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Strategic Sourcing Practices in Higher Education (White Paper Excerpt)

PI Blogger — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:15:48 +0000

Table of Contents

WHAT IS THE CORRECT DEFINITION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING? 3
DEVELOPING AN EFFECTIVE FRAMEWORK 4
OBSTACLES TO A SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE 7
THE IMPACT OF COMMODITY CHARACTERSITICS 9
THE INHERENT DANGERS OF A PULL-THROUGH STRATEGY 11
THE MYTH OF TRANSACTIONAL REDUCTION 14
A STRATEGY OF ORDER 15
A STUDY IN CONTRASTS – SEEING BEYOND THE ORG CHART 16
THE IMPORTANCE OD SUSTAINABLE SAVINGS AND THE EMERGENCE OF SAAS 18
NYCDOE 2004 – A CASE IN POINT 19
NYCDOE 2007 – (UPDATE) 21
MURDOCH 2007 – (UPDATE) 22
ABRIEF NOTE REGARDING THE PROCUREMENT OF SERVICES 25

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group

ACRES OF DIAMONDS: The Value of Effectively Managing Low-Dollar, High Transactional Volume Spend

PI Blogger — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:36:58 +0000

The fact remains that the majority of procurement initiatives have traditionally focused on the big bang high-dollar, leveraged spend approach to procurement. While this approach is appropriate for certain commodities utilizing an event-centric tool, extensive research including a CAPS 2003 study indicates that it does not create a sustainable COGs savings model. The examples provided by the Floor to Ceiling Analyses included with this report provides further confirmation of this assessment.

Eliminate Maverick Buying: Closing the Gap Between Sources of Supply and Demand Through Web-Based Procurement

PI Blogger — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:49:06 +0000

In his book e-Procurement, From Strategy to Implementation, Dale Neef estimated that “nearly 80%
of organizations that have rushed to establish Web sites for online retailing have failed to invest in
the purchasing and distribution systems that make delivery of their products possible.”i

At the height of the dot.com revolution, businesses were focused almost entirely on the potential of
the Internet. Driven to jump on the “new economy” bandwagon and not get left behind, corporate
executives placed more emphasis on establishing Internet presence, rather than on how it could be

Supply Chain and Procurement Practices Group