How much time do you spend evaluating vendors each week? E.g. Reading up, having phone calls and demos etc. 

<1hr23%

1-3hrs61%

3-5hrs12%

>5hrs2%

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Director in Manufacturing3 years ago

This is highly variable. When starting a new project to solve a problem it could be 10-20 hours a week. In a budget tightening cycle it will be zero hours per week for months on end….

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Global CIO in Telecommunication6 years ago

I believe in PoC with real sample data to test the outcome for selected products from shortlist,

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Director Certifications in Education6 years ago

Most of my time is spent reading to gain an understanding of the tool capabilities. If the a demo is available, I try to navigate the tool to experience how easy it is to use and the reporting capabilities.

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