Why Sourcing Strategies In Procurement Fail

Published On:

September 09, 2015

Authored By:

APQC

Public Content:

APQC's Andrea Stroud talks to author and business consultant Kate Vitasek about a fresh perspective and a new lens for thinking about supplier relationships.

Key takeaways include:

Why some of the worlds' most popular sourcing strategies are incomplete for today's modern procurement challenges
Why and when it is essential to make the shift from "buying" to "architecting" supplier relationships
How systems thinking can optimize supplier relationships
How to apply sourcing business model theory for any spend category

Click here to listen to Kate Vitasek's webinar on sourcing business models.

Type:

Podcasts

Topics:

Supply Chain Management, Sourcing, Procurement

Available Tools:

APQC Process Classification Framework (PCF)

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