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ISM-Carolinas-Virgina: Procurement Through the Looking Glass
What if your organization's data is not telling the story you think it is?
Join Susan Walsh, internationally recognized as The Classification Guru, for an engaging fireside chat that takes attendees through the looking glass to explore the hidden risks, unexpected challenges, and opportunities buried within business data.
The session's theme is a playful nod to "Through the Looking-Glass," the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, which was written while he lived in Guildford, England—the same town Susan Walsh calls home today. Much like Alice's journey into a world where things are not always as they appear, organizations often discover that the data they rely on for procurement, finance, and supply chain decisions can be surprisingly misleading.
Behind the mirror lies a world of duplicate supplier records, inconsistent payment terms, inaccurate tax and GL coding, poor invoice descriptions, and fragmented data spread across multiple systems. These issues can obscure true supplier spend, increase the risk of fraud and duplicate payments, create reporting inaccuracies, and undermine strategic decision-making.
As organizations increasingly turn to artificial intelligence for answers, Susan will also explore the realities of AI-driven data classification and automation. While AI offers tremendous potential, it can only be as effective as the data it is given. Attendees will gain practical insights into why clean data, strong processes, and human oversight remain essential for successful AI initiatives.
Key Discussion Topics:
· The hidden costs of dirty supplier and spend data
· Common vendor master and invoice data challenges
· Fraud, compliance, and reporting risks created by poor data quality
· The growing importance of clean data for e-invoicing and regulatory requirements
· Where AI can help—and where it still struggles
· Why human expertise remains critical in AI-enabled processes
· Practical steps for improving data quality and governance
ISM-Carolinas-Virgina: Procurement Through the Looking Glass
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Chapter Webinar
Date
Jun 25, 2026
Time
12 PM - 1 PM ET
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Presenters
Dupre Jones, CPSM, CPSD is the vice president of the ISM-Carolinas Virginia Chapter.
Susan Walsh is The Classification Guru. She has been cleaning, classifying, and fixing dirty data for over a decade and set up The Classification Guru Ltd in 2017 to solve dirty data problems in the procurement world. She now helps over 80 clients across the globe.
As well as an entrepreneur, Susan is an industry thought-leader, influencer and global speaker. She has been listed in the DataIQ100 and won DataIQ Data Champion in 2022 and 2023. She’s been a Key Influencer for the Accounts Payable Association for two years in a row, promoting the benefits of clean data across industries.
As the published author of Between the Spreadsheets: Classifying and Fixing Dirty Data, Susan has online courses about data cleaning on Pluralsight and O’Reilly. She is also a TEDx speaker, and her talk about resilience, Say NO to NO, has amassed 3k views and counting.
Having created the data COAT framework used by The Classification Guru team, Susan has helped companies worldwide save time and money as they see the value in cleaning and maintaining their ‘dirty data’.
Her latest brainchild is an on-demand supplier normalization tool called Samification, which will launch in October 2024 after many years of development.
Susan has attended hundreds of events in the data and procurement space, whether online or in person, as a speaker, an exhibitor, or an influencer. Want to tackle your dirty data? Susan Walsh is your go-to expert!