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Rose Punkunus
Founder and CEO at Sudozi | CFO | Automating FP&A to unlock more Strategic Finance | Data Nerd
Wow. Didn't realize this was dropping today!
Wow. Didn't realize this was dropping today! I was already starting to use Claude more after the whole Scarlett Johansson drama.
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๐๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ โ๏ธ...
If youโre a finance leader who thinks that procurement isnโt worth your time, youโre wrong. Having an opinion on your procurement process and getting clean data on the software, service, and other investments is critical to forecasting growth, explaining variances, and minimizing risk.
In today's AI consumption-pricing world, finance and procurement teams need to stay on top of multiple dimensions of vendor data at one time:
n today's AI consumption-pricing world, finance and procurement teams need to stay on top of multiple dimensions of vendor data at one time:
1) budgets
2) actuals
3) contractual commitments
4) new requests To prevent excess spend and to forecast accurately, automation and good procurement processes are critical.
I've been surprised at savings calculations methods I've heard recently.
I've been surprised at savings calculations methods I've heard recently. Some teams are being asked to calculate savings vs budget while others are calculating savings vs initial contract price. I think both are important pieces of data to keep track of.
Do plugins and add-ons need to go through procurement?
Do plugins and add-ons need to go through procurement? The answer used to be "no" or "it depends" but more and more, the answer is "YES" โก๏ธ Will this add-on share data for AI models?
โก๏ธ Will this add-on have usage-based pricing we haven't agreed to?
โก๏ธ Will this plugin have visibility to your email and salesforce data?
No comment on the hashtag#openai hashtag#scarlettjohansson
No comment on the hashtag#openai hashtag#scarlettjohansson saga, but I will say, I've been using Anthropic's Claude more and more and really like the experience! Try it out!