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Strategic Sourcing

  • Prepare for effective supplier engagement
  • Develop strategy based on a thorough understanding of the market
  • Connect-the-dots to execute comprehensive sourcing strategies

Skills Development

  • Build competency based on case studies and practical application of tools
  • Present the latest tools based on an evolving landscape
  • Reinforce key tools with follow up and direct application of skills

Risk Management

  • Assess financial stress for suppliers and customers
  • Determine critical trigger-points to enact risk counter-measures
  • Develop a risk mitigation playbook to minimize operational impacts

Market Research

  • Uncover market details through direct interviews and analysis
  • Synthesize fragmented data into a comprehensive and meaningful analysis
  • Determine key conclusions and strategies to take advantage of market insight

Cash Management

  • Map order to cash process and identify current bottlenecks
  • Monitor customer payment behavior and track with scorecards
  • Align pricing to match customer payment practices

Business Process

  • Engage the organization to determine work content and process improvement
  • Benchmark current operations to best-in-class performance
  • Recommend and implement organizational changes to process

 

 

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