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Category Management

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Develop category management plans for when, where and how to buy with our supply chain solution

Today category managers buy their materials globally in order to secure the “best cost” but are often unsure if they are getting the best price and if that price is sustainable.

Our category management solutions provide a platform to quantify and qualify fair and reasonable price quotes. In addition, we align your cost saving opportunities with our forward-looking global cost calculation and pricing to provide an in-depth market analyses of prices, wages costs, demand, supply, productivity, and margins. Our solution is supplemented with deep country intelligence and risk expertise to deliver a complete view of your sourcing options.

Our category management expertise will help you

  • Understand how to buy based on price, risk factors, consolidation savings opportunities, alternative suppliers and more
  • Understand when to make your buy based on commodity forecasts, macro and microeconomic factors, supply and demand, industry analysis and more

Are you getting the best price and is that price sustainable? Develop category management plans for when, where and how to buy
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Pricing & Purchasing

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Forward-looking global cost calculation and global pricing strategy; enabling effective buying negotiations and strategic material purchases

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Wages and Labor Costs

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Accurate wage rate forecasts, labor supply and productivity across more than 50 countries.

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PMI

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Accurate and timely insight into the health of sectors and the global economy.

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Cost analyzer

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Assess cost pressures across your spend categories with more than 500 pre-built cost management models

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Advanced Country Analysis & Forecasting

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Support your business plans with unparalleled risk analysis and the economic forecast for over 200 countries.

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World Economics

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Evaluate business opportunity and risk with the long-term global economic forecast.

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Comparative Industry Analysis

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Quickly compare growth, cost, capex and profitability to know which industries will thrive

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Build an intelligent supply chain with our holistic solution

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Spend Analytics

Analyze your spend against historical and forecasted spend for benchmarking and opportunity identification.
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Logistics Management

Understand your freight demand forecasts for the next 5, 15, or 30 years
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Supplier Management

A centralized hub for third party due diligence and supplier risk management
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Supply Risk Management

Enhance end-to-end coverage of political, violent, sovereign, banking and investment risk management worldwide to ensure supply chain security.
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Environmental, Social & Governance

Utilize an integrated suite of ESG solutions and strategy to support your unique requirements
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Sourcing Management

Manage sourcing events leveraging our network of 1500+ datasets, 200+ economists and 5000+ information and supply chain sourcing industry experts
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Contract Management

Manage the entire contract life cycle process from initiation, negotiation to contract renewal
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Supplier performance management

Track supplier performance against contract
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