This presentation, given at ProcureCon Indirect West 2019, focuses on how to break down the barriers to category management excellence. Procurement teams generally feel that there are four barrier preventing them from effectively implementing a category management program today: they don't have the right data; they don't have the capabilities to process and analyze the data; they don't have the category knowledge; and there is no clear ROI for category management.
In this presentation, Doug Van Wingerden from Insight Sourcing Group builds the case for category management ROI and shows you how you can break down the final three barriers and drive up to an additional 20% in savings.
3. Age Old Problem for Procurement
Chief Financial
Officer
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“Where are the savings you promised?”
4. Why is Category Management Hard?
Polling Question: What barriers are preventing procurement from effectively
implementing category management programs today?
We don’t have the right data
We don’t have the capabilities to process and analyze the data
We don’t have the right category knowledge
There is not a clear ROI for Category Management
5. About Insight Sourcing Group
Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Transformation Consulting Services
Assessment &
Roadmap Development
Strategic Sourcing
Procurement Transformation
Spend Visibility
Category Visibility
Category Management-as-a-Service
Group Purchasing
(GPO) Programs
Energy Management-as-a-Service
8% - 20%
Average client
savings
4x - 10x
Average client one-year
ROI on sourcing programs
5,000+
Strategic sourcing
projects
1,500+
Managed Services
clients
$3T+
Spend analyzed
since inception
Execution Analytics Managed Services
POWERED BY
6. ISG’s Insight Analytics Business
Our managed service approach focuses on delivering value from data-driven insights.
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ISG’s Category Management as a Service
Analysis
Insights
Actions
• Collect detailed usage data directly
from suppliers
• Analyze key category metrics and
value drivers
• Leverage category dashboards to
actively manage spend
• Uncover valuable insights that
maximize savings
• Implement actions with suppliers
and stakeholders
• Recover lost savings and realize
incremental value
• Over $1B in spend under management
• 30 unique categories
• 22 additional categories onboarding in 2019
• 200+ suppliers
Representative Spend Categories
7. The Case for Category Management:
(Old Thinking)
Projected
Savings
+ 2-4%
.
Demand Management
SKU Rationalization
Volume Rebate Monitoring
Supplier Relationships
- 15%
Time
.
Pricing Inaccuracies
Non-Preferred Suppliers
Contract Compliance
Supplier Cost Increases
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Upside Opportunity
Deals Erode Over Time
15%+2-4%
8. The problem is much worse…
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…and the opportunity is
much greater.
9. .
Pricing Inaccuracies
Maverick Spend
Uncontrolled Fees and Surcharges
Supplier Gamesmanship
The Case for Category Management:
(New Realities)
Projected
Savings
+ 20%
37%
Demand and SKU Management
Supplier Mix Optimization
SLA Performance
Rapid Renegotiations
-37%
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Upside Better Than Expected
20%
Leakage Worse Than Expected
Source: 2019 ISG Category Management ROI Study
10. Case Study: Waste Disposal
• Sourcing event yielded 20% savings across 3 suppliers
• Only 66% of expected savings were realized in first 60 days
Zero pricing errors
Excessive site equipment
Unexpected service fees
• Expected savings were fully recovered
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11. On track to realize 200%+ of original savings
~ $400 / ton
~ $80 / ton
Case Study: Waste Disposal
Additional Upside
Identified
Pricing Outliers
Container Optimization
Award Scenario
Optimization
Open Top
Front Loading
Insight:
Open Top 5x cost per ton
Action:
Optimize sites not best suited for Open Top
13. Since there is a ROI for
Category Management…
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14. …what about the other barriers?
Analytical
Capabilities
Category
Skills
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Robust
Data
15. Barrier 1:
“Perfect System” = “Perfect Data”
• Best-of-Breed S2P system will
capture line item detail (LID)
• LID data is sufficient for world-class
category management
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16. Barrier Buster:
“Perfect” data exists at suppliers
• Suppliers have perfect data
about your usage
• Secure “data rights” during
sourcing event
• Combine supplier data with
other data sources
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Supplier
Data
Supplier
Data
Supplier
Data
AP Data
Operations
Data
Contract
Data
PO Data
Sourcing
Data
Market
Data Benchmark
Data
17. Barrier 2:
“I Need Big Data Capabilities”
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• I need Data Scientists to manage
this level of “Big Data”
• I need specialized programming
skills (Python, R, etc.)
18. Barrier Buster:
You Don’t Need Data Scientists
Extract, Transform, Load
(ETL) Tools
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Dashboards &
Visualization Tools
• Today’s tools make the hard
“Big Data” stuff easy
• You probably already have a
license for them
• Recent graduates will be well
versed in these tools
19. Barrier 3:
“I need to hire an army of category
specialists”
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• Expert for every category
• Expert for every line of business
20. Barrier Buster:
Critical skills can be developed
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+
Leverage a Category Management Playbook
Business Unit Experts
External or 3rd Party Sources
Prior Sourcing Experience
Get Smart by Leveraging…
21. • You don’t need this level of category management on all categories.
• There is a business case for category management.
• Secure “data rights” from suppliers during sourcing.
• Build your “big data” sandbox using pre-existing COTS software.
• Empower your “athletes” with methodologies & tools.
Final Thoughts & Takeaways
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22. Thank you!
Doug Van Wingerden
Senior Vice President
dvanwingerden@insightsourcing.com
www.insightsourcing.com
Have specific questions? Visit my roundtable tomorrow at 2:40pm!