The VP, Purchasing at a Food Manufacturer needed to write a procurement technology roadmap as part of their company’s overall digital transformation initiative. Thanks to Gartner analyst support & expertise, as well as trends data & insight, the client created an effective and cost-efficient procurement technology roadmap that helped mitigate risk.
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Mission-critical priority
The VP, Purchasing at a Food Manufacturer needed to write a procurement technology roadmap as part of their company’s overall digital transformation initiative.
How Gartner helped
The client used:
- Consultations with Gartner analysts – first high-level discussions about roadmap design best practice, and then a targeted document review with experts in each technology workstream included on the roadmap.
- Trends data and insight to support predictive purchasing.
- On-demand advice from experts as pressing questions emerged.
Business impact
With support from Gartner for Supply Chain, the client:
- Created an effective procurement technology roadmap for generating efficiencies in spend, increasing staff productivity, improving buying, and maturing data analytics capabilities.
- Avoided costs equivalent to 1 FTE.
- Mitigated risk by ensuring purchases are made at the right time and contracts are written for an appropriate duration.
Industry:
Food Manufacturing
Revenue:
€3.4B
Employees:
8,600
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