Category: Surveys

Roland Berger released an new version of a bi-annual study “CPO Agenda” that I would recommend reading if you want to better understand the top Procurement challenges in your industry. It is a very …

Scanmarket is a small eSourcing software company, where I have some friends but no shares and interest, providing easy to use spend analysis, RFX and contract mgmt automation tools.  They are inviting any organisation to …

In 2012, Proxima released an interesting Survey about indirect Procurement. Although it may sound obvious, the report is providing brilliant baselining view on 2 dimensions: Indirect Spend category that …

According to latest Xchanging survey, based on views from circa 200 sourcing and procurement decision-makers from across the European manufacturing industry, adoption  of external outsourcing of Procurement in Europe …

Late July 09, Wal-Mart announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index, which is expected to lead to higher quality, lower costs and measure the sustainability of products …

Do you have a clear understanding of what Supply Risk Management means, of what other professionals think? Are you not interested in sharing your vision? If so, the survey …

PwC is proposing an online tool to benchmark a purchasing function through 39 criteria. Collecting data – to complete this benchmark – is announced to require 4 to 6 …

Comparing your performance to your peers in your industry is essential to understand how good you are. Many ways to do so and hereby is another one I just …

2 and 3 years ago, I did this exercice already; comparing the online footprint of leading Spend Management Solution vendors with Alexa.  You’ll find below the update 2009  including …

A European survey 2007 on “Responsible Purchasing” (involving 300 CPO) has just been released, published by HEC Business School, EcoVadis and Ariba. The objective of the survey was (read …