Standardize the Procurement Category Approach

Published On:

June 19, 2012

Authored By:

APQC

Members-Only Content:

The procurement organization can provide value to the enterprise by emphasizing sourcing efforts in purchasing categories. The best-practice organizations in APQC's Collaborative Benchmarking study Supplier Category Management: Driving Value Through the Procurement Organization create standard approaches for the categories that support corporate strategy.

Type:

Articles

Topics:

Supply Chain Management, Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement

Industries:

Semiconductors, Petroleum/Oil/Gas, Pharmaceutical

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