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40 one . “ We take a brief from the customer , their target budget , objectives and their deliverables and put them into our Maistro platform ,” he says . “ Through machine learning , we search our database to identify the best supplier .”
The company provides the customer with three leading suppliers , key information regarding those suppliers and how they can deliver on the customer brief and the power is then in the hands of the customer . Once the customer has selected the supplier , Maistro will connect the two . “ That ’ s the bit where we sit in the middle . We make the procurement process digital while keeping the service personal ,” says Cook . “ Once everything is in place , then the project kicks off . What we then do , through our managed services , is run project governance throughout the entire project to ensure successful execution .”
The Maistro platform is powered by AI and machine learning , utilising key data and business intelligence to identify and vet the leading suppliers around the world . AI is but one of the key technologies dominating the current digital conversation and Cook admits that this has bred a culture of believing that
“ That ’ s the bit where we sit in the middle . We make the procurement process digital while keeping the service personal ”
— Laurence Cook , CEO , Maistro
MARCH 2019