The next decade is going to be one where leading manufacturing organisations differentiate themselves not just by introducing the right talent into the procurement function but also in how they build capabilities and practices around automated technology that transform the way they forecast, negotiate, bring new products to market and manage extended tiers of suppliers.
Ultimately these technologies can help mitigate these 3 challenges that every manufacturing company will face in 2018:
Uncertainty
Market Volatility
Supply Risk
Dive into the Spend Matters 2018 Outlook report and see how finding the "Perfect" Solution Partner can empower Procurement and Supply Chain organisations become better strategic partners to the enterprise.