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Why you need a Project Manager for Effective Strategic Sourcing?

Sourcing Captain

As we have discussed in our previous blogs, strategic sourcing is the perfect and innovative way to reduce costs, achieve a faster time to market and improve the quality of the final product. Moreover, it has been shown that 88 percent of organizations consider strategic sourcing as critical or major.

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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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What are the Benefits of a Strategic Sourcing Software?

Obobo

What are the Benefits of a Strategic Sourcing Software? Strategic sourcing is a process that involves evaluating and negotiating with suppliers to ensure the best price, quality, and delivery of goods. However, managing this process manually can be time-consuming and overwhelming. Sourcing software work.

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What Are The Benefits Of Using Strategic Sourcing For Businesses In Procurement?

Obobo

What Are The Benefits Of Using Strategic Sourcing For Businesses In Procurement? Strategic sourcing has emerged as a vital tool for organizations looking to optimize their procurement processes and reduce costs without sacrificing quality. What is Strategic Sourcing?

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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. Change is inevitable and part of everyone one's career; the key is how we manage that change.

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Thoughts on Crowd Sourcing

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Noah Wilson discusses how crowdsourcing could be the innovation that businesses need to succeed in a rapidly changing environnment. In an industry that is constantly shrinking, we need to use innovations to create economies of scale and cut costs where possible.

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The Future of Procurement and Sourcing: The Effects of Artificial Intelligence in the Industry

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Lauren Redden shares an excellent essay on the power of AI to transform the smart sourcing industry, in balance with the potential risks that companies must evaluate in employing more intelligent automation into their processes.