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Why Your Business Needs a Category Management Strategy!

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Subscribe What’s the Difference Between Commodity Management and Category Management? The business that is selling either raw materials or processed goods has to deal with inventory management. With CM, one can: Optimize Sales Multiple SKUs increase the visibility of the brand.

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Top 10 Hottest Courses at SCMDOJO Academy 2024

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SCMDOJO Academy elevates your procurement and supply chain skills through its extensive course library. Mastering Procurement – Essentials Skills and Competencies Mastering Procurement by Maryna Trepova is the ultimate Procurement and Purchase Management course for Engineers, Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Students.

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Spend Matters Future 5 2024 – Introducing True ValueHub

Spend Matters

To potential buyers — True ValueHub can save category managers and buyers significant time and money by identifying new opportunities based on a deep analysis of costs and drivers. Unlike many ProcureTech companies, True ValueHub was founded and is run by procurement and supply chain industry practitioners.

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How to Build a Successful Procurement Strategy in 2025

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No matter the focus, whether cost reduction and quality improvement, or supply chain optimization and resilience, procurement must have a concrete role in delivering outcomes that matter to the business. Intake management software that supports these controls can help standardize how requests are handled and who gets involved.

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How a Global CPG Leader Optimized $500M of Direct Materials Spend and Exceeded Savings Goal

A Fortune 500 CPG company partnered with GEP to improve end-to-end category management, optimize direct spend categories, and increase strategic focus on tail spend. This is essential reading for all procurement and supply chain leaders. The result was a year-over-year savings of more than 3%.

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How to Build a Successful Procurement Strategy in 2025

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No matter the focus, whether cost reduction and quality improvement, or supply chain optimization and resilience, procurement must have a concrete role in delivering outcomes that matter to the business. Intake management software that supports these controls can help standardize how requests are handled and who gets involved.

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The Complete Procurement Competency Framework 2025

Skill Dynamics

Strong negotiation can lead to cost savings, more advantageous counteract terms, and overall a much more optimized procurement chain. It also allows you to develop stronger relationships with your suppliers, allowing your supply chain to become more resilient and perhaps even unlocking some cost efficiencies through your suppliers.