Savings reports are one of the first steps in implementing a strong category management process. Are you utilizing your savings reports to the best of your ability?

Eliminating upward margin creep with suppliers can both provide lasting savings and enable longer-term agreements to be signed confidently. It is not as difficult as you many think to accomplish such a feat; all you have to do is commit to create strategic relationships with suppliers. You can do this in 5 steps: 

Mission: to build a global category approach at the request of one of our members.

With our member's total spend in the US and Europe exceeding $3 million annually, they were seeking savings that expanded over the span of many borders.