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Procurement Business Process Outsourcing: From Inefficiency Comes Opportunity
24 January 2006
 
Ben Pring  

Outsourcing procurement processes are a small, but fast-growing part of the overall business process outsourcing market. Companies want to become more efficient and get "more for less." More suppliers are emerging because of the potential of this new opportunity.







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Table of Contents


1.0
    
 Executive Summary

1.1
    
 Key Findings
1.2
    
 Recommendations

2.0
    
 Defining Procurement and Understanding the Environment

2.1
    
 The Role of Outsourcing in Procurement
2.2
    
 Generic Reasons to Outsource
2.3
    
 Specific Reasons to Outsource Procurement
2.4
    
 Challenges in Creating and Sustaining Procurement Competency

3.0
    
 Enterprises' Requirements of Procurement BPO Suppliers

4.0
    
 BPO Suppliers React to Procurement Opportunities and Challenges

5.0
    
 Procurement-Related BPO Forecasts


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Table 1.  
 Procurement BPO Providers
 

List of Figures


Figure 1. 
 Status of Procurement BPO, North America, 2005
 

Figure 2. 
 Plans Regarding Procurement BPO, North America 2005-2006
 

Figure 3. 
 BPO Offerings Ranked by Number of Suppliers With Relevant Service
 

Figure 4. 
 Procurement Services Based Offerings Ranked by Numbers of Suppliers With Relevant Service
 

Figure 5. 
 Procurement BPO, Worldwide, 2004-2009
 

Figure 6. 
 Procurement BPO, North America, 2004-2009
 



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