Outsourcing And Procurement Mastery: How Procurement Masters Leverage Outsourcing On The Path To High Performance

What does it mean to achieve mastery in the various dimensions of the procurement function? Has the trend toward greater reliance on outsourcing providers affected the strategies and operations of corporate procurement? How many companies have achieved procurement mastery and what effect has it had on their overall business performance? These were some of the key questions driving a recent Accenture research initiative that included survey results from more than 600 procurement executives from Europe, Asia and North America, as well as detailed analysis of more than 200 of those responses.