On the first day of X-Mas my blogger gave to me a lesson in strategy. Even in these uncertain times, everything should be sourced. As I said before, two years ago to the day in fact, this doesn't mean that you should apply an intense multi-stage strategic sourcing effort to everything you buy, but that you should have a strategy for dealing with every category -- since that's the key to success across the board. Some categories will be tackled with negotiation, some with strategic sourcing decision optimization, some with reverse ...