Idea Lounge


Oct
22

Taming the Procurement Tornado

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Speeding Complex Categories to Market with Fewer Hands on Deck

 

As companies focus on core competencies, resources are shifted away from internal service organizations, in particular procurement departments. Ideally, the theory is that lean strategic sourcing teams select suppliers and…

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Jan
12

Solving the Best of Breed vs. Incumbent Sourcing Problem

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Spend Matters’ Pierre Mitchell packs an enormous amount of actionable advice in his recent blog post, “Solving the Best of Breed vs. Incumbent Sourcing Problem – Beyond Selecting Technology.” Specifically, applying strategic sourcing best practices across categories, evaluating the…

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Dec
31

Category Approach, Simply Tactical Excellence

By Editor

Asking the right questions can help procurement departments evaluate their category approach and can show value and contribution to the overall P&L via a demonstrable, end-to-end sourcing process. Click here to read “Category Approach, Simply Tactical Excellence” by…

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