Capture and Market the ROI of Your VMO
Quantify the impact and demonstrate the value that your VMO delivers to your organization.
- All IT organizations are dependent on their vendors for technology products, services, and solutions to support critical business functions.
- Measuring the impact of and establishing goals for the vendor management office (VMO) to maximize its effectiveness requires an objective and quantitative approach whenever possible.
- Sharing the VMO’s impact internally is a balancing act between demonstrating value and self-promotion.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- The return on investment (ROI) calculation for your VMO must be customized. The ROI components selected must match your VMO ROI maturity, resources, and roadmap. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to calculating VMO ROI.
- ROI contributions come from many areas and sources. To maximize the VMO’s ROI, look outside the traditional framework of savings and cost avoidance to vendor-facing interactions and the impact the VMO has on internal departments.
Impact and Result
- Quantifying the contributions of the VMO takes the guess work out of whether the VMO is performing adequately.
- Taking a comprehensive approach to measuring the value created by the VMO and the ROI associated with it will help the organization appreciate the importance of the VMO.
- Establishing goals for the VMO with the help of the executives and key stakeholders ensures that the VMO is supporting the needs of the entire organization.
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Guided Implementation 1: Get organized
- Call 1: Review VMO ROI maturity level.
- Call 2: Discuss measurement categories selected.
Guided Implementation 2: Establish baseline
- Call 1: Review data sources and baseline tools.
- Call 2: Discuss ROI goals.
Guided Implementation 3: Measure and monitor results
- Call 1: Review tools and templates available for calculating and tracking ROI and value creation.
Guided Implementation 4: Report results
- Call 1: Review measurement and reporting frequencies.
- Call 2: Discuss the attributes of good reports.
Contributors
- George Bordon, Director, Contracts at Spirit AeroSystems
- Jason Epstein, Head of Procurement, SecureWorks, Inc.
- Deepak Bansal, CPA, CISSP, COP, Enterprise Head of IT Procurement, Sourcing Advisory & Vendor Management (VMO), Envision Healthcare
- Pat Campbell, CLU, CPCU, FLMI, Vice President of Strategic Sourcing, Nationwide Insurance (Retired)
- Donald Hopkins, Interim Director of the Master of Information Systems & Master of Science in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Programs, Wright State University
- 8 anonymous company contributors
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Manage Exponential Value Relationships
Jump Start Your Vendor Management Initiative
Capture and Market the ROI of Your VMO
Cut Cost Through Effective IT Category Planning
Design and Build an Effective Contract Lifecycle Management Process
Maximize Value From Your Value-Added Reseller (VAR)
Drive Successful Sourcing Outcomes With a Robust RFP Process
Reduce Risk With Rock-Solid Service-Level Agreements
Slash Spending by Optimizing Your Software Maintenance and Support
Identify and Manage Financial Risk Impacts on Your Organization
Identify and Manage Strategic Risk Impacts on Your Organization
Identify and Manage Reputational Risk Impacts on Your Organization
Identify and Manage Security Risk Impacts on Your Organization
Evaluate Your Vendor Account Team to Optimize Vendor Relations
Elevate Your Vendor Management Initiative
Prepare for Negotiations More Effectively
Implement Your Negotiation Strategy More Effectively
Evaluate and Learn From Your Negotiation Sessions More Effectively
Proactively Identify and Mitigate Vendor Risk
Master the Public Cloud IaaS Acquisition Models
Essentials of Vendor Management for Small Business
Identify and Manage Regulatory and Compliance Risk Impacts on Your Organization
Identify and Manage Operational Risk Impacts on Your Organization
Don’t Allow Software Licensing to Derail Your M&A
Identify and Reduce Agile Contract Risk
Improve Your Statements of Work to Hold Your Vendors Accountable
Understand Common IT Contract Provisions to Negotiate More Effectively
Master Contract Review and Negotiation for Software Agreements
Master the MSA for Your Managed Services Providers
Negotiate SaaS Agreements That Are Built to Last
Establish a Vendor Management Roadmap to Succeed With Autonomous Technologies
Price Benchmarking & Negotiation