24 Ideas for Supply Chain Cost Savings: Checklist

Explore cost-cutting tips for Sourcing, Procurement and Logistics with high potential return

Supply chain performance potential is often hindered when short-term cost goals are prioritized over long-term business value. Reducing supply chain costs is further complicated by supplier substitution, outsourcing, supplier refinancing and inventory changes.

How do supply chain leaders control supply chain costs amid disruption? The Gartner checklist 24 Ideas for Saving Supply Chain Costs helps you to evaluate cost decisions based on their potential to improve specific operating outcomes.

Use the 24 Ideas for Saving Supply Chain Costs checklist to learn how to:

  • Optimize your inventory management
  • Streamline your transportation and logistics
  • Improve supplier relationships

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    To optimize supply chain costs, it’s important to align business value with efficient supply chain operating outcomes. Not only do the best supply chain leaders control supply chain costs in the face of disruptions like pandemics, recessions, and geopolitical shifts, but they also engage with key stakeholders and propose initiatives that achieve breakthrough cost improvements. Visit gartner.com to develop a supply chain cost management vision that improves the bottom line while also enhancing leadership effectiveness, business influence, and strategic relevance.