Supplier Portfolio Reset

Your category is moving from constant firefighting to a more deliberate sourcing reset. Balance resilience, cost, and supplier collaboration over eight new decisions.

Learning focus: supplier segmentation, contracting strategy, resilience planning

• Use better supplier governance to improve long-term category performance.
• Make trade-offs that reduce fragility without locking in wasteful cost.
• Recognize when visibility and collaboration outperform brute-force pressure.