Automation Control Components Market Procurement Intelligence Report

Several macro changes in the dynamics of overall Engineering Components as well as Automation Control Components procurement trends are poised to change the business practices and procurement thumb rules. Regulatory guidance on data protection and increasing concern over cybersecurity have increased the costs for suppliers as they incur additional spend on compliance and security. These additional costs have a potential to drive marginal increase in prices across the key geographies.

Customers are expecting service and experience levels which are at par with what ecommerce and consumer sectors of today offer. Moreover, competition keeps intensifying and demand and supply dynamics keep shifting.

Procurement costs for Automation Control Components are highly impacted by an increase in the costs associated with the value chain of Automation Control Components, such as logistics, labor cost and energy. Additionally, outdated assets are also increasing the cost for suppliers.

Category managers need to take note of the potential of these developments and reassess the changes required in their procurement practices.

As market conditions become more dynamic and procurement practices get more sophisticated, category managers need to be cognizant of the best practices that work for their Automation Control Components category procurement. The report offers a succinct analysis of Automation Control Components procurement best practices.

For example, Strong R&D focus is the sign of a supplier committed to enhancing the quality and cost proposition of its solutions. Buyers should collaborate with such suppliers for development of low-cost but highly efficiency products that can bring their OPEX down.

Buyers should assess the level of adoption of the latest technologies by suppliers to assess cost-saving opportunities and quality that can be provided by the latter. For instance, the adoption of technologies such as cloud computing will enable suppliers to reduce their internal computing hardware requirements for operations such as CAD and CAM. This can, in turn, enable them to reduce their operating costs, thereby suppliers can offer products at lower rates to buyers.

Buyers should engage with suppliers that have adopted a global delivery model as it reduces buyers' risk. In this model, any disaster/emergency at any operating facility of supplier will result in the work being transferred to a different facility, thereby ensuring continuity of the project and reduced risk for buyers. This model also provides buyers access to skilled labor from across the globe, thereby improving the quality of engineering products provided by the supplier.

Automation Control Components procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Automation Control Components procurement. Some examples include: