made significant investments to enhance our internal capabilities . This includes investments in a proprietary digital platform that captures project data ; applications that turn data into actionable insights ; advanced automation and RPA ( robotic process automation ) bots that efficiently connect our experts and execute process steps ; and analytics that uncover new insights from outside the organisation to inform decisions .
“ As the report sets out , it ’ s difficult to achieve a successful transformation if you only focus on piecemeal solutions , such as analytics or AI . The key is to look at the full picture and leverage technologies in a unified way .”
In the report , Accenture has outlined its own vision for the future , which it calls the ‘ The Next Generation Digital Procurement ,’ based on 18 years ’ experience of working across hundreds of clients in all industries and regions .
Research figures from the
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