What is your “game plan” for driving efficiency and effectiveness at the commodity or service level? Many companies have moved beyond strategic sourcing of goods and services to a more holistic view of value creation. They are focused on Category Management and have developed category playbooks to document their business requirements, the supplier marketplace and their strategic approach to creating value for their stakeholders. The Super Bowl Champion Baltimore Ravens had a “playbook” entering the Super Bowl – and you should have a game plan for your key commodities and services. Join us to review the development of category playbooks and how these tools are used to manage and to communicate with internal stakeholders and third party suppliers. Leave this session with templates for developing your own category profiles and playbooks!

Contributors: Iron Mountain, The Hackett Group
Categories: SIG U Resource, Summit Presentations
SRC Type: Category Management, Sourcing Management