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Category management vs strategic sourcing – so much fuss for little difference?

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From our research, it is clear that many organisations still see category management as simply another term for strategic sourcing. However, we believe that category management and strategic sourcing focus on different aspects and have distinct goals. Strategic sourcing is focused on price reduction.

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Category management is much more than strategic sourcing

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Category management is the strategic end-to-end process for managing categories of related supplier spend that aligns business goals and requirements with supply market capability. Value is usually secured via three implementation routes – internal business change, supplier management and sourcing.