Strategic Sourcing: Stop Leaving Money on the Table
By Michael Crocefoglia | Managing Director, Atlas Procurement Solution Let me share something that came up in a conversation with a manufacturing client last quarter. They had 47 active suppliers across a single component category. Forty-seven. When we mapped it out together, the top six were delivering over 85% of the volume. The rest were tail spend, small orders, high admin burden, inconsistent quality, zero negotiating leverage. That's not a supply base. That's organized chaos. Strategic...