can bring.