Comments on: Strategic Sourcing Success Factors

By: My Top 10 Success Factors for Strategic Sourcing - Strategic Sourcing | Europe

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:18:26 +0000

[...] Based on my experience - of course! - but also on an excellent paper written in 2000 by Tim Duffie’s (UPS) about the difference between sourcing AND strategic sourcing and following the recent post of David Bush ‘Strategic Sourcing Success Factors‘, you will find on this post what I consider as the top 10 Strategic Sourcing’s critical success factors (CSF). As you will see, it is tightly linked to enabling the 7-step methodology I always refer to. [...]

By: Mark Usher

Mark Usher — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:14:37 +0000

I think the wiki is a good place for it - I would be very interested to get other folks’ views on what they have seen to be important in strategic sourcing over the years. Other people will have encountered experiences I haven’t, and that can only make for an even more comprehensive and insightful set of success factors.

By: David Bush - Iasta

David Bush - Iasta — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 21:57:00 +0000

Great idea, I will start that process and let Mark decide if he wants it to be wiki’ed or static!

By: Eric Strovink

Eric Strovink — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 13:32:16 +0000

Dave, I think this article should be moved to the wiki. It’s a terrific summary.