Category Management

• Health check:
  • Portfolio analysis
  • Commodity categorization
  • Modeling
• Phase 1:
  • Demand management
  • Develop individual category strategies
  • Price Management
  • Supply-Market Monitoring and Reporting
  • Continuous Cost Improvements
  • Supplier Performance Management
  • SRM
  • Product rationalization
• Phase 2:
  • E category management
  • Strategic partnering
  • Contract manufacturing

Procurement outsourcing

• Health check:
  • Baseline current practice
  • Benchmarking against best practices
• Phase 1:
  • Purchase order management
  • Expediting
  • 3-way matching
  • PQQ
  • Supplier registration approval
  • Invoice queries
  • Competitive tendering
  • Supplier classification
  • Low cost country sourcing
  • Cost benchmarking
• Phase 2:
  • Supplier rationalization
  • VMI / consignment
  • Supplier site audit
  • Quality inspection
  • SRM

Transaction Management

• Health check:
  • Baseline current practice
  • Benchmarking against best practices
• Phase 1:
  • Best Practice-based Processes
  • Sophisticated tools
  • Dedicated account management team
• Phase 2:
  • Optimization: Process rationalization
  • Technology
  • Cost reduction program