Sourcing Innovation
Before ProcureCon released their recent State of Indirect Procurement Benchmark Report, they put out a study on Energy and Utility Procurement that summarized responses from 39 survey participants. While it was by no means an empirical study and the be-all-end-all to energy and utility sourcing, it does allow you to compare your own program to some extent and may inspire ideas for program enhancement.
One of the most interesting points of this report was that there doesn’t seem to be a single approach to any aspect of managing energy that respondents agreed upon. Like many other aspects of…