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Email Newsletter, September 2008

New Resources:
Focus Study: Supply Strategy Implementation: Current State and Future Opportunities
To achieve significant and successful supply transformations, firms worldwide need to assess how well they are implementing supply strategies considered most important to the success of their organization. With this in mind, CAPS Research executed the 10X Executive Assessment (10X EA), the primary objective of which was to determine the importance organizations worldwide place on various supply strategies, their level of implementation and results achieved from these strategies. This report summarizes data concerning 23 supply strategies and performance results from 110 supply organizations across 24 industries. The assessment can be used to establish a baseline for current and future analyses.

  • Click here to access the resource information page at Knowledge Central associated with this Focus Study
  • CAPS Research sponsors with established user profiles may click 'login to view document' to access the report.
  • This Focus Study will be posted to the CAPS Research public web site on November 3, 2008.

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Benchmarking Report: MRO Goods Market Basket May 2008 Summary Report
Market Basket reports can provide valuable insight into the differences in cost, at a later time, to purchase the same mix of goods and services. This report provides a summary of the 2008 Market Basket of Goods Metric Report for MRO Items and a more detailed summary of the 2006, 2007 and 2008 reports. Included is a comparison of each line item's average price; the percent increase/decrease in each line item's average price between the 2008 and 2007 reports and the 2007 and 2006 reports; an overview of the increase/decrease in each line item's average price between 2006 and 2008; and a summary of the total market basket prices as averaged in 2008, 2007 and 2006.

  • Click here to access the resource information page at Knowledge Central associated with the MRO Goods Market Basket summary report.
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  • The MRO Goods Market Basket summary report is also posted to the CAPS Research public web site. Click here to access the report at the public web site.

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Benchmarking Report: Petroleum Industry 2008 Metric Report
Over 60 percent of the petroleum companies who participated in this year's Industry survey reported they currently outsource some of their supply management activities including expediting, inventory management, and logistics. In 2007 only 37% of the survey participants reported they outsourced supply management functions. Supply management is moving offshore, as well as being outsourced: About 30 percent of the participating companies reported offshoring accounts payable functions and contingent labor sourcing. The metric benchmarking report also provides information on organizational metrics, financial measures, professional development, and supplier relationships. Breakout reports are provided for petroleum companies who reported as being integrated, upstream, or downstream organizations.

  • Click here to access the Resource Information Page associated with the Petroleum Industry 2008 benchmarking report.
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  • The Petroleum industry report will be posted to the CAPS Research public web site on November 3, 2008.

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Benchmarking Report: Telecommunications Services Industry 2008 Metric Report
Almost 80 percent of the Telecommunications Services companies participating in the 2008 Industry report said their companies have sustainability goals. These goals include regularly communicating sustainability performance to internal and external customers; increasing overall company understanding and participation; supporting work life balance, and working with partners who have same philosophy. The metric benchmarking report also provides information on organizational metrics, financial measures, professional development, and supplier relationships.

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  • The Telecommunications Services industry report will be posted to the CAPS Research public web site on November 3, 2008.

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CPO Insights: pCard Best Practices – Policies, Usage and Cost Savings Experience
Total annual spend on pCards versus non-PO spend ranges from less than one percent to twenty percent according to the CP0s who responded to this CPO Insights question. Read what our CPO community has to say regarding pCard spend limits, categories of goods being purchased via pCards, total annual spend through pCards, and cost savings experiences. Readers will also gain insight into how different companies have structured their pCard programs. CAPS Research sponsor companies can also access actual pCard policies.

  • This is a CAPS Research sponsor-only resource, and it will not be posted to the CAPS Research public web site.
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Critical Issues Report: Lean Supply Strategies and Implementation
Many companies have adopted parts and pieces of lean practices in their manufacturing processes, but there are many opportunities to examine waste in all areas of the supply chain and provide value to the organization. This report examines the role of metrics in creating lean supply chains and describes some of the obstacles as well as successes that firms obtain in creating lean practices in the supply chain. Two case studies are presented with regard to the lean practices that exist within their firms.

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  • This Critical Issues report will be posted to the CAPS Research public web site November 3, 2008.

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Event Presentations
Navigating the labor pool, infrastructure concerns, and the unique Asian business culture are issues facing everyone. Approximately 40 representatives from global firms shared experiences and best practices of operating and sourcing in Asia at the 11th Annual Asian Executive Roundtable in Shanghai, China.

  • This is a CAPS Research sponsor-only resource, and it will not be posted to the CAPS Research public web site.
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Benchmarking in Progress:

  • The Cross-Industry benchmarking survey was released in early September.
  • Data collection continues for the services spend survey sponsored by the ISM Services Group.

Remember, if you participate in a CAPS Research benchmarking survey you will receive the metric report six to eight weeks before it is published on the CAPS Research public web site.

If you did not receive an email about participating in any of these benchmarking studies but would like to see how your organization compares to other organizations, contact us at: metrics@capsresearch.org.

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Sincerely,
Phillip Carter, D.B.A.
Executive Director
CAPS Research

CAPS Research is a global research organization jointly sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, and the Institute for Supply Management™.