Supply Chain Game Changer

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

First I’d like to establish some clarity around the title for this blog post in which we use the phrase “Commodity Management” Commodity Management is meant to encompass all of the strategic activities and responsibilities that go in to the process of buying raw materials. All Rights Reserved.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Category management: Whereas spend management aims to depict the entire landscape, category management fills in the detail for each major spend category. Category management segments your expenditure into areas which contain similar or related products.

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 16, 2022

My career to date has been varied, I initially spent nearly eight years involved in road traffic law, insurance and logistics. I was either going to continue in logistics and insurance or pivot and try my hand at procurement. Currently, though I’ve mainly moved away from sourcing, I own Costa’s current dairy milk contract.

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 20, 2023

Second, commodified indirects, such as IT, travel and logistics. These are categories that cover markets that offer uniform goods or services that can be rolled out relatively easily. Where goods can be easily bundled into larger contracts, the business relinquishes control to procurement to leverage the opportunities of scale.

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Procurement Tactics

OCTOBER 13, 2022

The following are some of the responsibilities strategic sourcing managers do in their work: Supervise the supply portfolio to ensure transparency of spending. Generate and integrate efficient sourcing and category management strategies. This includes logistics problems or unexpected costs. Problem-solving.

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Jaggaer

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

The process creates efficiencies across all spend categories, minimizes supply chain risks through improved supplier selection and awards, while giving visibility into pricing and forecasting. cost, products, legal terms, logistics etc.) Request proposals based on your specifications (e.g.

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Procurement Heads

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

As a team of about 120 people we manage indirect, direct and logistics spend for more than 100 BAT commercial end markets and more than 25 factories. Category management has been added and embedded into the operating model. How procurement has evolved since seems just unimaginable.

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The Good Spending

JANUARY 4, 2023

Its two dimensions suggest the flat Earth approach with insufficient room to cater to the complexities of modern category management and strategic sourcing situations. Category strategy will elaborate on logistical and supply management aspects, i.e., inventory planning and supply chain configuration.

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SCMDOJO

JULY 3, 2023

Roles in the negotiation process Procurement Training Course #3: Introduction to Category Management The objective of this course is to familiarize you with the process of Category Management and its administration. Category Management plays a vital role in every business, regardless of its size.

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Procurement Tactics

AUGUST 25, 2022

He has been with Fannie Mae, the Federal National Mortgage Association, for nine years where he currently leads the strategic sourcing and category management group addressing a $5 billion spend portfolio. . He is a member of the advisory board for the world’s premiere global association for sourcing and procurement professionals.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 28, 2020

But one of the hottest perennial topics – for candidates looking to develop their careers, as well as hiring managers developing their talent strategy – is always salary : What does the compensation picture look like for Supply Chain professionals?With Make ,” which includes Operations Managers and Directors and Production Managers.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 21, 2020

A low SKU count means fewer Merchants, Category Managers are required. Fewer SKUs and suppliers mean less complicated logistics. Further the Category Managers due a great job focussed on packaging design and palletization. Costco eliminates the middle man in logistics bypassing distributors all together.

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ivalua

AUGUST 17, 2021

Identifying Value , is where procurement teams leverage spend data and spend analysis to understand trends in spend and identify opportunities and develop category management strategies. . There are, in fact different phases of procurement value creation that tie into the Source-to-Pay process: .

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Procurement Leaders

JUNE 1, 2022

Five years ago, global logistics company UPS’s procurement function was far from playing a strategic role. Procurement was then able to embark on the main bulk of its transformation, including implementing new teams, transitioning other functions’ spend to procurement and implementing a category management structure.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 6, 2024

supply chain, logistics) and are interested in acquiring the specialized knowledge needed to excel in procurement. If your career aspirations include becoming a Procurement Manager, Category Manager, or a strategic leader within the procurement function, then the SCMDOJO Procurement Track is an excellent springboard.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

OCTOBER 13, 2020

As such the Category Managers were going wild with ideas on how to expand their product assortments and procuring new and interesting products to sell. It obviously makes sense in Retail that you want your Category Managers to curate unique items that will make you stand out from your competitors. Subscribe Here!

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Spend Matters

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Travel and Expense management leveraging SAP Concur is an easy plug in for travel spend management and all spend flowing through expense reporting. baking in benchmarking opportunity analytics more deeply and formally into the analytics, sourcing and category management applications).

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JUNE 25, 2019

Here at Supply Chain Game Changer our fundamental mission has been to share experiences and expertise in the areas of Supply Chain, Logistics, Distribution, Procurement, Business, Human Resources and more. Revolving Door Management – Who Wants a Turn? What is Supply Chain Management? Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer.

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Una

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Members can also access a data insights platform designed to help you: Identify technology savings Centralize and track your technology spend across more than 16 categories Manage inventory and tech contracts within a single dashboard T rack supplier performance Prevent auto-renewals and overcharges from impacting your bottom line.

