BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - December 14, 2010) - Aberdeen Group, a Harte-Hanks Company (
"Successful technology management provides an opportunity for procurement departments to meet or even exceed established business targets by increasing spend and capturing savings generated through the innovation it provides," according to Constantine Limberakis, lead author of the study. "To attain procurement goals through technology in 2010, companies may look to expand, update, or even replace their current platforms. Yet to garner executive support for these investments, eProcurement initiatives will need to demonstrate continued measurable benefits."
"Whether it is capturing and managing spend in a traditional product area such as office supplies, or more complex spend category such as contingent labor or marketing, it is evident that organizations in 2010 still need better ways to solve a fundamental dilemma of purchasing -- how do buyers connect with suppliers?" said Limberakis. To reflect this collaborative requirement, Aberdeen used three key performance criteria to distinguish top-performers from the rest, namely: days to on-board a new supplier of goods, days to on-board a new supplier for services and percentage of purchase orders compliant with existing contracts. With this as a base, the report examines what the most successful organizations are doing differently from their peers, with an eye toward helping those with lower performance to improve their operations.
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