Contents

List of figures

List of templates

Acknowledgements

About the authors

Introduction

Stage 1
Initiation

1 Project charter

2 Category hierarchy

3 Team charter

4 RACI

5 Stakeholder management

6 Communication plan

7 Risk register

Stage 2
Research

8 Business requirements (RAQSCI)

9 Category profile

10 Data gathering

11 Key supplier profile

12 Day one analysis

13 Situational analysis (STP)

14 Purchase-price cost analysis (PPCA)

Stage 3
Analysis

15 SWOT

16 Macroenvironmental analysis (STEEPLE)

17 Competition analysis: Porter’s five forces

18 Supply and value-chain analysis

19 Kraljic portfolio analysis

20 Supplier preferencing

Stage 4
Strategy

21 Dutch windmill

22 Sourcing strategy wheel

23 Power/dependency profiling

24 Opportunity analysis and quick wins

25 Option appraisal

26 Category plan

Stage 5
Implementation

27 Action planning

28 Implementing change

29 Project management

30 Benefits realisation

31 Continuous improvement and review

32 Supplier management

33 Post-Project review

Templates

Bibliography

Index