Purchasing directors ‘out of the loop’ on e-procurement_2
17 August 2012
Britain’s purchasing directors are being left out of the loop when it comes to implementing e-procurement, according to a survey of 200 finance directors in the UK and Germany.
The survey, by American Express, found that British purchasing directors were only the third most likely senior manager to have responsibility for implementing e-procurement, behind finance and IT directors.
Worryingly, 75 per cent of UK finance directors were unaware of best practice or industry recommendations for implementing e-procurement systems.
“It’...