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SCMDOJO

JUNE 28, 2024

Through their knowledge of logistics, operations, and strategic planning, women are forging successful careers and making a substantial impact on this sector. Deep knowledge of procurement, sourcing, vendor management, and category management in different categories.

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Una

JULY 25, 2023

The Difference Between Strategic Sourcing & Category Management They say there are no stupid questions, but sometimes a new team member prefers to quietly Google a question like this rather than ask it in a meeting. Supply chain deals more with post-contractual issues including logistics and the hands-on management of suppliers.

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SCMDOJO

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Expertise: Sourcing, Supply Chain Analysis, Logistics & Transportation, Logistics Management Consulting, Freight (Maritime, Land, or Air), Logistics Technology Solutions. Primarily focused on Supply Chain, Warehousing, Logistics, S&OP and Inventory Management.

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Positive Purchasing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Sales teams come to us for help with managing negotiations resulting from recent steep price increases in labour, raw materials and logistics, which they are forced to pass on to their customers. Supplier Relationship Management , explores how you drive more value from supplier relationships. The answer is simple – nothing.

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Spend Matters

JUNE 19, 2023

E-procurement IT solutions improve process automation, increase spending under management, reduce maverick spend, improve cross-functional process/data integration (e.g., budget compliance and inventory availability), enable effective spend, preferred supplier and category management.

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NLPA (Next Level Purchasing Association)

JANUARY 6, 2025

Retailers use FIFO to manage seasonal products, while manufacturers rely on it to optimize raw materials and reduce obsolescence. Even logistics hubs and e-commerce platforms integrate FIFO to streamline their operations and enhance customer satisfaction. Logistics & Supply Chain : Enhances throughput in distribution centers.

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Jaggaer

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Spend management is about maximizing value from company spend while decreasing costs, mitigating financial risk and improving supplier relationships [] Spend management software helps chief procurement officers and chief financial officers maintain spend visibility. the United Nations Standard Products and Services Code ).

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Procurement Heads

AUGUST 9, 2023

It was a complete off chance, I did a business degree then when I was at university, I decided to start filtering bits out that I wasn’t as particular in, stuff like; marketing, sales, finance that kind of thing and it left areas like supply chain, logistics and procurement so I thought I would go for that kind of thing.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

JANUARY 18, 2022

Another reasonable consideration for on-shoring is logistics. Similarly the disadvantages of low cost sourcing are the advantages of local sourcing. Without this domestic capability the time will come when the U.S. will be completely dependent on, and at the mercy of, Asian countries for computer chips.

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Una

APRIL 3, 2024

Grant Caplan By Kelly Barner | April 3, 2024 It goes without saying that travel has changed since the pandemic – although not in the way most of us might assume. Grant Caplan on LinkedIn Share on Social LinkedIn Facebook Twitter More from The Sourcing Hero Episode 159: All Travel is Personal with J.

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SCMDOJO

APRIL 3, 2022

Procurement eAuctions may be used in a multitude of sectors and domains, including industrial machinery, supply chains and logistical operations, telecommunications, commodities, and business technical support programs. Introduction to Category Management. Newsletter signup. Enter your email address. Please wait.

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SCMDOJO

JANUARY 26, 2024

Set Realistic Career Goals To build a successful career, establish achievable goals aligned with your aspirations, such as becoming a supply chain manager, logistics director, or category manager. Q: What is the job path for supply chain management?

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SCMDOJO

AUGUST 16, 2023

Utilizing Walmart’s Own Trucking System and Cross-Docking Logistics Another critical factor contributing to Walmart’s supply chain success is the utilization of its private trucking system and cross-docking logistics. Each supplier may have different production and delivery schedules, making coordination difficult.

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Zycus Cognitive Procurement

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Some examples are – Category. Category manager. Category Managers. Category and commodity savings. Therefore category managers need to track this diligently. Therefore, like every traveler, scanning the map for intended checkpoints, organizations need to map internal units. South Asia.

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Una

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Generally, most Una members prefer to retain control over their direct or more strategic categories. GPOs are most effective at driving deep discounts in non-strategic and indirect categories such as shipping and logistics, technology, facilities maintenance, and food to ensure category management without sacrificing quality or resources.

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Supply Chain Game Changer

AUGUST 30, 2022

In my experience Total Cost of Ownership ( TCO or TCOO) models typically include some combination of the following elements: Unit price (Always the first item) Takedown rate performance Payment terms Freight and Logistics terms and transfer of ownership Lead times (order, delivery, replenishment) Other Parameters (eg.

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Procurement Software

OCTOBER 3, 2023

The same can be said for the approach to tail spend management. Realistically, only the top couple of hundred suppliers are going to be actively managed by Category Managers. That’s $25,000 in wasted salary costs for each employee, if we assume the average Category Manager earns a $100,000 annual salary.

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Una

DECEMBER 14, 2022

As a GPO with expertise in this category, Una takes the guesswork out of pricing models, logistics, and distribution, and gives our members the peace of mind knowing their food programs are operating as efficiently as possible. How to lock in discounted food prices.

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