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Competitive Procurement through Category Management

Sourcing and Supply Chain

Category Management is the concept of the Retail industry that helps for better management as well as sales of a similar category of product by bundling the same. It results in specialization in category for a buyer and ends up in a better deal with saving time, resources, and money. Spend Analysis Data.

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Category management will fail if procurement and business stakeholders do not collaborate to agree a pipeline of projects

Future Purchasing

In our recently published FP Category Management Leadership Report 2021-22, 51% of respondents agreed an annual plan of category management projects with their relevant business stakeholders, compared to 39% in 2019-20. The importance of strategic alignment. There are a number of critical elements to consider.

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VORTAL: Vendor Analysis — e-Sourcing and e-Procurement solution overview, roadmap, customer feedback, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

It provides customers with a platform that connects buyers with qualified suppliers and offers a range of capabilities (in-app and as services) such as category management, demand management, e-sourcing, auctions, supplier management and contract management.

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ivoflow: Vendor Analysis —  Direct spend management solution overview, roadmap, competitors, user considerations, analyst summary

Spend Matters

This Vendor Analysis explores ivoflow’s platform, application and supporting services and includes a verified customer reference analysis, a competitive market analysis and key analyst takeaways. Here’s why ivoflow matters: To the market — ivoflow focuses solely on direct spend analytics (i.e,

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Essex County Fire and Rescue Service (ECFRS) – Procurement Support

Barkers Procurement

This required commercial and procurement advisory from Barkers to implement the transition from a tactical procurement function to a more strategic Category Management structure. Strategic review of and implementing new FM service contracts – grounds maintenance and waste management. Set up contract management.

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Category Management in Procurement: A Comprehensive Overview & Best Practices

SCMDOJO

Category management is a procurement strategy that involves grouping similar products or services together into categories and managing them as a single unit. In this guide, we’ll explore the key principles of category management and how it can benefit your organization.

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Cirtuo: Vendor Analysis, 2022 Update — Strategy management solution overview, competitors, tech selection tips, analyst summary

Spend Matters

Even if some S2C and/or sourcing solutions include a category management module, however, it is often a simple category-based view of the content in the application. Rarely is it a module that helps define the proper approach to a category.