Learn 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… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn 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… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn June 27, 2024 How to Start a Strategic Sourcing Process (with My Proven 7-Step Plan) If you work in procurement, you’ve probably seen many variations of a strategic sourcing process. With so many options available,… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn 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… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn 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… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn 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… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn 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… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn April 30, 2024 Learn from the 4-step Category Management Process Refined by Novartis Category management processes don’t have to be complicated to be effective. You may have seen 8 or even 10 step… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn April 30, 2024 What Does a Category Manager Do? (To Elevate Procurement’s Impact) An effective category manager is like the CEO for their own product or service category. They develop and communicate crystal… Philip Ideson Love0
Learn April 30, 2024 Build Your Category Management Framework with Five Evergreen Principles There is no standard approach to category management. Every organization, procurement leader, and category manager must build a plan to… Philip Ideson Love0