Balanced sourcing

Laseter and Booz-Allen coined the term balanced sourcing to describe a model for ensuring competitive pricing from suppliers while simultaneously nurturing cooperative relationships. Drawing upon Booz-Allen's experiences with leading companies, Balanced Sourcing lays out the six organizational capabilities that make up the firm's field-tested strategy. Balanced Sourcing offers real-life lessons from around the world in such key areas as creating sourcing strategies, building and sustaining supplier relationships, and leveraging supplier innovation. Though it is written for senior executives…