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Procurement Transformation: A Holistic Approach to Best Practice Procurement

Overview Imagine a self-financing solution that could transform company’s procurement capabilities, realize savings, and sustain improvement over time. By combining human performance with strategic sourcing, process excellence, and deep category knowledge, procurement transformation will help companies realize greater benefits from their procurement programs. A reliance on systems and technology alone will not provide optimum business results. This white paper focuses on a holistic approach that places human expertise at the core of the procurement model which is a requirement for world-class procurement.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Accenture	File Format	PDF
Date Published	April 2002	Downloads	543
Format	White Papers
Topics	Procurement - Purchasing, E-procurement

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