arvato Positioned in Winners Circle of the HfS Research (HfS) Supply Chain Management As-a-Service Blueprint Report

The Supply Chain Management As-a-Service HfS Blueprint Report Is a New Look at This Evolving Market; This Blueprint Builds on the Initial Supply Chain Management BPO HfS Blueprint of 2014 to Look in Greater Detail at the Adoption of the 8 Ideals of As-a-Service Delivery in This Fast-Moving and Critical Business Function


VALENCIA, CA--(Marketwired - April 14, 2016) - Data was collected in Q4 2015 and Q1 2016, covering buyers, providers and advisors/influencers of Supply Chain Management Services. More than 980 data points were collected, covering 14 major service providers.

In order to pull together a comprehensive view of the market, HfS Research created importance weightings for the key categories of services innovation and execution, that were based on the opinions of 1109 services buyers, advisors and provider executions in their 2014 State of Outsourcing Study, conducted in conjunction with KPMG. In addition, HfS Research conducted exhaustive interviews with more than 100 F&A service buyers in order to create the report.

The Winners Circle positioning is based on providers who scored highest in Execution and Innovation. They demonstrated strong collaborative relationships with clients and carried out services with a combination of talent, technology and flexible arrangements, while also articulating a vision and "new way of thinking."

Analyst Charles Sutherland, the author of the report, has positioned arvato in the Winners Circle based on industry orientation, SCM vision and IoT integration.

Visit HfS Research (HfS) to download the complete report.

About arvato

arvato is an international service provider. Nearly 70,000 employees design and produce innovative solutions for business customers from all over the world, covering a wide range of business processes along integrated service chains. These include Digital Marketing, Financial, CRM, SCM and IT solutions. arvato is a division of Bertelsmann. www.arvato.com/us

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