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Strategic Sourcing Guide to Upholstery Fabrics Procurement

Overview

Clothing and Textiles market around the world is undergoing rapid transitions that have a massive potential to influence the way companies strategize for Upholstery Fabrics procurement and the cost they have to incur. Regulatory changes are taking place more frequently and the changes impact multiple functions within an organization. Alignment of procurement practices and decisions with all the new regulations has now become highly challenging, especially when category managers are responsible to centrally procure for multiple regions with different regulations.

Suppliers are disrupting traditional business models with new offerings and terms. These disruptions are also necessitating buyers to relook their procurement practices and standards with respect to supplier selection and price benchmarking activities.

Technology is improving productivity and creating fresh demand. Convergence of data science, automation tools, 3D printing, robotics, AI and big data has opened up multiple possibilities to better serve customers at a lower operational cost.

Upholstery Fabrics Procurement Best Practices

It has become imperative for category managers to remain as agile as possible in terms of their procurement practices. However, it is not always easy to quickly spot and implement alternative practices in a category like Upholstery Fabrics. To help quick decision making, this report advises on several procurement best practices that have worked well for category managers.

For example, Buyers can consider engaging suppliers that use advanced technologies such as automation, robotics, and lean manufacturing in their manufacturing process. The use of such technologies enables suppliers to control their OPEX and reduce TAT, which will help buyers avail volume-based discounts on category purchases.

Buyers should engage with suppliers that can repurchase the used products at fair market value or can offer recycling capability. This assists buyers to dispose of used products in a convenient manner and honor their sustainability practices. Also, suppliers provide credits to buyers for future purchases. This reduces overall procurement costs for buyers.

Buyers need to employ robust should-cost models and total cost of ownership models to aid Upholstery Fabrics supplier selection and pricing negotiations.

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Risks in Upholstery Fabrics procurement

Upholstery Fabrics procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Upholstery Fabrics procurement. Some examples include:

Procurement without consulting the actual users of Upholstery Fabrics may result in a mismatch in expectations of the buyer's internal stakeholders versus the actual contract executed
Changes in the regulations pertaining to import and export of goods significantly impact the category. For instance, imposition of tariffs and restriction on import of certain raw materials disrupts the whole industry
Contract-related risks where unfavorable credit terms may severly penalize buyers for delayed payments or entitle the supplier to demand pre-payments or shorten the payment terms are not very common in the category but they do exist in certain situations where buyers' liquidity or financial health is in question

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Who should read this report

The report is intended to serve as a one-stop reference guide for Upholstery Fabrics procurement strategy and offers a perfect blend of category basics with deep-dive category data and insights. Therefore, it is ideal for category beginners looking for “Upholstery Fabrics: Procurement Report 101” as well as for category experts actively tracking the global Upholstery Fabrics procurement market.

You may have just initiated your research to design a winning Upholstery Fabrics procurement strategy, or you may be a category expert looking for strategic insights and updated data.Either ways, the report has your requirements covered.

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Key questions on Upholstery Fabrics procurement answered by this report

Procurement decisions can prove to be costly in the absence of careful deliberation and evaluation of every available option. In fact, more than 90% of the decision makers we work with acknowledge that timely availability of up-to-date category intelligence can help them make better purchasing decisions. More than 80% of them believe that in-house category intelligence needs to be updated periodically to achieve full benefits. If you have read so far, we are quite sure you agree!!

The Upholstery Fabrics procurement report helps take more informed decisions by placing all the critical information and advice at the fingertips of a decision maker. It also specifically answers some of the key questions that we have been routinely asked during our industry outreach initiatives:

What is the spend potential in the Upholstery Fabrics market?
What is the correct price to pay for Upholstery Fabrics? What are the key trends and factors that influence current and future pricing?
Which selection criteria are the most important for Upholstery Fabrics Suppliers Market?
Who are the top Upholstery Fabrics suppliers? What are their cost structures?
Which negotiation levers can reduce Upholstery Fabrics procurement cost ?
What are supplier margins in Upholstery Fabrics market?
What are the best practices for Upholstery Fabrics procurement and what are the potential risks?

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Upholstery Fabrics Category Insights: What is inside

The Upholstery Fabrics market report offers a complete picture of the supply market and analyzes the category from the perspective of both buyers and suppliers. Analysis of the category trends, procurement best practices, negotiation levers and overall category management strategy advisory are interspersed with in-depth data and commentary on spend outlook, pricing ecosystem and supplier landscape drilled down to a region-level coverage.

Data

A key highlight of this report is the in-depth outlook created on Upholstery Fabrics procurement spend and pricing trends. The report further delves deep into the aspects of cost structure, total cost of ownership and supplier margins for Upholstery Fabrics. A dedicated section to supplier profiles and evaluation helps decision makers cast a wider procurement net and identify gaps in existing relationships.

Insights

Along with specific category and supplier intelligence, the publication also includes curated insights on Upholstery Fabrics market trends, price influencers and inherent risks. These insights help the decision makers prepare for market shaping trends in advance and create alternative strategies for changes in the market conditions.

Advisory

Additionally, the report also advises on the best practices and strategies to manage the Upholstery Fabrics category efficiently. Negotiation levers and opportunities are explained in detail along with quantification of their potential. Benchmark KPIs for supplier and buyer performance management are also aggregated to better organize the category objectives. Other themes of advisory include ideal procurement organization structure, enablers to achieve KPIs or category objectives and ideal SLAs to have with suppliers.

Category Ecosystem

Buyer and supplier ecosystem
Competitiveness index
Buyer and supplier power
Threat of new entrants and substitutes

Global and Regional Sourcing Insights

Category spend
Spend growth
Dynamics
Opportunities

Pricing and Cost Analysis

Pricing outlook and data
Drivers of pricing
Cost structure and inputs cost
Total cost of ownership
Pricing models and margins

Cost Saving Opportunities & Negotiation Strategies

Buyer and supplier side levers
Quantified cost saving opportunities
Negotiation strategies and quantified outcome

Procurement Best Practices, Strategy and Enablers

Procurement excellence
Sustainability and innovation
KPIs and category enablers
Risk management and outsourcing

Vendor Analysis

RFx essentials and selection criteria
SLAs
Supplier evaluation metrics
Detailed supplier profiles

Our research is complex, but our reports are easy to digest. Quantitative analysis and exhaustive commentary is placed in an easy to read format that gives you an in-depth knowledge on the category without spending hours to figure out “what does it mean for my company?”

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Category Research Framework

SpendEdge presents a detailed picture of Upholstery Fabrics procurement solutions by way of study, synthesis, and summation of data from multiple sources. The analysts have presented the various facets of the market with a particular focus on identifying the key category influencers. The data thus presented is comprehensive, reliable, and the result of extensive research, both primary and secondary.