TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carlsson,Magnus
TI  - Strategic sourcing and category management: lessons learned at ikea 
SN  - 9780749486211 (pbk.)
AV  - HD9773.S84 I436 2019
U1  - 658.7'22 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - London
PB  - KoganPage
KW  - Industrial procurement
KW  - Management
KW  - Ikea (Firm)
KW  - Purchasing
KW  - Strategic planning
KW  - Business logistics
N1  - Revised edition of the author's Strategic sourcing and category management, 2015; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Strategic Sourcing and Category Management examines how IKEA - and other cost leading companies - use category management to create advantages with direct and indirect sourcing. With 25 years' experience from IKEA, where he had the responsibility to develop and execute the company's purchasing strategy, author Magnus Carlsson shares his insights on important topics: when category management is profitable and why; how teams repeatedly create value and results; what the main approaches are in different categories; how a company implements category management; the difference between success and failure.

In this new edition of Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, Magnus Carlsson has added new themes including examples and references from companies such as Maersk, Carlsberg, P&G and Aldi, illustrating the application of cost leadership that spans far beyond IKEA. Even there, the cost leadership lessons are not limited to home furnishings as the company is sourcing categories such as food, components, materials, transports and indirect materials, with a total purchasing spend of approximately €7 billion. But maybe even more importantly, the book illustrates how teams create value by thinking differently and asking the right questions, allowing an understanding that goes beyond mere tools and processes

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