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SRM or Supplier relationship management

Supplier Management = Supplier Relationship Management?

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2025-04-06
  • Procurement management
Executive Summary Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) transforms traditional, transactional supplier oversight into a strategic, partnership-driven discipline. While Supplier Management ensures organizations get the right goods at the right price—covering supplier evaluation, contract governance, performance...
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Tactical procurement based on van weele model

Tactical procurement – sourcing and supplier management.

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2024-08-09
  • Tips from LHTS
Many times you see the description Strategic buyer where the tasks consist of sourcing and supplier management, activities Learn How to Source allocated to Tactical procurement role. Due to the sprawling descriptions...
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SRM cases times 2 supporting Buyer training

Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) – 2 cases

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2025-05-31
  • Cases
Welcome to Day X of Acme Manufacturing’s SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) workshop, where you will tackle two practical, real-world challenges designed to solidify your understanding of foundational SRM principles and partner-driven innovation:...
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I failed at supplier relationship management by Stéphane Morel

I failed at Supplier Relationship Management

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2024-08-10
  • Tips from LHTS
After my first 18 months in Indirect Procurement, I moved to Direct Procurement; and, at the age of 24, I had the huge opportunity and responsibility to run my first real supplier...
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Cost based and Value based pricing

Cost-Based and Value-Based Pricing in Procurement: How Buyers Understand Supplier Price Logic

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2026-04-19
  • Tactical procurement
Cost based and Value based pricing are very present in Sales and Procurement departments day to day work. The blogpost explain the basics.
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How Procurement Supports Company Strategy Through the Supplier Base

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2026-04-19
  • Procurement management
Leadership within the Procurement Function: Building Capability focusing on Category Management, PMT, and Organization & Roles
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Problem solving in procurement

Problem Solving in Procurement: How Buyers Find Root Causes and Fix Supplier Issues

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2026-04-13
  • Tactical procurement
Procurement problems rarely appear as neat, isolated events. A late delivery may look like a supplier failure, but the real cause could be weak forecasting, an unclear specification, poor follow-up, or missing...
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Operative buyer internal KPI

KPI Excess & Obsolete (E&O) Material Management

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2025-12-21
  • Operative procurement
KPI Focus KPI excess and obsolete measures how effectively the operative buyer manages and minimizes the financial impact of excess and obsolete material. The KPI is not about eliminating E&O completely, but about:...
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Operative buyer internal KPI

Operational KPI – Deviation Management (Quality & Invoice)

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2025-12-21
  • Operative procurement
KPI Focus This KPI measures how well the operative buyer controls and resolves operational deviations that interrupt normal Procure-to-Pay and supply flows. The KPI focuses on: Why Deviation Management Is a Core Operational KPI...
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Operative buyer internal KPI

KPI – Management of Open Purchase Orders (PO Changes)

  • Fredrik Axelsson
  • 2025-12-21
  • Operative procurement
KPI Focus This KPI measures how effectively the operative buyer manages changes to already issued and open Purchase Orders. The KPI focuses on execution discipline and responsiveness, not on why changes occur. Why Management...
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