<p>The goal of IKEA&nbsp;store founder Ingar Kamprad was to provide affordable home furnishing products for many people, not just the few.&nbsp; Now legendary for its purchasing strategies, IKEA changed the way organizations thought about and executed procurement departments throughout the world.&nbsp;</p><p>This book examines how category management works in practice, using insights from IKEA.&nbsp; Magnus Carlsson, who worked in strategic sourcing for twenty-five years, shares the wisdom he's gained from devising and executing IKEA's purchasing strategies.&nbsp;&nbsp;He provides the guiding principles behind category based sourcing and demonstrates how this can effectively be implemented.&nbsp; Through the use of interviews, case studies, and examples,<i>Strategic Sourcing and&nbsp;Category Management</i>&nbsp;answers the questions:<br>--When is category management a profitable method and why?<br>--How do category teams create real results?<br>--How can category management be organized and implemented effectively?</p>