IBM Services

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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.

Strategic Sourcing 84

Strategic Sourcing Sourcing Supply Chain Management Inventory Management 84

SIG Speaks

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Heather Frazer discusses how TCO is a great tool that will help capture the entire potential for cost savings and risk and how it is increasingly important for procurement organizations to secure reliable data.

Supply Chain Management 40

Supply Chain Management Sourcing Strategic Sourcing Risk Management 40

Planergy Software

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

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.

Finance 92

Finance Software Accounting Management 92

Planergy Software

OCTOBER 18, 2023

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. A well-designed corporate travel program prioritizes employee safety by vetting travel suppliers, providing travel risk management resources, and offering 24/7 support for travelers in case of emergencies.

Finance 52

Finance Reduced Costs Management Risk Management 52

Obobo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

In light of the ongoing effects of the pandemic, it is essential that businesses keep track of all cost reduction initiatives and strategic sourcing in order to survive harsh economic declines. As the influential thinker on management, Peter Drucker, famously said ‘if you can’t measure, it you can’t improve it’.

Strategic Sourcing 52

Strategic Sourcing Finance Software Out-Tasking 52

Obobo

MARCH 23, 2023

For companies looking to reduce costs, procurement is often one of the first places they look. Cost reduction during procurement processes can be accomplished through various strategies that range from the short-term to medium and long-term goals. Short-term Cost Reduction Strategies Short-term Cost Reduction Strategies: 1.

Reduced Costs 52

Reduced Costs Inventory Management Automation Sourcing 52

Obobo

MARCH 21, 2023

Procurement savings refer to the cost reductions that are achieved by a company when it purchases goods and services through a strategic sourcing process. By adopting best practices such as spend analysis, supplier management, and e-procurement , companies can save money and increase efficiency. What is Procurement?

Finance 45

Finance Strategic Sourcing Software Reduced Costs 45