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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.

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Category Management: Essential or Outdated?

Positive Purchasing

” The skills that we traditionally considered core procurement capabilities are becoming commoditized and will ultimately be replaced by technology. To future-proof their careers, procurement professionals must become conductors, orchestrating the diverse and changing needs of their business partners with supply market capabilities.