Effective Strategic Sourcing
eBook - ePub

Effective Strategic Sourcing

Drive Performance with Sustainable Strategies for Procurement

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eBook - ePub

Effective Strategic Sourcing

Drive Performance with Sustainable Strategies for Procurement

About this book

Modern supply chains are enjoying new opportunities for innovation and growth. Build competitive advantage, optimize cost and encourage ethical business practices with the process of strategic sourcing. Effective Strategic Sourcing brings together tools and techniques to develop comprehensive sourcing strategies and drive performance and margin improvement in an ethical, environmentally responsible way. From supplier research and risk analysis to category management and cost modelling, it answers key questions around make versus buy, outsource versus insource and RFI versus RFP.Top supply chain leaders from a range of industries offer their insights and experience in interviews covering the challenges inherent in modern strategic sourcing. The book also focuses on how supply chain and procurement professionals can address sustainability concerns by thinking globally and acting locally and aiming for net-zero carbon footprint sourcing. Learn from the experts and thrive in the 'new normal' with this essential guide to maximising the benefits of strategic sourcing.

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2022
Print ISBN
9781398605541
eBook ISBN
9781398605558
Edition
1
Subtopic
Operations

Table of contents

  1. List of figures and tables
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Introduction
  4. 01 Supply chain leadership
  5. 02 Supply market research
  6. 03 Supplier research
  7. 04 Negotiation skills
  8. 05 Making the most of supplier collaboration
  9. 06 Category management
  10. 07 The value chain
  11. 08 Cost modelling
  12. 09 Responsible sourcing
  13. 10 Strategic sourcing decision making
  14. 11 Outsourcing management
  15. 12 Key learning from interviews with senior leaders
  16. 13 Supply risk management
  17. 14 Sales and operations planning
  18. 15 Supplier performance management
  19. 16 Buying techniques for smaller volume buyers
  20. 17 Supply chain culture
  21. Index