Elastic Fabric & Articles Market Procurement Intelligence Report

The report provides a comprehensive coverage on Elastic Fabric & Articles category spend growth and regional spend segmentation insights, Elastic Fabric & Articles price trends and Elastic Fabric & Articles supply market analysis.

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This report on global Elastic Fabric & Articles category is part of a larger series of reports on global Clothing and Textiles market. The scope of Clothing and Textiles spans multiple categories and is typically identified as a procurement category that includes all spend related to the procurement of different articles of clothing and textiles used for business operations such as industrial footwear, uniforms and protective clothing and equipment.

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Strategic Sourcing Guide to Elastic Fabric & Articles Procurement

Overview

The market for Clothing and Textiles and its sub-segments such as Elastic Fabric & Articles are at an interesting intersection. 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.

Several factors in the value chain of Elastic Fabric & Articles, such as labor cost, logistics, and energy costs are driving up the procurement costs. Additionally, engagement of suppliers who are still operating with outdated assets, technologies and processes is also increasing the cost for buyers.

Buyers are moving towards longer contract durations with suppliers of Elastic Fabric & Articles to benefit from value-based discounts, integrated products and services, lower renewal cost and lesser expenses on contracting activities.

Trends like these and many others discussed in this report are necessitating a relook at the way Elastic Fabric & Articles is procured and the procurement cost saving opportunities that exist.

Elastic Fabric & Articles Procurement Best Practices

Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement best practices are moving towards a level of sophistication which is typically seen in traditional procurement categories. Category managers now have an attractive opportunity to adapt the best practices seen within this category as well as those being leveraged in other non-related categories. This report summarizes the best practices picked from across multiple categories that could work well for category managers involved with Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement strategy.

For example, Strong R&D focus is the sign of a supplier committed to enhancing the quality and cost proposition of its solutions. Buyers should collaborate with such suppliers for development of low-cost but highly efficiency products that can bring their OPEX down.

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.

Large organizational buyers can leverage their scale of operations to initiate competitive bidding between suppliers. Competitive bidding would enable buyers to have a better visibility of the market prices and may help identify suppliers that offer the most competitive price offering viz-a-viz other players.


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Risks in Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement

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


  • Procurement without consulting the actual users of Elastic Fabric & Articles may result in a mismatch in expectations of the buyer's internal stakeholders versus the actual contract executed
  • The minimal infrastructure development for logistics in several parts of the world portrays a challenge for suppliers to maintain the standardization of logistics of materials
  • 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

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Who should read this report

  • The report is intended to serve as a one-stop reference guide for Elastic Fabric & Articles 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 “Elastic Fabric & Articles: Procurement Report 101” as well as for category experts actively tracking the global Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement market.

     

    You may have just initiated your research to design a winning Elastic Fabric & Articles 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 Elastic Fabric & Articles 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 Elastic Fabric & Articles 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 Elastic Fabric & Articles market?
    • What is the correct price to pay for Elastic Fabric & Articles? What are the key trends and factors that influence current and future pricing?
    • Which selection criteria are the most important for Elastic Fabric & Articles Suppliers Market?
    • Who are the top Elastic Fabric & Articles suppliers? What are their cost structures?
    • Which negotiation levers can reduce Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement cost ?
    • What are supplier margins in Elastic Fabric & Articles market?
    • What are the best practices for Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement and what are the potential risks?

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Elastic Fabric & Articles Category Insights: What is inside

The Elastic Fabric & Articles 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 Elastic Fabric & Articles procurement spend and pricing trends. The report further delves deep into the aspects of cost structure, total cost of ownership and supplier margins for Elastic Fabric & Articles. 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 Elastic Fabric & Articles 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 Elastic Fabric & Articles 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?”

Category Research Framework


SpendEdge presents a detailed picture of Elastic Fabric & Articles 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.

Information Sources


Primary research
Secondary research
Procurement heads
Industry journals and reports
Category managers
Periodicals and new articles
Sourcing consortium professionals
Category webinars
Industry experts and thought leaders
Internal categiry playbooks
Procurement managers
Industry/government websites on regulations, compliance
Category heads of suppliers
Internal databases
Client account heads/managers
Industry blogs/thought leader briefings
Client and industry consultants

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