Global Sourcing and Logistics
Global Sourcing and Logistics
Global Sourcing and Logistics
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Procurement outsourcing<br />
In addition to being able to manage <strong>and</strong><br />
run international procurement offices for<br />
companies across diverse industries, we<br />
offer a full outsourcing capability. We help<br />
organizations improve their performance<br />
across all aspects of outsourcing, whether<br />
that involves running international<br />
procurement offices on behalf of clients or<br />
providing back-office management. We<br />
h<strong>and</strong>le outsourcing activities in the<br />
following ways:<br />
● Third-party international procurement<br />
offices: Accenture can manage your<br />
international procurement offices <strong>and</strong> all<br />
sourcing activities from that particular<br />
country or region.<br />
● Off-shoring procurement back-office<br />
processes: Using the Accenture <strong>Global</strong><br />
Delivery Network, we can reduce<br />
operational costs. For example, the costs<br />
can be reduced by transferring the<br />
administrative procurement processes to<br />
our center in Bangalore, India.<br />
Accenture also provides companies <strong>and</strong><br />
governments with a broad range of<br />
outsourced procurement services, including<br />
category management; supplier<br />
management; requisitioning-to-pay<br />
processing; <strong>and</strong> application development,<br />
maintenance <strong>and</strong> hosting. These services<br />
can be contracted in several combinations,<br />
making it possible for you to select the<br />
optimal mix to meet your specific needs.<br />
<strong>Global</strong> sourcing <strong>and</strong> logistics is driving a<br />
need for much tighter customer-supplier<br />
integration <strong>and</strong> collaboration along the<br />
supply chain as supply lead times become<br />
longer <strong>and</strong> less predictable. To assure<br />
reliable supplies <strong>and</strong> inbound-flow<br />
visibility, stronger links need to be<br />
established between supply chain partners.<br />
Accenture offers advanced supply chain cosourced<br />
services under value-based,<br />
multiyear agreements in areas such as<br />
supply chain collaboration (including<br />
supplier-customer integration, collaborative<br />
planning, vendor-managed inventory, order<br />
management <strong>and</strong> e-invoicing); supply chain<br />
planning business process outsourcing; <strong>and</strong><br />
supply chain intelligence (for example,<br />
advanced supply chain performance<br />
reporting services). From our multilingual,<br />
24x7 global user support centers, we not<br />
only offer IT-enabled one-to-many st<strong>and</strong>ard<br />
integration capability but also supplier<br />
recruitment <strong>and</strong> integration services, as<br />
well as supply chain workflow monitoring.<br />
Accenture approaches global sourcing <strong>and</strong><br />
logistics holistically, taking an integrated<br />
view that seeks total value—not simply<br />
reducing today's prices. We cut through the<br />
barriers to set up collaboration. We map<br />
cultures <strong>and</strong> skills with clear roles <strong>and</strong><br />
responsibilities to integrate information<br />
<strong>and</strong> practices. For Accenture, global<br />
sourcing <strong>and</strong> logistics is more<br />
than improving procurement: It is a key<br />
component in establishing a global<br />
footprint. By mastering execution in a<br />
sustainable manner, global sourcing <strong>and</strong><br />
logistics impacts the very core of a<br />
company's operating model.<br />
Our global reach from bases in 48 countries<br />
means worldwide consistency. We have<br />
a network of high-caliber, dedicated<br />
professionals ready to collaborate with<br />
you to help join the dots between high<strong>and</strong><br />
low-cost countries. Our experience<br />
<strong>and</strong> scale mean we can offer tools <strong>and</strong><br />
solutions that enable high performance.<br />
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