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Category management is much more than strategic sourcing

Future Purchasing

Category management is the strategic end-to-end process for managing categories of related supplier spend that aligns business goals and requirements with supply market capability. Effective internal cross-functional working is the foundation of successful category management. Improvement opportunities.

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Strategic sourcing: Improve your buying power

TYA Suite

Strategic-sourcing uses this data to make smarter choices that improve cost efficiency. In the second step, companies use strategic sourcing to research the supplier market. The focus is on long-term partnerships, making relationship management key. Strategic sourcing actively incorporates risk management into the.