{"id":3186,"date":"2012-04-25T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/2012\/04\/25\/procurement-transformation-is-not-about-doing-what-you-do-better\/"},"modified":"2021-07-06T08:38:11","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T12:38:11","slug":"procurement-transformation-is-not-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.certitrek.com\/nlpa\/blog\/procurement-transformation-is-not-about\/","title":{"rendered":"Procurement Transformation Is NOT About Doing What You Do Better"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p>Procurement transformation.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t miss updates on Procurement &amp; Supply Chain, Subscribe here!<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a line item on every procurement executive\u2019s list of objectives.<\/p>\n<p>Successfully complete a procurement transformation and you\u2019re a hero with an impressive addition to your resume.\u00a0 Fail and then you\u2019ll be one of those people with \u201cseeking new opportunities\u201d as their title on their LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n<p>One of the important things to realize in the beginning of a procurement transformation is what it is and what it isn\u2019t.\u00a0 And what a procurement transformation isn\u2019t is an exercise of doing a better job at the things you do now.<\/p>\n<p>No, what a true procurement transformation involves is adopting best practices.\u00a0 Some of those best practices replace what you do today.\u00a0 Some of those best practices add to what you do today.\u00a0 But if your organization needs a procurement transformation, it\u2019s likely that best practices aren\u2019t a mere tweak to what you\u2019re doing today.<\/p>\n<p>So, you should not be starting your procurement transformation by asking \u201cWhat can we do better?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You should be asking \u201cWhat are we not doing that leading organizations are?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trust me, if you explore what you\u2019re not doing through benchmarking, you\u2019ll see that there is no shortage of articles, books, training, consultants, and other resources available to help you come to know what you don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Procurement transformation. 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