Over the years, ISM-India have worked closely with the industry to serve as a guide towards building Procurement

Organization. With the launch of the CPO Awards 08 years ago, ISM-India has partnered with many companies to  enhance their competitiveness using a Procurement Maturity Model . Without a true sense of how and why Procurement should go about transforming, many organizations nd themselves  quickly admitting defeat. In all likelihood, these organizations skipped an essential step in the Procurement  Transformation process. They've neglected to conduct a Procurement Maturity Assessment. A Maturity Assessment enables Procurement to reach a genuine understanding of its current capacity and capabilities. The exercise makes it possible for Procurement to set more realistic goals for itself and strategically target areas for improvement