the explosion of available solutions on the market ," he points out . “ Collaboration , supply market research , sourcing and data analytics have all been targeted by new wave intelligence-enabling procurement technology .”
Rose stresses that , rather than replacing humans in these roles , technology increasingly is “ seeking to augment human capability ” by enabling procurement resources “ to do more with less , or to uncover insights that would not readily be available to humans ”. According to Rose , the digital workforce is now a blend of human
“ Rather than replacing humans in roles technology seeks to augment human capability ”
MATTHEW ROSE , PROCUREMENT TRANSFORMATION PRACTICE LEAD & PARTNER , KPMG