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MNP3701 STRATEGIC
SOURCING FOR EXAM
PURPOSES

,STRATEGIC SOURCING




MNP3701




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CHAPTER 1 : INTRODUCTION TO PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ........................................................... 8

Building Relationships And Driving Innovation
......................................................................................................... 8

Improving Quality And Reputation
..................................................................................................................... 8

Reducing Time To Market
.............................................................................................................................. 8

Managing supplier risk................................................................................................................................... 8

Generating Economic Impact
............................................................................................................................ 8

Contributing To Competitive Advantage
................................................................................................................ 8

UNDERSTANDING THE LANGUAGE OF PURCHASING AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ...................................................... 8

Supply Chains And Value Chains ........................................................................................................................ 9

Emerging SCM Technologies .......................................................................................................................... 13

Figure 1: THE DEVELOPMENT OF PURCHASING INTO STRATEGIC SOURCING, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SUPPLY MANAGEMENT .. 14

CHAPTER 2: THE PURCHASING PROCESS ............................................................................................................ 15

Elements Of The Purchasing Process ................................................................................................................ 15

Purchasing Objective .................................................................................................................................. 15

Supply Market Intelligence ........................................................................................................................... 16

Reasons For Not Being Strategic .................................................................................................................... 16

Strategic Supply Management Roles And Responsibilities Purchasing Responsibilities ............................................................ 16

Purchasing Responsibilities ............................................................................................................................ 16

Improve The Procure-To Pay Process ............................................................................................................... 18

P2P process as a cycle consisting of six major stages: ............................................................................................ 18

EXHIBIT 2.3: THE PURCHASING PROCESS ....................................................................................................... 18

Benefits of Electronic Documents .................................................................................................................... 18

Improving the Procure-to-Pay-Process consists of: ................................................................................................ 19

1. Forecast And Plan Requirements ............................................................................................................ 19

2. Clarify Requisition Needs .................................................................................................................... 19

Approval, Contract, And Purchase Order Preparation .............................................................................................. 21

Consists of the following: ............................................................................................................................. 21

Types Of Purchases ................................................................................................................................... 22

Improving The Purchasing Process ................................................................................................................... 23

Purchasing Objectives Summary ...................................................................................................................... 23

STUDY UNIT 3: CHAPTER 4: SUPPLY MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION FOR COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE ..................................... 24

Integration ............................................................................................................................................. 24

Supply Integration Defined ........................................................................................................................... 24

Elements of Supply Integration ...................................................................................................................... 24

Internal Linkages ...................................................................................................................................... 24

External Integration .................................................................................................................................. 24

External Linkages ...................................................................................................................................... 24

Buyer-Supplier Collaboration ......................................................................................................................... 25

EXHIBIT 4.2: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BUYER-SELLER RELATIONSHIP .................................................................. 25

Advantages of Closer Relations ...................................................................................................................... 25

Figure 3.1: Characteristics of the three principle classes – transactional, collaborative and alliance buyer-seller relationships ............ 26

Obstacles to Closer Relationships .................................................................................................................... 26

Critical Elements for Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) ................................................................................... 27

The following skills are required for effectively managing buyer-seller relationships: .......................................................... 27

Critical Elements – “Little r” ......................................................................................................................... 27
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, Effective SRM ......................................................................................................................................... 27

SRM Skills ............................................................................................................................................. 27

Cross-Functional Teams ............................................................................................................................... 27

Advantages/Benefits of Cross-functional teams .................................................................................................... 27

Disadvantages/Potential Drawbacks of Cross-Functional Team (CFTs) Approach ................................................................. 28

When to Form a CFT ................................................................................................................................. 28

Improving Sourcing Team Effectiveness ............................................................................................................. 28

Questions Driving Use of CFTs ....................................................................................................................... 29

Selecting A Task ................................................................................................................................... 29

Selecting Team Members And Leaders ........................................................................................................... 29

Resource Support ................................................................................................................................... 29

There are several ways that management can practice subtle management control .......................................................... 29

Integrating Supply Management, Engineering And Suppliers To Develop New Products And Services .......................................... 30

Common Themes For Successful Supplier Integration Efforts ..................................................................................... 30

Supplier Integration Into Customer Order Fulfilment .............................................................................................. 31

Supplier Suggestion Programs ............................................................................................ Error! Bookmark not defined.

Buyer-Supplier Improvement Teams ................................................................................................................. 31

On-site Supplier Representatives .................................................................................................................... 32

Buyer’s Use of On-Site Supplier Reps ............................................................................................................... 32

Potential Benefits Of On-Site Supplier Representatives ........................................................................................... 32

PART 3: STRATEGIC SOURCING ....................................................................................................................... 34

STUDY UNIT 4: CHAPTER 6: CATEGORY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................. 34

Supply Policy and Strategies ......................................................................................................................... 34

Aligning Objectives .................................................................................................................................... 34

How Companies Create Shareholder Value ........................................................................................................... 34

Integrative Strategy Development ................................................................................................................... 34

Components of Integrative Strategy ................................................................................................................. 35

Engaging Stakeholders To Build Category Strategy Objectives .................................................................................... 35

What Is Category Strategy? ......................................................................................................................... 35

Difference Between Category Strategies And Strategic Sourcing ................................................................................ 36

Conducting A Spend Analysis ......................................................................................................................... 36

Spend Analysis Spreadsheet .......................................................................................................................... 36

Category Strategy Development/The Strategic Sourcing Process (MOST IMPORTANT) ........................................................ 36

THE STRATEGIC SOURCING PROCESS ............................................................................................................ 37

Step 1: Team and Project Charter .................................................................................................................. 37

Step 2: Conduct Market Research ................................................................................................................... 37

Porter’s Five Forces Model ........................................................................................................................... 37

SWOT Analysis ........................................................................................................................................ 39

Benchmarking Analysis ................................................................................................................................ 39

Requests for information (RFI) ....................................................................................................................... 39

Value chain analysis ................................................................................................................................... 39

Supplier research ...................................................................................................................................... 39

Step 3: Strategy Development ....................................................................................................................... 39

Portfolio analysis ...................................................................................................................................... 39

Step 5: Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) .................................................................................................. 43


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