{"id":2679,"date":"2017-10-03T15:51:38","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T15:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingwww.zycus.com\/technology-sourcing-procurement-and-vendor-management-need-a-center-of-excellence-to-be-digital-business-ready"},"modified":"2026-02-10T11:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T11:22:11","slug":"technology-sourcing-procurement-and-vendor-management-need-a-center-of-excellence-to-be-digital-business-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/blog\/procurement-technology\/technology-sourcing-procurement-and-vendor-management-need-a-center-of-excellence-to-be-digital-business-ready","title":{"rendered":"Procurement and Vendor Management Need a Center of Excellence to Be Digital-Business-Ready"},"content":{"rendered":"

In today\u2019s digital era it is critical for procurement and supply chain leaders to build a center of excellence (COE) to support the agility that their organization requires during the procurement transformation journey.<\/p>\n

So, what exactly is a COE that acts as a booster dose and inject innovation into the department culture, strengthen supply chains by optimizing operations and inculcating enterprise-wide best practices? How does it aid in maintaining supply chain control and enables an organization to attain world-class performance?<\/p>\n

Download this latest research report<\/a> from Gartner titled \u201cTechnology Sourcing, Procurement and Vendor Management<\/a> Need a Center of Excellence to Be Digital-Business-Ready<\/strong>\u201d to learn how S&VM leaders can use a center of excellence(COE) approach to support their digital transformation to a more-agile operating model.<\/p>\n

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD RESEARCH REPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

Learn More: Vendor Management<\/a><\/p>\n

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    In today\u2019s digital era it is critical for procurement and supply chain leaders to build a center of excellence (COE) to support the agility that their organization requires during the procurement transformation journey. So, what exactly is a COE that acts as a booster dose and inject innovation into the department culture, strengthen supply chains […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1937],"tags":[1639,573],"ppma_author":[170],"class_list":["post-2679","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-procurement-technology","tag-center-of-excellence","tag-procurement-transformation"],"acf":[],"authors":[{"term_id":170,"user_id":0,"is_guest":1,"slug":"zycus-inc","display_name":"Zycus","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/zycus-author.png","url2x":"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/zycus-author.png"},"author_category":"0","last_name":"Agentic Procurement Platform","first_name":"Zycus","job_title":"","user_url":"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz","description":"Zycus is an Agentic Procurement Platform that is redefining procurement from Source-to-Pay to Intake-to-Outcomes. 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