A.T. Kearney's 2011 Assessment of Excellence in
Procurement Study.
Value chains are bending so rapidly that procurement
professionals are more important to business strategies
than ever before. It's not only volatility in
commodities but also dramatically new ways of working
that are creating challenges. That's what 185 leading
companies told us in this year's Assessment of
Excellence in Procurement (AEP) study. But if there is
one place we all know we can drive real money to the
bottom line, and value to the top line, it's through
procurement—and the AEP results show seven ways the
leaders produce results. It's not just business as
usual, it's business as unbelievable. There is another
wave of new thinking on the way.
