02 — Capability · BC-620.10
Category Strategy
Understand what the business spends, with whom and why, and set a deliberate approach for each category instead of buying the same way everywhere.
- Spend Analysis
- Category Management
In scope
- Spend classification and analysis
- Category plans with target supply base and savings
- Make-versus-buy input
Out of scope
- Negotiating the individual contract (see BC-640)
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- BC-620.10.10Spend AnalysisClassify every dollar spent by category, supplier and business unit so that opportunities for consolidation and leverage are visible.
- BC-620.10.20Category PlanningSet the sourcing approach, target supplier count and savings goal for each category, informed by market conditions and business demand.
- BC-620.10.30Supply Market IntelligenceTrack price trends, capacity, new entrants and regulation in the markets the business buys from, so category plans rest on current facts.