Sourcing and Procurement

Managing Maintenance and Support Costs: Cutting Operating Expenses by Analyzing and Negotiating Service Contracts

2012-05-16T05:00:00Z

Dynamic Operations: Dynamic Solutions, Decisive Results

2012-04-18T05:00:00Z

Learn how Accenture can help your organization create dynamic operations to cope with permanent volatility.

From High Risk to High Reward

2012-04-02T05:00:00Z

Accenture Payment Recovery and Analytics

2012-04-02T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture's payment recovery and analytics help federal organizations recover erroneous payments which can result from human error, systems integration issues.

Asia Consumer Product Trends: Implications for Retailers and Manufacturers

2012-02-16T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture's report about Asia consumer product trends, implications for retailers & manufacturers and how consumer buying behaviors are changing due to economic cycles.

New Models for Addressing Supply Chain and Transport Risk: An Initiative of the Risk Response Network

2012-01-25T06:00:00Z

Organizations, industry and government can improve their understanding of global supply chain and transport risks and proactively move towards a new 21st century model for collaborative risk management.

Rail 2020

2012-01-04T06:00:00Z

Manufacturers Reduce Procurement Costs Through Direct Material Sourcing

2011-11-04T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s report about how direct material sourcing can help manufacturing companies achieve procurement excellence.

Procurement-Driven Growth: A New Path to Value

2011-09-28T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on how Procurement-Driven Growth combines four focus areas onto one powerful program.

Releasing the Potential from Strategic Supplier Relationships

2011-09-15T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on how leading companies are redefining their approach to supplier relationship management to achieve high performance.

Strengthening the Public Transit Backbone: Optimizing Costs in the Age of Austerity

2011-09-05T05:00:00Z

Transit agencies are challenged with meeting their customer needs and budget constraints. They need to identify where they can restructure costs without devaluing services.

Is Your Supply Chain Talent Ready for Growth?

2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s Geoff Deines' article analyzing what companies need to do to empower their supply chain workforces and to excel in the hypercompetitive global environment.

Seven Procurement Initiatives that Can Stretch Public Sector Budgets

2011-06-07T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture identifies seven procurement initiatives & helping the public sector to obtain the same level of benefits that are already achieved by private sector.

Managing Operational & Supply Chain Risks

2011-05-16T05:00:00Z

Fulfilling the Procurement Promise

2011-05-16T05:00:00Z

Three enablers to help drive new public service operating models

Making Improved Enterprise-wide Supply Decisions

2011-04-19T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research on making improved enterprise-wide supply decisions and learn how we help companies achieve supply chain and procurement excellence.

Sustaining High Performance through Effective Supplier Development

2011-04-12T05:00:00Z

Accenture outlines the reasons why a supplier development program is one of the practices common to procurement masters.

The New Game of Supply Chain Risk Management

2011-02-08T06:00:00Z

Given today’s interdependent supply chains, companies need to take a holistic view of supply chain risk.

Wage Increases in China: Should Multinationals Rethink their Manufacturing and Sourcing Strategies?

2011-01-31T06:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research that explores the impact of wage inflation in China on global manufacturing and offers strategic options.

Anglo American: Procurement Transformation

2010-10-28T05:00:00Z

Accenture helped mining giant Anglo American create an integrated procurement function as part of its “One Anglo” initiative.

Innovative Sourcing in the Communications Industry

2010-10-01T05:00:00Z

Innovative sourcing practices can help communications companies reduce costs and improve cash flow as they search for competitive advantage and ultimately strive to achieve high performance.

Making Mergers and Acquisitions Pay: The Key is Savvy Procurement

2010-10-01T05:00:00Z

Procurement plays a vital role in helping companies to realize the expected benefits of a merger or acquisition.

High Performance in Procurement Risk Management

2010-07-20T05:00:00Z

Risk management—particularly in procurement— has emerged as an important tool in the battle to achieve high performance.

European Energy Company: Accenture Supply Chain Methodology

2010-06-09T05:00:00Z

Based on early successes in optimizing its logistics and procurement functions, this company adopted Accenture’s supply chain methodology from start to finish as part of a high-performance strategy.

Sourcing and Procurement in the Cloud

2010-05-18T05:00:00Z

From Purchasing to Supply Network Design and Coordination

2010-01-25T06:00:00Z

The role of procurement has expanded greatly in the past decade or more, but to become a true competitive weapon and enabler of high performance, it needs to advance still further.

Engineering Company: Business Process Management—Life Cycle Management

2010-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped this supplier of products and services to the US military improve its processes and create the capacity to deliver a greater range of products in the future.

Procurement Mastery: Achieving High Performance through a More Strategic Approach to Purchasing

2009-12-03T06:00:00Z

Accenture High Performance Business research shows that high performers typically pursue excellence in procurement. In this research, Accenture explores the behaviors of procurement masters, and outlines actions companies must take to follow their lead.

A Road Map to High Performance for CPOs

2009-11-06T06:00:00Z

Chief procurement officers (CPOs) are under pressure to reduce costs—but the current economic climate also presents an opportunity to position the purchasing function as a strategic partner for the business in the post-crisis environment.

Challenges and Metrics Behind the Role of Chief Procurement Officer

2009-09-25T05:00:00Z

Part of an ongoing series of global, cross-industry surveys conducted by Accenture on behalf of the Accenture CPO Circle community, this research focuses on the role of the chief procurement officer.

Holistic Approaches to Health Care Purchasing

2009-06-08T05:00:00Z

Health care insurers are beset by stiff competition, increasing costs, growing complexity and demanding clients.

Achieving High Performance through Procurement Outsourcing

2009-03-30T05:00:00Z

Chief procurement officers say that the downturn is ''significantly affecting'' their procurement functions.

