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The Indirect IT Procurement Dilemma - Solved

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Report first published in Procurement Leaders Marketplace which contains the profiles of leading procurement service providers, as well as a library of free, leading-edge content.

It's been suggested in procurement industry circles around one-third of global supply chains could be localised as a result of COVID-19 disruption and so international companies face a dilemma and the COVID-19 crisis has highlighted a long standing issue.

How can businesses achieve the obvious goal to consolidate their IT hardware and accessory suppliers (to save time and money) and at the same time have multiple suppliers at a local level?​​​​​​​


In this special report we share exclusive data from the buying patterns of 6,150 clients in 20 European countries during the crisis, with added commentary from Alastair Edwards, Chief Analyst at Canalys and propose how indirect IT procurement can have the best of both worlds and set an example for other categories to emulate. 

We look at the challenge and highlight possible solutions using our experience of working with 9500+ companies in 34 countries since 2003.

Read the full report on Slideshare

Also available in the Markit Resource Section in Procurement Leaders Marketplace