Recent Release|16 July 2021

Agile Procurement Insights Research: Elevating the strategic value of procurement

Thought Leadership Team
Thought Leadership Team
Oxford Economics
Agile Procurement Insights Research: Elevating the strategic value of procurement

Oxford Economics and SAP conducted robust global research to understand Procurement’s influence on the organisation, the current state of supplier collaboration, and the impact of technology and process digitisation in the procurement function. We wanted to find out whether companies that embrace technology and closer supplier collaboration are more agile and can respond more effectively to disruption. In June 2020, we surveyed 1,000 procurement and supply chain executives responsible for direct spend, indirect spend, and management of contingent labour and services providers.

About the team

Our Thought Leadership team produces original, evidence-based research made accessible to decision-makers and opinion leaders. Principals for this project included:

Edward Cone
Edward Cone

Editorial Director, Thought Leadership

Sundus Alfi
Sundus Alfi

Senior Editor, Thought Leadership

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