Market Intelligence

•  Conduct Market Intelligence

o  This should be a high level effort that follows similar steps to the market intelligence process in the CSS process

o  Develop an understanding of the complexity of the market and the competitive landscape

o  The purpose of this step is to identify how the overarching commodity is segmented in the market place, especially if a spiral approach is going to be taken. It will help determine the spirals on which the sourcing team/commodity council will focus and the priority of each.