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What’s the Difference Between Commodity Management and Category Management?

Supply Chain Game Changer

However when I entered the Retail industry the group largely responsible for Procurement, amongst other things, was called Category Management. So what is the difference between Commodity Management and Category Management? Commodity Management. They would place, change, and manage purchase orders.

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IKEA’s IWAY Lessons For Procurement!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Subscribe to Supply Chain Game Changer. How To Differentiate With A Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Program! Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management.

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IKEA’s IWAY Has Lessons For Every Procurement Team!

Supply Chain Game Changer

Looking back on the training process, our research, strategy, implementation and evaluation methods closely mirrored supplier relationship management and procurement management. In fact, it made me think of a specific chapter I read from Magnus Carlsson’s Strategic Sourcing and Category Management: Lessons Learned at IKEA.