Procurement Outsourcing

Insightful Analysis to Drive Your Procurement Outsourcing Strategy. As part of its market-leading BPO research portfolio, NelsonHall has developed the Procurement Outsourcing Program as a dedicated service for organizations evaluating, or actively engaged in, the outsourcing of all or part of their procurement function.

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  • Procurement Outsourcing Market Attitudes

    April 2008 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    An analysis of procurement outsourcing given as the keynote presentation at the Procurecon conference. The presentation consists of 25 slides.

    The analysis includes:

    • Key challenges in managing indirect procurement
    • Profile of in-house initiatives and their success
    • Buy-side attitudes towards procurement outsourcing
    • Market size & growth
    • Vendor selection criteria.

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NelsonHall continually evaluates new procurement outsourcing opportunities to assist you in keeping up-to-date with your current sourcing options and new market developments.


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  • Sourcing & category management

    NelsonHall's next procurement outsourcing market analysis will assess the emerging area of sourcing and category management. The analysis will:

    • Identify how sourcing and category management can be used either as part of a wider multi-process procurement outsource or in standalone form
    • Identify which sectors are adopting sourcing and category management and why?
    • Identify for which categories these services are being used
    • Quantify the benefits being achieved from sourcing and category management
    • Analyze the various delivery approaches being taken to sourcing and category management
    • Assess the coverage, scale, and capability of individual sourcing and category management vendors
    • Identify the critical success factors for service adoption.
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Featured procurement developments

Maintain an awareness of the impact of key developments in procurement outsourcing through enhanced analysis of high impact events such as contract announcements, new service launches and key vendor financial announcements.


Rachael leads our Procurement Outsourcing program providing expert opinion and insight relating to procurement services. To obtain Rachael's advice:

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Track the pattern of procurement outsourcing service adoption in your industry by monitoring procurement outsourcing contract awards by your peers. Identify who are the successful vendors in your industry now. Updated monthly - last update July 7, 2008.

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