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title: "THE MANUFACTURING REVOLUTION: WHAT IT MEANS  FOR PROCUREMENT"
description: "THE MANUFACTURING REVOLUTION: WHAT IT MEANS  FOR PROCUREMENT"
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### **Managing Uncertainty, Volatility, and Risk**

### What Should Manufacturers Look For in a Technology Solution?

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:

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**Uncertainty**

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**Market Volatility**

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**Supply Risk**

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 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.

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## “Properly implemented, analytics programs that go beyond basic spend analysis should unearth a 5X+ ROI based on identified savings and an implemented NPV that outpaces just about any other corporate cost savings initiative". 

 

# Download the Report: Managing uncertainty, volatility and risk: what should Manufacturers look for in a Technology solution? 

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