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What you need to know about Strategic Sourcing

Sourcing Captain

In today’s hugely competitive global markets, everyone strives to reduce their sourcing costs while still maintaining the quality. Effective sourcing of goods from suppliers is more important today than it was ever before. For this reason, strategic sourcing has become central to every organization’s procurement policy.

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3 Strategic Sourcing Steps and How Nearshoring to Mexico Plays a Part

Ivemsa

Sourcing quality suppliers is essential to a production’s efficiency and overall success. Implementing strategic sourcing is a way to add long-term value and continually optimize manufacturing processes. Develop a Sourcing Strategy. The other common sourcing strategy is a request for proposal (RFP).

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Change Management/Sourcing Change Management

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Andrew Beck shares the difficulties associated with change management in sourcing and how it can help improve inefficiencies. To gain efficiencies, reduce costs and ensure long-term viability, the company executives wanted to consolidate the company as one.

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5 Advantages of Overseas Manufacturing

SourcX

More and more companies are realizing the draw of manufacturing overseas, often in low cost countries. Keeping costs down throughout the manufacturing process allows them to increase profit margins, and many low cost countries offer a wide selection of experienced potential suppliers and advanced manufacturing facilities.

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How to build a successful product development strategy

IBM Services

Successful companies fuse product development practices with overarching business strategies to ensure sustainable innovations that will resonate efficiently and sustainably with customers—both in existing markets and among new target audiences. This will become the sample as materials and vendors are sourced for mass production.

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Five Factors Transforming the Life Sciences Supply Chain and Creating IT Opportunities | Blog

Everest Group

Supply chain visibility, strategic sourcing, cold chain requirements, sustainability demands, and personalized medicine are creating opportunities in the life sciences supply chain for IT partners delivering digital solutions. Read this first part of our blog series to understand the shift that is underway.

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Executive Presentations in Procurement

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Kate Laing shares her perspective on the importance of a clear, concise presentation and how it is very important for the entire team and reinforces the depth of work performed and the criticality of procurement to your stakeholders.