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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 you need to know about Strategic Sourcing

Sourcing Captain

In today’s hugely competitive global markets, everyone strives to reduce their sourcing costs while still maintaining the quality. Effective sourcing of goods from suppliers is more important today than it was ever before. For this reason, strategic sourcing has become central to every organization’s procurement policy.

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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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3 Strategic Sourcing Steps and How Nearshoring to Mexico Plays a Part

Ivemsa

Sourcing quality suppliers is essential to a production’s efficiency and overall success. Implementing strategic sourcing is a way to add long-term value and continually optimize manufacturing processes. Implementing strategic sourcing is a way to add long-term value and continually optimize manufacturing processes.

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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. The sourcing lead ensured buy-in from the plant's critical stakeholders for the food service change by clearly communicating the industry.

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5 Advantages of Overseas Manufacturing

SourcX

More and more companies are realizing the draw of manufacturing overseas, often in low cost countries. Keeping costs down throughout the manufacturing process allows them to increase profit margins, and many low cost countries offer a wide selection of experienced potential suppliers and advanced manufacturing facilities.

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How to build a successful product development strategy

IBM Services

This will become the sample as materials and vendors are sourced for mass production. Sourcing and manufacturing During this phase, a business gathers materials and contracts with partners, if applicable, to create a detailed plan for actual production.