Planning is an integral part of "strategic" sourcing. In the absence of "methodical and structured" sourcing plans it is highly unlikely that your sourcing strategies will yield the desired results. Although sourcing professionals have been ' planning ' their sourcing strategies but due to the lack of processes, systems, collaborative capabilities, and knowledge repositories such sourcing plans have been at best tactical, ad-hoc and lacked depth.
For sourcing to be "strategic", not only should the sourcing professionals plan but plan efficiently and accurately . To develop "strategic" sourcing plans it is highly imperative for sourcing professionals to have access to systems and processes which are adequately supported by actionable knowledge base.
Beyond document management to Strategic Sourcing Planning |