Episode
Eliminating the Silo Tax: How to Unify Procurement and Supply Chain Operations
- Podcast
- Supply Chain Connect
- Published
- Feb 9, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1469
- Processing state
not_requested
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/supply-chain-connect-6381239/episodes/eliminating-the-silo-tax-how-to-unify-procurement-and-supply-chain-operations/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/supply-chain-connect-6381239/eliminating-the-silo-tax-how-to-unify-procurement-and-supply-chain-operations.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
In this episode of Supply Chain Connect, Dean Bain, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Supply Chain at Coupa, unpacks how procurement and supply chain have operated in silos for decades and why that model is no longer sustainable. Bain explains the true cost of the “silo tax,” dissects the strategy-to-execution gap and the “missing middle” and shows how leading organizations are closing those gaps with digital twins, scenario planning and integrated sourcing. Visit us online at SupplyChainConnect.com!