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It has become increasingly clear that the procurement department can deliver great value to the bottom line very rapidly. In order to realize this value, Canadian procurement departments are becoming strategic, centralized sourcing centers. A product of extensive ongoing research and interviews with industry leaders, this report covers:  - The procurement industry's top drivers  - How best in class procurement teams are driving value and revenue through innovation  - The ongoing challenges of staffing and succession planning Click the image to the left to download the report now!

This report, written by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Ariba, an SAP company, is based on a survey of 281 executives based in EMEA, from organisations with at least $500 million in revenue and from across business functions. It also incorporates in-depth interviews with experts and practitioners with knowledge of how businesses collaborate with one another. Click the image to the left to download the report.

The ProcureCon Team created this report from a survey of more than 65 practitioners from national and multinational corporations from companies like BP and Wells Fargo, all of whom filled out the survey while in attendance at the ProcureCon Indirect West event last September. See how your firm compares to your peers and competitors by viewing the results throughout this report.

According to Roy Anderson, former CPO, State Street Bank, the next generation of procurement may move strategic sourcing to a third party because the skill sets within procurement are driving toward holistic program management and value-based sourcing. In this video interview, he explores the new standard skill sets that he thinks procurement professionals must have today. The question has now become "are you good enough to ask the right questions?" Click on the image at left to watch the video.

For the 7th year in a row, ProcureCon Indirect, the leading event for innovation in Indirect Procurement Transformation and Category Management, surveyed its audience of attendees to uncover trends and challenges surrounding contingent workforce management. Download the full report and determine how your own firm stacks up against other procurement institutions making strides in contingent workforce management.

In every discussion we have regarding extending the scope of procurement’s responsibility, chief procurement officers (CPOs) face the same three questions: How will your customers and procurement staff collaborate? Do your procurement professionals have sufficient category expertise to add value? Are there enough skilled procurement professionals within the team to handle the volume of buying? Until recently, the answers to these questions have been routine: policy, process, technology, hiring, and training. However, the reality of execution is more complex.  Click the image to the left to access the full results.

“If you’re not leveraging your supplier’s resources, your competition is,” says Bob Hellem, VP, Indirect Procurement, ConAgra Foods Inc. His point is just one of the many topics discussed in the exclusive ProcureCon/Emptoris whitepaper below, which outlines the elements that will continue to define the procurement professional of the future. As Hellem states, one very important distinction of today and tomorrow’s procurement professional is the fact that s/he must understand how to get more out of the supplier than a quote. The whitepaper was compiled from a VIP luncheon organized by ProcureCon and hosted by Emptoris, which brought together procurement officers from companies like Boeing, Cushman & Wakefield, Paramount Pictures, The Home Depot and more. Download the whitepaper to find out how the procurement professional will continue to change and what you must know to keep up.

This independent research report seeks to present a comprehensive, industry-wide view into what is happening in the world of procurement today by drawing on the experience, performance, and perspective of 273 Chief Procurement Officers and other procurement executives. Click the image on the left to download the PDF.

Today’s Virtual and Purchasing Card programs can unlock new value for B2B procurement departments. In this white paper, MasterCard CPO Deborah Stanton explores those benefits.