Current trends and future potentials of digitalization in procurement controlling

Abstract

The summarized consideration of the digitalization effects on procurement and controlling and their consequences for procurement controlling have highlighted the fields of forecasting, reporting, supplier evaluation, risks, the make or buy decision and strategic planning as areas with particular potential for change. For the evaluation of the factually derived conclusions with the help of job advertisements in the area of the procurement controlling four developments were identified as relevant. A tendency for the intensified relevance of IT knowledge could be identified, as well as for the concentration on strategic tasks. With regard to the increase in analytical activities and stronger cooperation with the IT area, follow-up investigations are necessary in order to be able to make a statement.