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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. Value is usually secured via three implementation routes – internal business change, supplier management and sourcing.

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Category Management: Essential or Outdated?

Positive Purchasing

Now is a good time to step back and realize, if we’d thought strategically about this category, done a business continuity plan at category level, and invested in scenario planning related to systemic risks, we would have been better prepared. Of data sources? How do you take advantage of this ecosystem of service providers?