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Critical differences between IT procurement and legacy sourcing

The Good Spending

Therefore, there are very few commodity categories in IT procurement (e.g., end-user equipment) where the goods are sourced in batches, and only the price and delivery terms matter. Traditional sourcing tools do not work here - price competition, fixed scope of supply, fixed time and cost, extensive penalties for delays, etc.

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The Beautiful Complexity of Procurement Planning

The Good Spending

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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4 Predictions on Procurement’s Top Trends in 2023

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Companies Will Scale Their Procurement Knowledge Base and Enablement Programs To Attract and Retain A New Profile of Category Management Talent. As the average tenure of a category manager continues to plummet, companies are investing to document best practices and enable faster onboarding cycles for new generations of hires.

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The Big Interview with Lorna Baker

Procurement Heads

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. What are the roles and responsibilities the procurement function holds within Futures Housing Group?

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The Supply Chain Gender Pay Gap is Narrowing!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Anecdotally, this is a bit lower in Canada, except for particular functions with very strong starting compensation like Demand Planning. Source ,” which includes Buyers, Category Managers, Commodity Managers, Procurement Specialists, Purchasing Managers and Sourcing Managers.

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How Supply Chain Can Make or Break a High Growth Company!

Supply Chain Game Changer

In fact, we recently brought on a new Cannabis client who’s scaling up a strategic sourcing operation in all of their Procurement, so that all their spend is captured and accounted for as they grow, rather than after. Today’s top Supply Chain Management professionals can bring all these considerations to bear.

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The Big Interview with Lorna Baker

Procurement Heads

We’re a centralised indirects procurement team with category management being introduced where it can in order to support the parts of the business where we need subject specialism. What are the roles and responsibilities the procurement function holds within Futures Housing Group?