Research Bundle: Procurement

This article details the elements of APQC's process framework relevant to procurement and defines the specific sourcing and procurement processes and key activities to assess, manage, and benchmark.

This report examines the current strategy and structure practices in procurement and provides perspectives on procurement objectives, supplier relationships, transformation levels, centralization, and organizational roles.

This report examines current technology and automation practices in procurement and provides perspectives on purchasing systems, cloud environments, spend analysis, data cleansing, robotic process automation, and cognitive/AI technologies across various industries.

This report examines current practices in supplier risk management and provides perspectives on supplier information, contingency planning, supply visibility, and service level agreements.

This report focuses on the current state of selected practices related to purchasing. It provides a cross-industry perspective on the value of materials and services purchased, sourcing origination, cost of procurement processes, full-time equivalent employees performing procurement processes, cycle time to issue purchase orders, and more.

This video features Marisa Brown, APQC Senior Principal Research Lead for Supply Chain Management, who explains where smart organizations begin their procurement best practices journey.