Pre-Contracting
Designing the Value Chain: Competitive Strategy
Assembing the Sourcing Strategy Team and Assigning Roles
- Managers of the Affected Lines of Business
- Executive Management: Shareholder Value
- Procurement/ Purchasing Department
- Contract Manager
- Retained Employees
- Finance Department
- Information Technology Department
- Human Resources Department
- Legal – General Counsel’s Office
- Compliance, including Privacy and Corporate Governance
- Risk Management and Insurance Department
- Sourcing Consultant
- Special Resources
Inclusion of Other Essential Participants
Decision-making in Sourcing Strategy
Special Situations: Why Shouldn’t We Outsource?
- Leveraging Venture Capital and Private Equity for Startups
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Divestitures
- Distressed Businesses
- Declining Industry: Supply Contracts Between Competitors
- Group Purchasing/ Buyer’s Consortia
- Competitive Procurement Toolkit
- Timing Considerations in the Sourcing Lifecycle
- Barriers to Competitive Procurement
Internal Review: Readiness Assesssment
Vendor Selection and Due Diligence