{"id":946,"date":"2014-01-13T09:12:44","date_gmt":"2014-01-13T09:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stagingwww.zycus.com\/pulse-2014-procurement-technology-adoption-and-utilization-study"},"modified":"2023-10-19T09:24:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T09:24:48","slug":"pulse-2014-procurement-technology-adoption-and-utilization-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/blog\/procurement-technology\/pulse-2014-procurement-technology-adoption-and-utilization-study","title":{"rendered":"Pulse 2014: Procurement Technology Adoption and Utilization Study"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons Greetings!<\/p>\n<p>With the onset of 2014, Zycus strives to continue its efforts to drive procurement and overall business performance improvement. As a part of this initiative, we request your participation in a short study regarding Procurement Automation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/campaign.zycus.com\/Pulse-of-Procurement-2014.html\/WebBlogL87943\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-922 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pulse-2014.webp\" alt=\"Pulse\" width=\"499\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pulse-2014.webp 640w, https:\/\/dev.zycus.com\/freshz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Pulse-2014-300x103.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The key objectives of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/s\/HNWSXWM?source=%5Bsource_value%5D&#038;elqTrack=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulse 2014: Procurement Technology Adoption and Utilization study<\/a><\/strong> are to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Update procurement performance benchmarks across such KPIs as spend under management, cost savings, contract compliance, sourcing and order cycle times, technology adoption, use and utilization.<\/li>\n<li>Identify technology configurations, adoption, use and utilization levels associated with the strongest performance levels across various procurement KPIs.<\/li>\n<li>Identify tactics most likely to drive successful procurement technology adoption, use and utilization.<\/li>\n<li>Understand what capabilities procurement professionals now need to assist them in driving procurement and business performance to even greater heights.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The study should take approximately <strong>5 minutes<\/strong> to complete. All qualified participants who complete and submit the study will receive a <strong>complimentary in-depth report of results <\/strong>(to be delivered via email) and also stand a chance to <strong>win an iPad Mini<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Click the download button below to access the report-\u00a0\u201cPulse of Procurement 2014 Research Report\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Please Note:<\/p>\n<p># You can leave and return to the survey as needed.<br \/>\n# Questions that cannot be answered with reasonable accuracy should be skipped<br \/>\n# Participants are strongly encouraged to write in comments that can help our researchers to identify emerging procurement trends and challenges that are not yet well understood.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seasons Greetings! With the onset of 2014, Zycus strives to continue its efforts to drive procurement and overall business performance improvement. As a part of this initiative, we request your participation in a short study regarding Procurement Automation. 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