Procurement & Supply Chain · 02
Strategic Sourcing
Spend and category analysis, competitive sourcing and negotiation focused on best total value.
Capabilities
What this area covers
- Spend analysis
- Category analysis
- Sourcing strategy
- RFQ/RFP management
- Supplier identification
- Supplier prequalification
- Competitive bidding
- Commercial bid evaluation
- Negotiation support
- TCO
- Cost benchmarking
- Should-cost analysis where appropriate
- Contracting strategy
Evaluation principle
Best Total Value — not lowest price alone
Possible evaluation dimensions: price, quality, delivery, terms, risk and lifecycle cost. Savings are not guaranteed.
Price
Quality
Delivery
Terms
Risk
Lifecycle Cost
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