Find the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: Ariba, an SAP Company.

This latest BriefingsDirect podcast, from the 2013 Ariba LIVE Conference in Washington, D.C., explores the rapid adoption of better means for companies to conduct so-called spot buying, a more ad-hoc and agile -- yet managed -- approach to buying products and services.

We'll learn about new spot-buying research from The Hackett Group on the latest and greatest around agile procurement of low-volume purchases, and we'll learn how two companies are benefiting from making spot buying a new competency.

The panel consists of Kurt Albertson, Associate Principal Advisor at The Hackett Group in Atlanta; Ian Thomson, Koozoo’s Head of Business Development, based in San Francisco, and Cal Miller, Vice President of Business Development for Blue Marble Media in Atlanta. The interview is conducted Dana Gardner, Principal Analyst at Interarbor Solutions.

Find the podcast on iTunes. Read a full transcript or download a copy. Sponsor: Ariba, an SAP Company.