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Procurement 101: Your Essential Guide to Strategic Sourcing

World of Procurement blog

Developing a Strategic Procurement Plan A detailed 3-5 year strategic plan turns the strategy into an actionable roadmap. The plan defines activities like category analysis, supplier consolidation, technology implementation, process re-engineering, skill building etc. Dual sourcing and supply chain digitization can help.

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The AI Advantage: Unlocking New Value for Procurement Teams

World of Procurement blog

Conducting market research : AI can scan the web to collect pricing information, identify potential suppliers, assess supplier reputations, and keep up-to-date with market and industry trends. This supports strategic sourcing efforts. This data-driven approach takes much of the guesswork out of supplier selection.

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The Comprehensive Guide to Spend Analysis in Healthcare

Empowering CPO

These cost pressures necessitate a strategic approach to spending and resource allocation. Fragmented Supply Chains: The healthcare supply chain is complex and often fragmented, involving multiple stakeholders such as manufacturers, distributors, and group purchasing organizations (GPOs).

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Tail Spend Analysis: What Is It, How To Perform It, and the Benefits

Planergy

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Spend analytics involves classifying your spending data, identifying relevant trends, and implementing solutions that improve your purchasing power. Spend analytics can be performed by hand or with the help of software.

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Supplier Consolidation: What It Is, Benefits, and Risks

Planergy

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Supplier Consolidation: What It Is, Benefits, and Risks. Best Practices & Tips Strategic Sourcing Supplier Relationship Management. But what exactly is supplier consolidation?

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Pareto Analysis in Procurement: How To Use Spend Analysis To Cut Costs

Planergy

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Pareto Spend Analysis is an incredibly useful tool for optimizing supply chain management processes, reducing costs, and improving overall efficiency. How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend.

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Spend Analysis in Procurement: Understanding Its Importance and Benefits

Empowering CPO

This comprehensive visibility into an organization’s spend data is the cornerstone of strategic sourcing and purchasing decisions. It provides insights into a company’s procurement activities, helping to make strategic decisions that can lead to significant cost reductions.

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