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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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Days Inventory Outstanding: What Is It and How to Calculate It

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Better Overall Inventory Management Knowing your DIO can help you manage your inventory flow more efficiently. How to report and analyze indirect spend to identify savings opportunities.

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11 Cost Reduction Strategies in Procurement

Obobo

Finally, long-term strategies may include the development of partnerships with suppliers and even the implementation of strategic sourcing. Overall, these 11 cost reduction strategies in procurement demonstrate that companies can significantly reduce costs and maintain profitability with the right procurement management practices.

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The Benefits of Localized Supply Chain

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Much of the brand’s failure in the Canadian market is due to poor inventory management. Localization is about more than making a few changes to your product to suit the local market.

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Catalog Management in Procurement: What Is It, Types of Catalogs, Challenges and Best Practices To Manage Them

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. For example, does it connect to your ERP, e-commerce platform, and inventory management system? For instance, some PIM systems also include digital asset management (DAM) tools.

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Horizontal vs. Vertical Integration: A Comprehensive Guide

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. This approach allows businesses to grow their market power, diversify their product offerings, and achieve economies of scale. How to gain visibility and control of your indirect spend.

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CFO Challenges and Priorities in 2021 And Beyond

Planergy Software

The COVID-19 pandemic has been both vilified as a killer of traditional business paradigms and praised as an unlooked-for blessing for businesses swift, innovative, and lucky enough to adapt to rapidly shifting market conditions. For inventory in particular, the situation is very similar to cash.

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