Creating Advantage from Adversity in the Supply Chain

2009-01-23T06:00:00Z

Present economic conditions are extraordinary.

Procurement in Troubled Times: Creating Opportunity from Economic Adversity

2009-01-12T06:00:00Z

While businesses face challenges in the current economic environment, these extraordinary times also present opportunities that companies can exploit to gain competitive advantage.

Comgás: Helping Transform Its Organization, Processes and Focus

2009-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Comgás reengineer its supply chain as part of a broader effort to make the company customer centric.

Italy—Consip Spa: Government Procurement

2009-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Rome-based Consip Spa, a public company governed by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), reduce public expenditure by developing new procurement strategies.

The High Performance Supply Chain Study: Sourcing and Procurement Mastery

2008-08-20T05:00:00Z

Procurement—as a key enabler of supply chain mastery—can play an important role in achieving high performance.

Getting Real Results from Your Purchase-to-pay Opportunities

2007-08-01T05:00:00Z

Executive leadership understands and awaits the substantial savings promised from internal change initiatives to control and manage indirect spend, but most continue to wait ... why?

European Vehicle Distributor: Procurement Optimization

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The automotive company wanted a structured approach and proven methodology for optimizing procurement.

Sourcing and Procurement Management for Consumer Packaged Goods Companies

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s sourcing and procurement management solution helps consumer packaged goods companies drive down costs and deepen operational capabilities on the road to high performance.

Groupe DANONE: Global Business Process Transformation

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture identified that a new enterprise resource planning solution based on SAP software would help Groupe Danone harmonize common practices and streamline information systems worldwide.

Global Industrial Products Manufacturer: Supply Chain Transformation

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

With Accenture’s help, this global manufacturer of industrial products was able to transform its operations strategy.

Accenture: Leveraging IT to Build Best-Practice Procurement

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture is leveraging IT with the help of its Internal IT Team to build Best-Practice Procurement.

Large North American Electrical Utility: Procurement and Sourcing

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Using Accenture’s strategic sourcing methodology helped this North American electrical utility save $109 million over the life of the assets, and built sustainability into the supply chain.

US Department of Health & Human Sciences: Strategic Sourcing Program

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services realized it could utilize its purchasing power more effectively.

Virgin Media: Procurement Transformation

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Virgin Media was formed through the March 2006 merger of the UK’s two largest cable companies—NTL and Telewest—and the subsequent acquisition of Virgin Mobile in July 2006.

Yara: Sustainable Value Through Procurement

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Yara, a leading global chemical company, streamline and centralize its indirect procurement processes across 22 plants, generating massive ongoing savings.

US Defense Supplier: Operational Excellence

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped a defense supplier streamline its complex supply chain processes to enable it to meet the military’s stringent demands for on-time delivery, quality and cost management.

Compulsive Contributors: Accenture Research and Insights into High Performance in Procurement

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research into High Performance in Procurement and learn how procurement masters are moving beyond cost savings to a total value approach.

Sourcing and Procurement: Services Overview

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Rapidly evolving technologies and the emergence of new business models have contributed to the sudden expansion in cost-reduction and growth opportunities associated with sourcing and procurement.

Managed Collaboration Services Telestration

Watch Accenture's video and learn how managed collaboration services, between retailer and supplier, can bolster shopper loyalty, drive more sales and improve brand reputations.

Unlocking the Strengths of Suppliers

With companies typically spending 40 to 80 percent of their revenue on purchased goods and services, suppliers can have a significant impact on a business’s overall financial and operational success.

High Performance in Pharmaceuticals Procurement

Procurement plays an important role in efforts to achieve efficiency in pharmaceutical operations.

China Division of Restaurant Company: E-procurement System Implementation--Project Snapshot

Accenture is implementing a new e-procurement system for the China division of one of the world’s leading fast food restaurant companies, leveraging the Accenture Strategic Sourcing methodology.

Independence Blue Cross: Enterprise-Wide Cost Reduction Program

Read how Accenture is helping Independence Blue Cross by a strategic sourcing cost reduction program and help reduce administrative costs by 25 percent.

Independence Blue Cross: Procurement Transformation

Accenture helped Independence Blue Cross achieve high performance through procurement transformation.

Panalpina: Centralized Sourcing

As part of a strategic initiative to reduce costs, Panalpina wanted to develop a centralized sourcing capability that would let it achieve increased visibility into spending, augment its negotiation strength and facilitate enterprise-wide adoption of best practices.

Outsourcing and Procurement Mastery Podcast

Procurement mastery is not just about a better way to procure goods and services.

Enabling High Performance Procurement with Technology: A Framework for Applying SAP to the Procurement Function

A recent Accenture study, Compulsive Contributors: Accenture Research and Insights into High Performance in Procurement, shows that leading companies make extensive use of procurement technology to drive high performance. These procurement masters:

Leveraging Category Management to Achieve High Performance Podcast

The economic meltdown of 2008-09 set companies around the world a challenge: how to reduce costs without losing sight of their long-term vision.

Project Snapshot: Leading Audio Equipment Manufacturer: Procurement System Deployment

Accenture is working with a leading audio equipment manufacturer to implement a new procurement system that will improve performance.

Procurement BPO: Services Overview

Accenture can help clients achieve high performance through procurement BPO by supplementing in-house capabilities with thought leadership, tools and end-to-end process management that lowers risk and increases speed-to-value.

Demand Fulfillment for Consumer Goods and Services Companies

The Accenture Global Operations Solution drives excellence across demand fulfillment and delivers rapid and sustained cost optimization in selling, general and administrative areas.