Browse all Procurement market analyses

  • Procurement BPO Market Forecast: 2011-2015

    November 2011 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    This market size and forecast report provides extensive market sizing and forecasting for procurement outsourcing, including identification of the market shares of vendors by geography.

    Geographies covered include North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

  • Is Lack of Understanding about Procurement Outsourcing Holding Back its Wider Adoption?

    September 2011 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    This article:

    • Takes a look at some of the common misconceptions about indirect procurement BPO
    • Discusses what NelsonHall research reveals about common business issues faced by indirect procurement functions, and their top priorities
    • Takes a pragmatic view of the various forms of outsourcing engagement and considers how indirect procurement business process outsourcing (BPO) can be adopted as a means of assisting the indirect procurement function achieve some of these aspirations

  • Emerging Trends in Sales & Fulfillment Operations

    September 2011 | Market Analysis by John Willmott

    Presentation given at NelsonHall Sales & Fulfillment conference at the Dorchester on September 20, 2011.

  • Sales & Fulfillment Optimization

    September 2011 | Market Analysis by John Willmott

    NelsonHall's "Sales & Fulfillment Optimization" study is based on 193 interviews with executives responsible for sales & fulfillment processes.

    The study identifies:

    • Process ownership by sub-process within the sales & fulfillment value chain
    • Levels of satisfaction with individual processes & end-to-end value chain integration
    • The major process issues and initiatives within pre-sales, after-sales, and fulfillment operations
    • The perceived role of third-parties both via channel partners and specialist outsourcing vendors.

  • TCS - Procurement BPO

    December 2010 | Vendor Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    This profile analyzes TCS' offerings and capabilities in procurement BPO.

    The development of a platform-based offering for procurement BPO is part of a larger platform BPO initiative in which TCS is looking to expand beyond BPO services where revenue growth is directly dependent on headcount additions

  • Procurement BPO: Moving From Identified to Realized Savings

    November 2010 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    The "Procurement BPO: Moving from Identified to Realized Savings" report is for procurement executives that are looking for solutions to measure realized savings from cost reduction initiatives and learn how leading companies are using procurement outsourcing to drive up to a margin point in realized savings to their bottom-line.

  • Use of Procurement BPO in a Low-Growth Environment

    October 2010 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    A webcast on Procurement BPO given by Rachael Stormonth in September 2010. The webcast covers:

    • What is procurement BPO
      • Areas of Dissatisfaction
      • Common Priorities and Initiatives
    • Current Attitudes of Procurement Organizations
      • The New Normal
      • What is Being Outsourced in Procurement
      • Some key Learnings.
    • Consequences of the New Normal for Procurement BPO

  • Procurement BPO Market Forecast: 2010-2014

    September 2010 | Market Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    This market size and forecast report provides extensive market sizing and forecasting for procurement outsourcing, including identification of the market shares of vendors by service type and geography.

    Geographies covered include North America, EMEA, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

  • Infosys - Procurement BPO

    September 2010 | Vendor Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    In 2006 Infosys BPO established a procurement BPO practice, announcing in the October an alliance enabling it to use Ketera's on demand spend management solutions to offer procure-to-pay outsourcing services. The partnership also included jointly going to market for procure-to-pay services and collaborating in sales and marketing initiatives.

    In October 2007, Infosys BPO acquired Philips' SSCs for F&A and transactional procurement businesses in Poland, Thailand and India for $27m. This brought in a P2P transactional capability in Lodz, Poland.

    Since 2008, Infosys' procurement BPO practice has been developing its capabilities around sourcing and category management support.

  • Wipro - Procurement BPO

    September 2010 | Vendor Analysis by Rachael Stormonth

    Wipro positions on being able to offer support to clients in their sourcing as well as their procurement operations, although at the moment, most activity remains centered on transactional procurement activities, particularly in PR to PO processing.