The Good Spending

APRIL 2, 2023

Our colleagues tend to accept the business demand for granted and not try to understand or, God forbid, challenge it. When discussing value generation , we mainly mention category management, stakeholder relationships, and supplier innovation. The lion's share of procurement value could be created in the planning stage.

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The Good Spending

MAY 28, 2023

Building a High-Performing Procurement Team While efficient sourcing, negotiation, and supplier management are crucial for organizational success, the strength of the procurement team is equally important. Coordinator will manage the incoming flow of end-user requests in the Middle Office.

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The Good Spending

MARCH 3, 2024

Value-Procurement Framework for the Services Sourcing So, we just gradually reached the familiar ground of value delivery. Once you map a service you're about to source in any of the four proposed quadrants, you may identify the value promise and procurement strategy, as presented below.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

MAY 26, 2020

With the promise of future business awards Procurement is largely responsible for finding and qualifying potential new suppliers. Once there is a pool of suppliers Procurement conducts and leads the quotation and supplier selection process culminating in the award of business.

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Claritum

AUGUST 4, 2020

The following diagram shows the relationships that should exist between suppliers, users and Category Managers. Later in this article we will cover the areas that Procurement, with the noise removed, is now able to focus on. Address procurment strategy. According to the Hackett Group’s analysis of its procurement.

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Claritum

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

The following diagram shows the relationships that should exist between suppliers, users and Category Managers. Later in this article we will cover the areas that Procurement, with the noise removed, is now able to focus on. Step 2 Address Procurement Strategy. So, what strategic areas should you focus on?

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Claritum

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Procurement needs to transform and continue to transform to align to the business. Procurement has to move away from a transaction based function and become an advisory resource. The Category Manager needs to become more integrated into key business processes and more consultative in nature.

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