Building Castles in the Sand: Creating IT Alignment in Category Strategy
IT Strategic Sourcing has long been straddling a line in the sand between Sourcing and IT. Each and every Sourcing category is becoming more IT-centric as technology advances. Gone are the days of a straight category strategy where a sourcing manager simply requests pricing for a specific item. Software, cloud and infrastructure components now infiltrate even the clearest of category strategies, blurring the responsibility lines for business roles and departments.
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IT Strategic Sourcing has long been straddling a line in the sand between Sourcing and IT. Each and every Sourcing category is becoming more IT-centric as technology advances. Gone are the days of a straight category strategy where a sourcing manager simply requests pricing for a specific item. Software, cloud and infrastructure components now infiltrate even the clearest of category strategies, blurring the responsibility lines for business roles and departments.