Category Management
Quickly understand a vendor category and browse alternatives
- Extensive Coverage:
- Our extensive database contains over 1,500 categories and 2,000 suppliers, most of which have been reviewed by a human expert on that category.
- Find what you’re looking for:
- You can search and explore by department, category, supplier, or product.
- RFP templates:
- Identify critical and nice-to-have technical features in a category.
- Internal discussion guide:
- Align with stakeholders and budget owners using our list of questions that will help you uncover your specific business requirements.
- Vendor discussion guide:
- Access a list of questions that you should ask in a vendor discussion to find the best solution for your company.
- Collaboration:
- Use the notes and comments sections to keep track of key info in one centralized place that is to access the next renewal.
Business-school analysis on each of your categories
- Kraljic matrix:
- Get an auto-generated matrix that sorts suppliers based on their criticality and risk.
- Porter's 5 forces:
- Quickly understand a category's competitive landscape, including competition, new entrants, substitutes, buyer power, and supplier power.
- SWOT analysis:
- See the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of any supplier.
- Risk assessments:
- Review financials, supply chain disruption, reputational, security, and other risk factors for a supplier.
Find credible alternatives for your suppliers
- Alternatives table:
- Get a thorough list of companies that offer similar capabilities to those of your current vendor.
- Category Relevance:
- For your current vendor, see which capabilities are most relevant to your current deal.
- Company Relevance:
- See companies within a category sorted by their relevance and market presence. Companies that are already in your supplier base will be ranked at the top.