Just read this 34 part series and you can ignore the 10+ surveys / studies / reports that will be collectively released by every major ProcureTech consultancy and analyst firm this year (which will likely include, but not be limited to: Capgemini, Deloitte, Everest Group, EY, Hackett, McKinsey, PwC, and many, many more)! We say this with certainty because we reviewed all of the reports they put out for the last 5 years and the vast majority of the content was the same year-after-year and firm-after-firm. You can practically count on any survey/study that tackles barriers, risks, and concerns to overlap with the following at least 80%, and that these will be the most significant barriers, risks, and concerns. In fact, in five years, only one concern will have changed, and that’s the tech-du-jour, because that’s all that was really different between 2025, 2020, 2015, etc.
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You Don’t Need To Read Another State of Procurement Study for the Next 5 Years!
- Part 1: Siloed Ways of Working
- Part 2: Market Complexity
- Part 3: Lack of Funding
- Part 4: Execution
- Part 5: Supplier Reliability
- Part 6: Supply Chain Complexity
- Part 7: Data
- Part 8: Talent
- Part 9: Competing Priorities
- Part 10: Lack of Support
Breaking Down The Major Procurement Risks with High or Moderate Impact
- Part 1: Talent
- Part 2: Disasters
- Part 3: Cyberattack
- Part 4: Spend Pressure
- Part 5: Supply Shortages
- Part 6: Regulatory Compliance
- Part 7: Corruption
Primary Concerns for Procurement Leaders
- Part 1: Sustainability
- Part 2: Cost Control
- Part 3: Talent
- Part 4: Compliance
- Part 5: High Inflation Pressure
- Part 6: Supply Chain Resiliency
- Part 7: Tech Transformation
- Part 8: Geopolitical Uncertainty
- Part 9: Economic Downturn
- Part 10: Digital Fragmentation / Transformation
- Part 11: Tightening Credit Conditions
- Part 12: Weakness & Volatility in Emerging Markets / Trade Wars
- Part 13: (Gen-)AI Integration/Impact
BONUS