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         <title>CATEGORY STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT</title>
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         <title>Category Definition</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>In the catman cycle.&nbsp;<br>Retailers determine the segments within a category ultimetly -&gt; the retailers marketing position</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Selecting the SKU's that will comprise the category's merchandise assortment and variety.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>PART 1: Aligning supply management and enterprise objectives</title>
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         <title>Integrative Strategy Development</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>is that business unit executives, corporate supply management executives, provide direct input during the development of corporate strategy</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Corporate Strategies</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>The definition of businesses in which the corporation wishes to participate</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Business Unit Strategies</title>
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         <pubDate>2023-02-20 00:37:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Supply Management Strategies</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Support the desired competitive business-level strategy</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Category/Sourcing Strategies</title>
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         <title>Engaging Stakeholders to Build Category Strategy Objectives</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Validate the savings or contribution to other company objectives</div>]]></description>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Sustain the initiative through presentations to senior executives</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Corporate supply management goals</title>
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         <title>Cost-Reduction Objective</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Be the low-cost producer within our industry.</div>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2023-02-20 02:59:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Technology/New-Product Development Objective</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<div>Outsource non-core-competency activities.</div>]]></description>
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         <title>Supply Base Reduction Objective</title>
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         <title>Quality Objective</title>
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         <title>PART 2: What Is A Category Strategy?</title>
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         <title>What does a Category Manager do?</title>
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         <title>PROS</title>
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