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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.

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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.

Capture and Market the ROI of Your VMO Research & Tools

Start here – read the Executive Brief

Read our concise Executive Brief to find out why you should calculate and market internally your VMO’s ROI, review Info-Tech’s methodology, and understand the ways we can support you in completing this project.

1. Get organized

Begin the process by identifying your VMO’s ROI maturity level and which calculation components are most appropriate for your situation.

2. Establish baseline

Set measurement baselines and goals for the next measurement cycle.

4. Report results

Report the results to key stakeholders and executives in a way that demonstrates the value added by the VMO to 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.

Authors

Phil Bode

Steve Jeffery

Scott Bickley

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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