Purchasing and Supply Chain Management
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To explain: The conditions at which single-sourcing an item in the leveraging category of the portfolio matrix is considered.
Category strategy development:
A category is a specific clan of products or services that are utilized in delivering the appropriate value to the customer. A strategy is developed to deliver the category products or services in the
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