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Procurement 4.0<\/a> study conducted by PwC with 500 purchasing managers in more than 20 European and North American countries confirms that the shift to digital is now underway in procurement departments.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0In line with intelligent technologies and the development of “industry 4.0”, digital technology now offers high-impact tools to support companies’ new business models. <\/span><\/p>\n The benefits for the Procurement function are numerous: breakthrough in Purchasing strategies<\/a>, finer decision-making and repositioning within the company. <\/span><\/p>\n Nearly 35% of Purchasing Managers surveyed have digitized their transactional processes<\/a> and 19% have transformed their strategic processes. <\/span><\/p>\n 60% of Procurement Managers say they want to carry out a complete digitization programme of their Procurement processes<\/a> within 5 years to meet the strategic challenges of their company. <\/span><\/p>\n However, the maturity of Procurement Departments on digitization is still low: <\/span>only 16% of the directors surveyed state having a clear vision and roadmap for digitizing the Purchasing function.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n You can check our webinar “From strategic sourcing to Procure-to-pay integration” to get the empirical stand point of a Procurement executive at KPMG<\/a>, Leigh Bowen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n