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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. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Successful Governance in Procurement

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Supplier Management Professional (CSMP) program graduate Cathy Rutherford describes how curcial Governance is in a procurement organization and how it can transform your team for the better. . Critical to any department’s success is balancing real-world challenges with your Governance program. .

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Keelvar Unveils First of its Kind Autonomous Sourcing Solution, for Transformed Outcomes Across Strategic, Tactical and Tail Spend

Future of Sourcing

The announcement makes Keelvar the only provider in the market to offer an optimization and automation solution in one tool for transformed sourcing across the full spend lifecycle – from strategic to tail – with no training or sourcing experience required.

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Driving Success through Effective Procurement and Category Management Organization | Webinar

Everest Group

With emerging trends such as Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices, next-gen technologies, and cost optimization imperatives, category management structures need to continuously evolve to meet changing demands. What questions will the webinar answer for the participants?

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Start Off on the Right Foot with Supplier Management

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Kate Burke outlines the necessary points for creating a strong, healthy, and productive relationship while ensuring your company has a clear path of intention and expectation. Then, ensure a well-designed governance framework is built into the contract.

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SIG|ORG Adds New Executives to Advisory Board

Future of Sourcing

New Sourcing Industry Group Advisory Board members will serve three-year terms and help guide the strategic direction of SIG. Contact:  Sourcing Industry Group  Stephen Brown Director of Marketing
 Awards@sig.org   Tags: Digital Transformation Leadership Sourcing Strategy Procurement Region: Global

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Driving Automation and Change in Enterprises

SIG Speaks

Unfortunately, it is frequent that these rapid build-outs of Intelligent Process Automation (IPA) programs have provided diminished returns from a lack of understanding of underlying processes and inefficient program management and governance.