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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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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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Sourcing Leaders’ Key Priorities: Accelerating Growth Through Global Services | Webinar

Everest Group

What action items can sourcing leaders take to achieve maximum value realization? Who should attend?

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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? Who should attend?

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Start Off on the Right Foot with Supplier Management

SIG Speaks

Since the negotiation and contracting phases are just the beginning of the relationship, significant value can be driven by incorporating a governance framework into the contracting phase and instilling a collaborative relationship early on. Then, ensure a well-designed governance framework is built into the contract.

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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.

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What is Procurement Consulting and What Do They Do?

SourcX

Increasing numbers of executives see the writing on the wall, and can no longer ignore the fact that sourcing in low cost countries can reduce labor costs and give them access to robust manufacturing facilities. What is Strategic Sourcing? What is Sourcing Optimization? Cooperative Sourcing and Sourcing Business Models.