Category Overview Today, the pharmaceutical industry players are shifting towards innovations to compete with their counterparts in terms of stable growth, healthy margins, and retain their value in the market space. Leading pharmaceutical companies are devising the need for strategic category management solutions to increase their performance and ultimately reduce costs. Also, organizations are advocating the need for category […]
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Today, the pharmaceutical industry players are shifting towards innovations to compete with their counterparts in terms of stable growth, healthy margins, and retain their value in the market space. Leading pharmaceutical companies are devising the need for strategic category management solutions to increase their performance and ultimately reduce costs. Also, organizations are advocating the need for category management to identify and evaluate suppliers and prioritize actions to manage the marketing spend proactively. Furthermore, category management helps companies analyze the customer reach and devise effective strategies to develop a global consumer marketing strategy.
With years of expertise in offering a plethora of services, SpendEdge’s category management solution helps businesses evaluate the current state of their purchasing practice. Also, the client can further source goods and services, select suppliers, and understand internal stakeholder activities and requirements with the help of category management. Also, SpendEdge’s procurement solutions assist clients to accurately monitor market and supplier development and develop proactive market strategies.
The Procurement Pain Point and Insights Offered
A renowned pharmaceutical company was facing predicaments in developing effective strategic sourcing solutions. The client wanted to understand the price trends and fluctuations prevailing in the pharmaceutical space. Also, the client wanted to understand the latest trends and opportunities and gain an accurate price forecast for the products offered.
To understand the latest development in the market space, the client approached SpendEdge’s team of category management experts. The team of experts at SpendEdge carried out extensive research comprising interviews and discussions with leading stakeholders in the pharma industry. Also, the team further compiled information across various proprietary sources such as paid industry databases, company presentations, and newsletters.
By taking into account various factors influencing the growth of the pharmaceutical industry, SpendEdge’s category management solution helped the client identify the new products and service launches in the pharma industry. The solution further helped the client accurately forecast pricing trends and understand their potential impact on costs of material sourcing.
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Business Outcome
With the help of this category management solution, the client was able to focus on strategic category initiatives and ensure improved stakeholder management. The client was further able to implement an effective category strategy and manage category risks and supplier relationships better.
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