Convergent Sourcing: Strategies and Solutions for Integrating Engineering and Procurement

Topics:
Sourcing
Tags:
Business Operations,
Supply Chain Management (SCM),
Strategy,
Sourcing,
Software,
Sales Strategy,
Sales Force Management,
Sales,
Purchasing & Procurement,
Product Marketing,
...
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Overview: With intensified global competition and more focused segmentation on micro markets, effective product differentiation becomes ever harder to attain and ever more difficult to sustain. The trends mandate the mobilization of the entire supply chain to establish profitability early and to maintain it across the product lifecycle. In consumer electronics, the time window before accelerated price pressures mount has contracted from months to weeks. In pharmaceuticals, new drugs seem to meet increased price pressure almost immediately following commercialization, while automotive witnesses a proliferation of platforms and brands with sales incentives kicking in almost from the first day of launch.

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Format: PDF | Size: 107KB | Date: Nov 2004 | Pages: 20

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