The Forefront Group North was the Canadian arm of The Forefront Group (TFG) a global procurement and strategic supply management consulting firm. You can reach the Canadian based principals at Nick@seierseninc.com and ballen@logcentrix.ca. At The Forefront Group we are committed to reducing overall costs and improving supply base performance for our clients through procurement organization transformation, supply base optimization techniques, operational project support, and talent development offerings. Our team is comprised of proven strategic sourcing and operations professionals, each of whom brings at least 20 years of sourcing expertise in multiple industries, categories, regions, and sourcing approaches. Our founder, Bonnie Keith is a leading thinker in procurement strategy and is the co-author of "Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy" which introduces the concept of Sourcing Business Models to create value and manage risk.The Forefront Group is the leading Vested® Center of Excellence (COE) in the world. With two University of Tennessee faculty members and six Vested® Certified Deal Architects, TFG has the expertise and experience to guide organizations in designing their critical and highly interdependent buyer - supplier relationships and contracts.The Forefront Group created the Four Cornerstones™ approach to Category Management - a holistic and comprehensive methodology for strategic sourcing activities and helped many procurement organizations develop their in-house capabilities through our extensive training tools.