It is the belief that procurement has the opportunity to become an important strategic player in organizations.  It will achieve this by aligning itself with business priorities, and making its planning, sourcing, and vendor coordination central to the creation of value and savings in contracts.  This report shows how organizations are currently viewing procurement, and how they see it evolving in the future.  The research shows that organizations understand that they cannot operate without reference to the markets into which they sell: this is also true of the markets from which they purchase their inputs.