Picking up where they left off, David Corson and Eric Helitzer focus on how to modernize procurement without breaking what already works. Eric outlines a layered, practical use of AI: let field teams request items in the language they’ve always used, map those terms to vendor SKUs behind the scenes, and use automation for the tedious parts like line-item matching, discrepancy flags, and routing all while preserving the relationships that drive construction.
The pair also talk about the mindset shift leaders need to make to treat digitization as an investment with measurable opportunity cost, not as a sunk expense. Eric shares contact paths for teams ready to tighten the loop between field, office, and vendors, and closes by challenging contractors to quantify the time they’re losing to manual steps.
Chapters[Start] From On-Site to Online: Lessons from the last four years: remote coordination, selective travel, and smarter time use with video tools.
03:27 AI, Layered the Right Way: Mapping field terms to vendor SKUs, automating reconciliation, and respecting relationship-driven purchasing.
06:34 How to Connect with SubBase: Website and LinkedIn paths for teams exploring procurement modernization.
08:54 Think ROI, Not Just Expense: Opportunity cost, time recovery, and why small workflow wins compound across the business.
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