Market Analyses

Understand the market and its implications for your sourcing strategy with our in-depth market analyses of procurement outsourcing, assessing the outsourcing of procurement and supply chain functions both individually and in bundled form

These are detailed reports on specific procurement outsourcing markets such as sourcing & category management, indirect procurement, direct procurement, and multi-process procurement outsourcing. Each market analysis includes coverage of:

  • Reasons why organizations adopted that form of procurement outsourcing
  • Inhibitors to outsourcing of the particular procurement process
  • Benefits achieved from outsourcing of that combination of procurement processes
  • Market size and growth
  • Vendor market shares
  • Vendor positioning
  • Critical success factors.

Latest Procurement market analyses

  • Procurement BPO: Will the Market Begin to Accelerate in 2009?

    October 2008 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    The number of major indirect procurement BPO contract signings in the public domain in the last year has been lower than anticipated. However.....

  • 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.
  • Script of Procurement Outsourcing Market Attitudes

    April 2008 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    Provides the script for the presentation on procurement outsourcing market attitudes.

Upcoming Procurement market analyses

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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NelsonHall would be pleased to learn about your interests and requirements. If there are further topics that you would like NelsonHall's Procurement Outsourcing program to cover, please contact NelsonHall.

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

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