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		<title>Do You Know the Difference Between Strategic Sourcing and Category Management – Technology Success or Failure?</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:49:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Kohler]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Sourcing vs. Category Management]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[One of the first things we learn as Sourcing professionals is to have a clear understanding of the business requirements of your internal business partners.  When it comes to technology, “business requirements” usually take the form of a set of features and functionality that are required.  We work with our stakeholders to extract their input, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Category Management Approach to Professional Services</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2025 12:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dalip Raheja]]></dc:creator>
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				<description><![CDATA[The area of professional services spend continues to be a potential source of incredible value generation for most companies.  Yet, most companies approach this spend segment with a very traditional sourcing approach and end up either leaving significant value on the table or in some cases, actually losing value.  As we often tell our clients, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do You Know the Difference Between Strategic Sourcing &#038; Category Management – Change is Worth It!</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2025 11:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Kohler]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Sourcing vs. Category Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Category Management]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Sourcing Vs. Category Management]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[A new year is already a quarter over and so have the New Year’s resolutions.  I am no different than anyone else – I want to lose XX pounds and this is the year I am finally going to do it.  In the back of my mind, though, all I can think of is “it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Category Management of Professional Services: How Would YOU Measure Value When Hiring a Service Provider?</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 16:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dalip Raheja]]></dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog-News U can Use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creating Value]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dalip Raheja]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://blog.thempowergroup.com/?p=6508</guid>
				<description><![CDATA[We have long been preaching the Value mantra – ever since we called for the death of Strategic Sourcing (SS) many, many years ago.  This is also why we changed our Maturity Model and pushed SS down to Level 4 and added the Value Creating Level 5.  In responding to a recent RFI from a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Culture Eats Strategy&#8230;.or Does It?</title>
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				<pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:50:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Anne Kohler]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Change Management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[John D. Hanson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steven A. Melnyk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transformation]]></category>

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				<description><![CDATA[Transformation is HARD!  If you don’t believe that then you have never gone through one.  Often, when a transformation fails or an organization does not achieve its’ desired business results, “culture” is identified as the culprit or perhaps the scapegoat so says two Supply Chain Management professors in “Culture Eats Strategy . . . and how to deal with it”. ]]></description>
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