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Capital Equipment Sourcing and Procurement

(TEMPE, Arizona) January 26, 2012 — CAPS Research releases a SnapShots benchmarking report on Capital Equipment Sourcing and Procurement. A brief survey was distributed asking organizations to provide their total spend for Capital Equipment and a breakout of spend for Capital Equipment sourced from low-cost countries. Organizations were also asked if there was an expectation that Capital Equipment spend, including Capital Equipment being sourced from low-cost countries, would increase, decrease, or not change.

The survey results imply that more than half of the survey participants have not sourced Capital Equipment from low-cost countries and do not anticipate doing so in the near future. But overall, half of the companies indicated they expect a 37 percent increase in Capital Equipment spend over the next two years.

The complimentary Snapshots benchmark report "Capital Equipment Sourcing and Procurement" is available on the CAPS Research public website www.capsresearch.org. First time visitors will be prompted to register to access the study. For more information about this SnapShots benchmark report or other reports, contact CAPS Research at research@capsresearch.org

CAPS Research is a nonprofit research organization founded in 1986 to provide leading research to our strategic-minded corporate sponsors and to the public. Our mission is to work in partnership with a global network of executives and academics for the discovery and dissemination of strategic supply management knowledge and best practices. CAPS Research is jointly sponsored by the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University, the Institute for Supply Management™, and Global 1000/Fortune 500-size organizations.

Media Contact:
Debbie Maciejewski
Marketing Manager
CAPS Research
800-888-6276 extension 3046
Email: dmaciejewski@capsresearch.org

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