For each of the areas of our Benchmarking Study we developed a scale along the continuum of “Do Nothing” on the one end, and “High Level of Maturity” on the other end. Each respondent was asked to rate their level of maturity based on this continuum/scale. Click here to read the full report on a new framework for Indirect Procurement from the March/April issue of SCMR.




Jayanth Jayaram, Ph.D., is a professor of management science and Moore Research Fellow at the Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. He can be reached at [email protected].
Sime Curkovic, Ph.D., is a professor of management in the Integrated Supply Management Program at Western Michigan University. He can be reached at [email protected].
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