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Sourcing Strategy Outline

Draft a category sourcing strategy outline from internal inputs, for review.

The prompt
Draft a sourcing strategy outline for [category] from the inputs I provide:
- Current state (spend, suppliers, contracts) as given
- Market/supply considerations raised
- Options (consolidate, competitive tender, partner, in-source)
- Risks and dependencies

Mark "DRAFT — for review." Flag assumptions; do not recommend a final route as a decision.

How to use it

  1. 1Select Copy the prompt above.
  2. 2Paste it into Microsoft 365 Copilot.
  3. 3Replace anything in brackets with your own detail, then send it.

Copilot gathers and drafts. You verify and decide. Check every figure, name and date against the system it came from before you act on it.

Written for

Category Manager, Procurement Director, Sourcing Lead

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From the source collection in awesome-microsoft-copilot-prompts, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.