Kraljic Matrix
This concept has been created to guide managers and business owners in recognising and analysing the weaknesses of their purchasing approaches. It explores a set of alternative purchasing strategies within each quadrant of the Kraljic Matrix.
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Kraljic Matrix Definition
The Kraljic matrix is an influential strategic tool "to guide managers so that they can recognise the weakness of their organisation and formulate strategies for guarding against supplies disruption" (Lysons and Farrington, 2006: 63). The matrix developed by Peter Kraljic can be used to implement differentiated purchasing strategies (Gelderman and van Weele, 2002). It was first introduced in the seminal Harvard Business Review article published in 1983. Today the model is one of the dominant strategic tools guiding purchasing activities in organisations (Gelderman and van Weele, 2002).
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- Boodie, M.L.J. (1997) World-class Purchasing in the Netherlands is Fiction. Berenschot Inkoopmanagement. Utrecht: The Netherlands.
- Caniels, M.C.J. and Gelderman, C.J. (2005) Purchasing Strategies in the Kraljic Matrix: A Power and Dependence perspective. Journal of Purchasing and Supply Management, Vol. 11, pp. 141-155.
- Cheverton, P. and van Der Velde, J.P. (2010) Understanding the Professional Buyer: What Every Sales Professional Should Know About How The Modern Buyer Thinks and Behaves. Kogan Page.
- CIPS Australia: The Knowledge Club Compendium.
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