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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals.

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How Does Strategic Sourcing Work?

Obobo

How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The aim of strategic sourcing is to ensure the timely delivery of goods and services in line with an organisation’s business objectives, while reducing supply chain risks and costs. How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The benefits of strategic sourcing.

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How Does Strategic Sourcing Work?

Obobo

How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The aim of strategic sourcing is to ensure the timely delivery of goods and services in line with an organisation’s business objectives, while reducing supply chain risks and costs. How Does Strategic Sourcing Work? The benefits of strategic sourcing.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Services

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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Budgeting Process: Steps and Best Practices for Planning a Budget

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. If you’ve been in business for a while, you can use information from the prior year to help you set up the budget. How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Services

Additional goals might be risk management and mitigation, supplier relationship management and sustainability considerations. Additional procurement software includes spend analytics tools and supplier relationship management (SRM) software. This results in reduced administrative tasks and faster procurement cycles.

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Supply Chain Risks: Different Types and How To Mitigate Them

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. This could include devoting more resources to maintaining operations, using cloud-based tools, automation, and more. How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities.