Cost Efficiency vs Resilience: Striking the Right Balance in Direct Materials Sourcing

Supply chain and procurement pros, facing strong headwinds of inflation, high interest rates and other economic trends, are tasked with keeping costs in line while managing risks in an increasingly uncertain environment.

Complicating the task, direct materials sourcing faces many challenges such as price and demand volatility, supply disruptions, quality issues, compliance risks, and lack of visibility. These obstacles require the ability to forecast demand, understand costs and respond effectively to commodity fluctuations — what can you do to get there?

This GEP-SIG webcast — Cost Efficiency vs. Resilience: Striking the Right Balance in Direct Materials Sourcing — takes a deep dive into the most critical tools pros need to optimize costs and improve the bottom line.

Join the webinar to learn how to:

  • Create global visibility to achieve both cost and risk goals
  • Integrate sourcing with engineering right from the product design stage
  • Streamline sourcing and cost breakdowns with templates and automation
  • Provide real-time market intelligence and analytics to identify savings opportunities and mitigate risks
  • Enable effective collaboration with cross-functional teams and suppliers to accelerate product innovation and speed to market

 

Webinar Topic:
Cost Efficiency vs. Resilience: Striking the Right Balance in Direct Materials Sourcing

Presenters:

Mark Szewczykowski
Senior Director - Business Development,
GEP

Michele Myers,
Vice President - Product Management,
GEP

Date: Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Time: 1 p.m. ET