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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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Maximizing the Potential for Cost-Savings and Risk

SIG Speaks

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. I have been with BCBST for four years.

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11 Cost Reduction Strategies in Procurement

Obobo

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.

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RPO vs. In-House Recruitment: Why Outsourcing is Winning the Battle

NoonDalton

As businesses seek to streamline operations, reduce costs, and tap into specialized talent pools, RPO is increasingly becoming their go-to solution. Candidate Sourcing: Utilizing multiple channels to find candidates who fit the role’s requirements and the company culture. But why is this?

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Transformation Imperatives for Wholesalers and MGAs in Insurance: Exploring Opportunities to Unlock the Next Growth Phase | Blog

Everest Group

Technology and business process services (BPS) providers can help MGSs reduce costs and increase their digitization and automation intensity. According to a McKinsey report, 43% of top 100 Property and Casualty (P&C) insurers have at least one MGA relationship to source new premiums. Read on to learn more.

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How Strategic Procurement Can Give You a Competitive Advantage

Planergy Software

How strategic sourcing, cost management, and cost avoidance strategies can be applied to indirect spend. Procurement Strategic Sourcing. With an effective and efficient procurement process, you can quickly deliver cannibal cost Improvement while enhancing supply chain agility. Download Free Copy. Written by.

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Focus on data ecosystems in the era of financial services

Capgemini

By procuring data from a variety of sources, they can enrich their own data and improve in areas like risk management. It reduces the cost and you can have better risk management because you’re benefiting from experiences and the data from your competitors,” Parmar says.

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