{"id":2883,"date":"2018-03-06T14:20:11","date_gmt":"2018-03-06T14:20:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingwww.zycus.com\/office-hours-digital-transformation-in-procurement-does-analytics-really-lead-to-better-procurement-performance"},"modified":"2023-10-17T04:19:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T04:19:24","slug":"office-hours-digital-transformation-in-procurement-does-analytics-really-lead-to-better-procurement-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/blog\/procurement-technology\/office-hours-digital-transformation-in-procurement-does-analytics-really-lead-to-better-procurement-performance","title":{"rendered":"[Office Hours] Digital Transformation in Procurement: Does Analytics Really Lead to Better Procurement Performance?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Back in 2013, a Harvard Business Review article asked the question; Does Bigger Data Lead to Better Decisions? It is unlikely that the answers of \u201cit depends,\u201d and &#8220;Big Data can lead to Big Mistakes,&#8221; offered in the article would instil confidence regarding our ability to sift through the abundance of information that is available to us to produce a meaningful outcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fast forward to 2018, and an article in Entrepreneur stating that &#8220;the Big Data Swamp Needs to Be Purified&#8221; before we can realize its promise would suggest that little progress has been made over the past five years to harness big data&#8217;s potential.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But when it comes to big data and advanced analytics in the procurement world, realizing the promise may not be as elusive as one might think.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">On March 22<sup>nd<\/sup>, 2018, <strong>Jon Hansen<\/strong>, Editor and Industry Expert at Procurement Insights along with <strong>Kelly Barner<\/strong>, Founder of Buyers Meeting Point and <strong>Phil Dungey<\/strong>, Head of Advisory Services at IACCM will be answering all your burning questions on the topic <strong>\u201cDoes Analytics Really Lead to Better Procurement Performance?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In this unique Q&amp;A based webinar, you can submit all your top-of-mind questions related to the topic by registering here and attend the webinar to get them answered by the experts. Don\u2019t have a question? No problem! Attend the webinar and listen to the answers to questions submitted by your procurement peers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><u>Webinar Details<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Topic: Digital Transformation in Procurement: Does Analytics Really Lead to Better Procurement Performance?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Date and Time: Thursday, 22nd March, 2018 at 2:00 PM EST<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Duration: 1 Hour<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jnn2zYOYKYo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2013, a Harvard Business Review article asked the question; Does Bigger Data Lead to Better Decisions? 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