Category management is not just a new name for strategic sourcing. Rather, strategic sourcing is one of the tools used by category teams to manage procurement expenditure to achieve mission value.

Strategic sourcing has been creating efficiencies, improving the quality of services, and reducing costs in private industry for years. Now it is time for the Army to strengthen its resolve in ...

Almost nothing a company does can't be outsourced anymore--even functions as critical as engineering, marketing, and manufacturing. Yet only 6% of the companies that outsource are satisfied with the ...

The concept of strategic sourcing can mean different things to different people, but essentially it is a more comprehensive, researched, planned and measured approach to procurement. As governments at ...

The concept of strategic sourcing can mean different things to different people, but essentially it is a more comprehensive, researched, planned and measured approach to procurement. As governments at ...

Departments/schools can request that Purchasing and Strategic Sourcing perform a competitive bid or negotiate on their behalf. In addition to simply providing advice to departments and schools if they ...

Spencer Penn is Co-Founder & CEO of LightSource, an AI-powered strategic sourcing platform. He was named to Forbes 30 Under ...

Alia Mendonsa has served as research director for the Folsom, Calif.-based Centers for Digital Education and Government for the past four years and has studied state and local procurement practices ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover logistics and supply chain management. This article is more than 5 years old. Because of the pandemic, risk management ...

The Office of Management and Budget launched a broad strategic sourcing initiative on Thursday to ensure all federal agencies manage their acquisitions effectively. In a memo from OMB Acting Director ...