Procurement Magazine January 2023 | Page 87

PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION

“Employees need to see digital transformation as an opportunity rather than a challenge to be overcome ”

ASH FINNEGAN DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OFFICER , CONGA
“ This is an industry-leading framework , and it is now utilised by Conga ’ s entire frontline , partner network and global customer base , including 11,000 organisations , such as Accenture , PWC and Adobe ,” she says .
Digital transformation maturity landscape for procurement Finnegan says : “ The day-to-day supply of goods and services has become increasingly challenging over the past few years . The emergence of new risks and increasing market pressures – such as global supply chain shortages , price increases and inflation – have meant that procurement teams have had to accelerate their digital transformation initiatives to cope . Digital change programmes have become a necessity to overcome the challenges of cost control , supplier relation securitisation and supply chain traceability .
According to PWC ’ s recent Global Digital Procurement Survey 2022 , digital transformation is now considered a top business priority . In fact , 77 % of companies
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