Table of Contents PART 01: Executive Summary PART 02: Market Insights • Global category spend • Category spend growth • Spend segmentation by region • Regional spend dynamics • Regional influence on global spend • Regional spend opportunity for suppliers PART 03: Category Pricing Insights • Pricing outlook • Supplier cost structure • Outlook for input costs • Total cost of ownership analysis • Overview of pricing models • Comparison of pricing models • Supply chain margins • Cost drivers impacting pricing • Volume drivers impacting pricing PART 04: Cost-Saving Opportunities • Supplier side levers • Buyer side levers • Quantifying cost-saving opportunities • Quantifying cost savings by negotiation strategies PART 05: Best Practices • Innovation and success stories • Procurement excellence best practices • Procurement best practices • Sustainability practices PART 06: Category Ecosystem • Market favorability index for suppliers • Competitiveness index for suppliers • Buyer power • Supplier power • Threat of new entrants • Threat of substitutes • Buyer ecosystem • Supplier ecosystem PART 07: Category Management Strategy • Category management objectives • Supplier and buyer KPIs • Outsourcing category management activities • Risk management PART 08: Category Management Enablers • Procurement organization • Category enablers PART 09: Suppliers Selection • RFx essentials • Supplier selection criteria • Service level agreement • Incumbent supplier evaluation metrics PART 10: Suppliers Under Coverage • Overview • Supplier positioning • Profile: Ube Industries • Profile: BASF • Profile: Formosa Plastics • Profile: Honeywell • Profile: Arkema • Profile: AdvanSix PART 11: US Market Insights • Category spend in the US • Price outlook • Supplier cost structure in the US • Margins of suppliers in the US • Category cost drivers • Category volume drivers • Overview of best practices in the US • Procurement best practices in the US • US supply market overview • Supplier positioning for the US • Regional category risks PART 12: Category Definition • Category hierarchy • Category scope • Category map PART 13: Appendix • List of abbreviations • Key Notes List of Exhibits Global category spend (2017-2022) Category spend growth (2017-2022) Regional spend dynamics Regional spend dynamics Comparison of category maturity across regions Regional spend opportunity for suppliers (2017-2022) Category pricing dynamics Supplier cost breakup Input cost dynamics Total cost of ownership model Benefit comparison of pricing models Pricing models – Comparison matrix Supplier margin analysis Margin analysis across supply chain Cost drivers Volume drivers Cost-saving opportunities: Supply side levers Cost-saving opportunities: Demand side levers Cost-saving opportunity matrix Negotiation grid Innovation and success stories Procurement excellence summary: Impact on the category Supplier relationship management metrics Strategic sourcing and category management metrics Technology-facilitated procurement metrics Procurement best practices dashboard Sustainability practices: Impact on the category Sustainability best practices Market environment score Market competitiveness score Buyer power score Supplier power score Ease of market entry score Ease of substitution score Buyer ecosystem: Outlook Supplier ecosystem: Outlook Ecosystem disruption threats Key category management objectives Supplier KPI dashboard: Importance for the category Buyer KPI dashboard: Importance for the category Category management enablers Risk management matrix Category enablers: Procurement model Category enablers: Technology RFx questions Phase I RFI considerations SLA terms Supplier performance benchmarking criteria Supplier operational capability matrix Supplier positioning matrix Ube Industries – Key information dashboard BASF – Key information dashboard Formosa Plastics – Key information dashboard Honeywell – Key information dashboard Arkema – Key information dashboard AdvanSix – Key information dashboard US category spend (2017-2022) Category pricing dynamics Supplier cost breakup Supplier margin analysis Margin analysis across supply chain Cost drivers Volume drivers Procurement excellence summary: Impact on the category Supplier relationship management Strategic sourcing and category management Technology-facilitated procurement Procurement best practices dashboard Supplier operational capability matrix Supplier positioning matrix Risk management matrix Category definition Category nuances Importance of category relative to other categories

Profile: Ube Industries Profile: BASF Profile: Formosa Plastics Profile: Honeywell Profile: Arkema Profile: AdvanSix