Conventional Purchasing Vs Strategic Sourcing Of Pharma API And Chemicals

1. Procuring API – active pharmaceutical Ingredients Intermediate and chemicals for pharma industry is for the purpose of  R &  D , production, sales and service execution  is very important for every sourcing company in chemical and pharma industry.
   
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2. The approach of sourcing strategically or in a Conventional way differ enormously.
3. Strategic sourcing refers to making supply chain management decisions with the aim to create distinguishing worth and it is good for the competitive advantage for the company.
4. The beliefs of traditional buying dealt with locating suppliers, in as alternative of introducing the best value-creating customer into the supply chain, is an old ways and has its ancestry in the beginning of purchasing philosophy.
5. usually, sourcing companies mainly focused on cost-per-unit, which was a put-back to high purchase volumes generating mass discounts. This method, however, evoked competitive adversarial breakdown for many sourcing companies as it failed to keep pace with increasing levels of service-quality and supply chain coalition.
6. A key difference to conservative purchasing is that, the strategic sourcing focuses on converging and nourishing buyer-supplier relationships.
7. The objective is to influence them, exploit their capabilities, integrate and complement the core competencies of the a range of partners in the supply chain (interdependence) in order to provide value, cost efficiencies and uniqueness to the customer.
8. As strategic sourcing incorporates strategic scope and capabilities of suppliers (such as an emphasis on quality management practices, process capabilities, design and development, and cost reduction capabilities) into the decision-making process, it is possible for firms to achieve accurate information and best-in class market results.
9. In Conventional purchasing such practices were not followed, consequently leading to a lack of visibility, and missed opportunities for collaboration and cost synergies.
10. Purchasing is merely the transaction between buyers and suppliers, whereas sourcing is the integration and co-ordination of all local and global domains and resources, being monetary, human, material, informational, etc
11. Businesses normally initiate with the basic concept of domestic purchasing, before proceeding to internationalization and progressive global sourcing.
12. API AND INTERMEDIATE STRATEGIC SOURCING 

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