Few words empty a meeting faster than “governance.” Mention it to non-procurement colleagues and their attention tends to wander.
At the same time, governance determines how decisions get made across procurement, maintenance, and operations. In MRO-dependent environments, weak governance shows up quickly as duplicate orders, wrong or missing parts, strained supplier relationships, and unplanned downtime.
In this episode of The Sourcing Hero podcast, Host Kelly Barner welcomes Vernetta Tyler. Vernetta is the founder of NINET9 Solutions and has eight years of experience across operations, maintenance, reliability, and supply chain.
Highlights
Vernetta shares her perspective on why procurement governance is about how decisions are made, not just the rules written on paper:
- Why governance is especially critical in MRO environments, and the early signs that it may be starting to drift
- How to guide decisions with clear boundaries without restricting the teams who keep operations running
- How AI is likely to change compliance and anomaly detection while keeping human judgment at the center
