The sources of organisational competitive advantage such as:

• Low cost
• Sources of differential advantage
• Product/service range
• Brand image
• Customer care
• Other order-winning criteria

Develop approaches to ensure that the procurement and supply function supports the achievement of the organisation's sources of competitive advantage

The use of, and differences between, collaborative and competitive strategies to improve supply chains

Develop appropriate strategies and plans for the adoption of collaborative or competitive strategies and promote their use to internal and external stakeholders

The implications of ISO 11000 Collaborative business relationship management systems standard and other frameworks that develop partnering and collaborative approaches to supplier relationship management

Develop and instigate approaches with stakeholders to support collaborative business relationships using appropriate standards and frameworks

Approaches to demand forecasting and balancing demand with supply

Create plans to improve demand forecasting to achieve balanced demand with supply

The use of technology transfer

Take actions to develop and implement technology transfer with suppliers

Making decisions on capital investment

Contribute to investment appraisal and decisions undertaken by internal stakeholders so that total costs of ownership can be minimised and decisions that add the most value can be made

Technologies for communicating across the organisation and with the supply chain

Assess and implement the use of technologies to improve communication across the organisation and with the supply chain