What sets mature, highly successful strategic sourcing organizations apart? Which processes matter most for strategic sourcing and procurement? How important is process maturity? How can procurement continuously make positive contributions to corporate performance? This eBOOK, with support from a new joint study by Purchasing magazine and ZYCUS, sets out to answer these questions. It focuses in detail on the practices and processes that, when embedded, appear to differentiate high performance organizations. The study tested 65 specific practices and processes often associated with strategic-sourcing maturity and success. It also identifies practices that, while still emergent in high performance procurement groups, are consistently associated with rising performance levels over time. There is something here for everybody. Learn how some of the most advanced strategic sourcing and procurement management organizations are preparing to meet the challenges of the coming decade...  The Path to Procurement Excellence (5.42 MB)
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