IBM Services

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

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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Strategic Sourcing Sourcing Supply Chain Management Manufacturing 84

Everest Group

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Growth in IT spend from 2016-2022, including hardware, software, and services spend (2021 and 2022 spend values are estimates). Source: Statista (2021). Back each other in times of crisis : While risk management has become key in today’s day and age, occasionally, there are crises that no one can predict.

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Sourcing Cybersecurity Right-Sizing Risk Management 130

SIG Speaks

JUNE 20, 2023

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Thomas Cooper describes how with the increasing pressures on supply chains and sourcing organizations lately, efficiency and effectiveness cannot be understated in an organization. For instance, if you take apart a car, you lose the ability to drive.

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Sourcing Strategic Sourcing Impact Sourcing Engineering 40