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With digitalization a consistent theme on every procurement leader's agenda, this book provides a practical approach, empowering leaders to skilfully navigate the intricacies of digital transformation in procurement. Many procurement leaders struggle to deliver their digitalization agendas due to slow, costly and underwhelming results. Digital Transformation in Procurement is designed to help procurement leaders embrace digital transformation and drive top-line growth. Covering the essential success factors, the impact of digitalization on people, organization processes and technology, this book helps leaders in procurement make any digitalization transformation a success and deliver value at scale. Digital Transformation in Procurement is a practical resource offering valuable insights, frameworks and examples from global procurement transformation programmes. Taking a holistic approach to digital transformation, this book covers key challenges, new technologies and how procurement leaders can make digitization work for them. This is the book every procurement leader needs to launch their new procurement strategy for the digital age.

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""Andries Feikema has created an inspirational and comprehensive roadmap for digital procurement transformation. This book lays out ways technology can enhance procurement, well beyond just improving the efficiency of the source-to-pay process. He uses his hard-won, practical experience to share insights and provide a guide to planning, executing, and adopting new procurement digital capabilities. With this resource, you will be able to successfully leverage technology to drive procurement and business value."" * Aneth Boozer, former VP of Global Indirect Sourcing DSM, SVP of Strategic Sourcing IPC * ""Procurement leaders strive for the ability to provide critical insights and foster supplier partnerships that support a company's top-line strategies. Effective use of technology accelerates this impact. However, the successful digital transformation of procurement isn't easy. As a former CPO, I appreciate this thorough resource for the digital transformation of procurement and recognize its sage and practical advice from personal experience. I encourage readers to use it to make a step change in procurement's business impact in their organizations."" * Martha Buffington, former CPO of DSM * ""A major problem for procurement managers and professionals is how to get informed and up to date with this expert domain, and to learn what role to assume in the digital procurement transformational process. It is exactly at this point that this book fills this void. Andries Feikema has documented his valued ideas and extensive experience, and those of other companies, in this indispensable book. This is a must-read for every business and procurement manager who wants to steer their company into the future."" * Arjan van Weele, PhD, Professor emeritus Procurement and Supply Management, Eindhoven University of Technology *

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Andries Feikema is a distinguished professional in procurement and supply chain management, with over two decades of global experience. Feikema is a pioneer in procurement digitalization, transformation and change management, delivering successful outcomes across the Americas, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific and Europe. He has held leadership roles in Blue Chip and Fortune 500 companies as well as the non-profit sector. He is based in the Netherlands.

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