July 2, 2024
Porter’s Five Forces from a Procurement Perspective
As a procurement leader you need to be a strategic partner for your internal and external stakeholders. This sometimes requires…
June 27, 2024
How to Create a Category Profile for Strategic Sourcing
One of the first things you need to do in a new strategic sourcing project is to assess the internal…
May 29, 2024
RFx Types in Procurement and Strategic Sourcing
If you work in procurement you’ve probably had to explain the difference between an RFP and an RFI more than…
May 16, 2024
The Kraljic Matrix Simply Explained
As the host of the Art of Procurement podcast I often hear procurement leaders make passing references to the Kraljic…
May 16, 2024
How to Build A Strategic Sourcing Strategy (that Goes Beyond Category and Supplier Management)
Strategic sourcing is one of the foundations of modern procurement. When executed well, it's about holistically managing the entire acquisition…
May 16, 2024
Strategic Sourcing, Explained for Beginners
Strategic sourcing is one of those phrases that means different things to different people. In the hundreds of Art of…