... Access Research Already a Gartner client? Co-solutioning is an agile approach for selecting and procuring transformational solutions and services. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders can leverage this approach in a single-source engagement to renegotiate outsourcing contracts or escalate ...
Analyst(s): Christopher Wiles | Andrea Lanzavecchia | Mark Ray
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... Sixty-three percent of procurement professionals fear losing competitive advantage to peers who excel at data and analytics. Chief procurement officers can use this research to shape their data quality priorities and leverage analytics investments more effectively. Data Snapshot Data Insights What You ...
... Procurement is prioritizing strategic sourcing to reduce cost, but shifting priorities, inflation and supply risks are driving costs up. This research helps procurement leaders deliver incremental value via outcome-based sourcing strategies in alignment with business needs and a focus on total cost. ...
... IT software, cloud and AI are driving unprecedented demand for the skills, processes and governance of SAM and FinOps managed services. Sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders should leverage this research to help identify best-fit solutions for their SAM challenges. Overview Strategic Planning ...
... Procurement teams find their time consumed by increasingly prevalent risk events, negatively impacting company operations. Chief procurement officers can use this case study of Xylem to create a proactive strategy that reduces the quantity and impact of future risk events. Case Overview Problem Critical ...
... Access Research Already a Gartner client? Business stakeholders often view IT sourcing, procurement and vendor management as primarily focused on cost reduction. IT sourcing, procurement and vendor management leaders must align their objectives and metrics with their stakeholders’ objectives to maximize ...
... responsive, agile and cost-efficient supply chain by linking demand planning to supply planning and inventory management processes. Heads of Sourcing and Procurement Meet the challenge of continuous pressure to optimize costs while supporting increasing customer demands and agility. Heads of Logistics and Distribution ...
... with the sector’s highly structured procurement processes and diverse buying teams. This research gives product leaders strategies to enhance the bid qualification by targeting buying teams’ subject matter expertise. Overview Data Insights Note 1: Example Procurement Process: U.S. Federal Government Gartner ...
Analyst(s): Todd Kimbriel | Dean Lacheca | George Sellner | Robert Stoneman
... Tail spend technology solutions offer automation, efficiency, simplicity and compliance for previously unmanaged procurement spend. Procurement technology leaders should take a multipronged approach that includes point solutions in order to tame the ever-growing tail. Overview Strategic Planning Assumption ...