The paper addresses the biggest challenges facing change management efforts, and also guides procurement leaders to more effectively manage change as a component of digital transformation.
In this new INSIGHT IT publication, we consider the priorities of technology users from the four major age brackets currently in the workforce, and then suggest three simple steps for building software experiences that can transcend generational lines and deliver results.
This new INSIGHT IT piece explores the potential for IT organizations to overcome attachment to the “known” and start spearheading the company’s pursuit of real competitive advantage.
This Insight IT piece explores how user experience (UX) can determine the adoption and effectiveness of enterprise applications. It also provides tips on identifying software that provides the best UX for your users.
Intelligence: The Data Key to User Productivity, Happiness and Value – part of the GEP knowledge bank’s Insight IT series – discusses the influence of data and connectivity in digital transformation. It focusses on how IT can reinvent itself as well as the impact of technology on the strategic direction of the enterprise.
Technology plays a pivotal role in streamlining processes and operations in every industry and function - including procurement. For procurement leaders, the evolution of supply management technology has helped improve processes and positively improve productivity. Procurement professionals require technology solutions that automate key transactional and strategic processes while simultaneously catalyzing a competitive advantage over competitors.
Procurement or supply market technologies are meant to drive efficiencies, effectiveness and visibility while helping professionals solve complex problems better and faster. However, success of the technology is dependent on factors beyond just selecting and effectively deploying the right solution. A critical factor that significantly impacts the success of a technology solution is user adoption.
Enterprises must facilitate aggressive adoption growth numbers to ensure the technology solution implemented generates a positive return of investment.
Global macroeconomic risk began to shift in 2013 from the more mature economies of the United States, Western Europe and the Pacific Rim (OECD nations) to emerging markets, including most vital BRICS countries (Brazil, India, Russia, China, South Africa).
Procurement technology—largely divided into Source-to-Contract and Procure-to-Pay—has become a de facto platform for companies' purchase teams to manage their procurement of goods and services, suppliers, and budgets.
