采购达到其创新潜力吗？

We are delighted to publish this post from蜡数字是英国领先的eProcurement专家。这次Daniel Ball董事涉及该公司最近的调查的采购绘图的创新我们在这里突出了。

When it comes to innovative career paths, procurement would not necessarily be one that springs to mind, more likely candidates being fashion designers and choreographers, according to最近的数据. However our own research found that procurement professionals are now seeking to innovate, and want to do so more in the future. It’s good news, but be mindful that common risk aversion, non-competitive attitudes and a lack of focus on leadership may also all be holding progress back.

我们为我们的调查过100个英国高级采购专业人员采购Innovation Pathway报告称，超过三分之二的人认为自己已经关键到了商业创新，而超过三分之三的人认为他们将来会成为未来。显然，创新已经增加了上诉，不仅用于在自己的部门改变而且在帮助业务方面发挥作用也是如此。多达86％的人士认为是整个组织所有正在进行的产品创新和服务发展的一部分。

创新贡献者或创新司机？

我们的研究提出的最大问题之一是采购是否配备了真正领导创新所需的软技能和态度，或者它是否万博体育下载app仅仅是该过程的贡献者。这是围绕三分之三说明的，说他们是“涉及”的商业创新，只有四分之一表示他们是“领导”他们。尽管大多数受访者说他们发挥着关键的创新作用，但许多人似乎更舒适地成为团队的一部分，而不是从前面驾驶它的一部分。主要是他们是创新贡献者。

采购’s view of what makes a business innovative also appears to be impacted by some of its traditional thinking. Key innovation-related attributes like a willingness to take risks and invest in R&D were at the bottom of its priorities.

Is procurement held back or holding itself back?

采购clearly understands that a single-minded vision is really important when innovating, as is the ability to be agile as a business and able to react or change when the market demands it, but there are also some gaps in the sort of skill set you’d typically associate with innovators. This begs the question – is procurement held back or holding itself back?

采购identifies other factors stopping it from innovating, including the way other departments view it, a lack of required skills and being too bogged down by time-consuming processes. While these factors may clearly play a part, other attitudinal setbacks may do so too, such as the fact that only 10% feel comfortable ‘challenging’ business objectives, just 14% prioritise competitiveness and 18% nurture leadership skills within their team (and these are declining traits).

While there may be external roadblocks in the way of procurement’s 'innovativeness,' some of the roadblocks may be being put there by procurement itself.

The desire to win?

Innovation is also often linked to growth or ‘beating the competition’ but procurement doesn’t appear to have a particularly competitive attitude and may not feel the need or desire to ‘innovate to win’. This could indicate that procurement needs to be less passive in its approach to innovation and more willing to challenge the norm.

There’s certainly no doubt that most procurement functions today are vastly different from what they once were and they are innovating more than ever before. But are they heading in the right direction or truly prepared to break the mould? Overcoming discomfort with taking risks, a lack of leadership skills and competitive drive are critical success factors.