Kraljic Triage With a Sustainability Overlay
Use Kraljic logic plus sustainability exposure to choose the right sourcing posture for a category.
Category triage A mineral input for premium products represents only 2 percent of spend, but one disruption would halt a flagship launch and trigger scrutiny over sourcing conditions. Spend alone is hiding strategic vulnerability. Framework Kraljic plus sustainability exposure Start with supply risk and business impact, then widen “impact” to include carbon, labor, compliance, and resilience consequences. Old shortcut Low spend = non-critical The posture changes before the crisis does. Strategic importance is created by exposure and leverage, not by spend rank alone. Screen the category The category is low in spend but highly concentrated, hard to substitute, and exposed…
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