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Global IT Application Development Services - Procurement Market Intelligence Report

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  • 105 Pages
  • February 2019
  • Region: Global
  • SpendEdge
  • ID: 4807366

About the IT Application Development Services Market
IT application development services involve the customization of packaged software to match the business needs of buyers. The development process of an IT application begins by defining and analyzing the requirements (business application goal) followed by subsequent stages of design, development, integration and testing, deployment and acceptance, and maintenance. Businesses across the world are identifying ways to meet their core business requirements of effective operational workflow and enhanced productivity. This has driven organizations to incorporate tailored solutions/customized IT applications that address specific project/business needs. IT application development services can be segmented into seven types, namely, web application development, mobile application development, application assessment services, application migration, enterprise application integration, application testing, and legacy application modernization. The category spend growth is attributed to the exponential growth of the mobile application development segment owing to the proliferation of smartphones and tablets by organizations to enhance the flexibility of operations and ease of access to operational data. It is predicted to be the fastest growing segment in the category during the forecast period.

Covered in this report
The report provides actionable insights to improve source-to-contract cycle performance in the Global IT Application Development Services Market. It helps sourcing professionals formulate better category strategies, enhance savings, understand supplier and market challenges, and implement sourcing best practices.

The report, Global IT Application Development Services Market, provides up-to-date information about market shifts and potential risks, as well as in-depth knowledge of products and services, which can help in planning and in executing category management activities. It focuses on the cost-saving aspects of procurement and on providing insights that can lead to optimization of category spend.

Category drivers


  • The rise in the adoption of IT application development services by the BFSI and healthcare sectors
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Category management strategy


  • Assess service providers' resource utilization rate to analyze whether they have the bandwidth to cater to any such changes in requirements
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Procurement best practices


  • Adoption of project management tools
  • For a full, detailed list, view the report

Key questions answered in this report


  • What are the market dynamics?
  • What are the key market trends?
  • What are the category growth drivers?
  • What are the constraints on category growth?
  • Who are the suppliers in this market?
  • What are the demand-supply shifts?
  • What are the major category requirements?
  • What are the procurement best practices in this market?

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Table of Contents

PART 01: Executive Summary

PART 02: Market Insights
Global category spend
Category spend growth
Spend segmentation by region
Regional spend dynamics
Regional influence on global spend
Regional spend opportunity for suppliers

PART 03: Category Pricing Insights
Pricing outlook
Supplier cost structure
Outlook for input costs
Total cost of ownership analysis
Overview of pricing models
Comparison of pricing models
Supply chain margins
Cost drivers impacting pricing
Volume drivers impacting pricing

PART 04: Cost-Saving Opportunities
Supplier-side levers
Buyer-side levers
Quantifying cost-saving opportunities
Quantifying cost savings by negotiation strategies

PART 05: Best Practices
Innovation and success stories
Procurement excellence best practices
Procurement best practices
Sustainability practices

PART 06: Category Ecosystem
Market favorability index for suppliers
Competitiveness index for suppliers
Buyer power
Supplier power
Threat of new entrants
Threat of substitutes
Buyer ecosystem
Supplier ecosystem

PART 07: Category Management Strategy
Category management objectives
Supplier and buyer KPIs
Outsourcing category management activities
Risk management

PART 08: Category Management Enablers

Procurement organization
Category enablers

PART 09: Suppliers Selection
RFx essentials
Supplier selection criteria
Service level agreement
Incumbent supplier evaluation metrics

PART 10: Suppliers Under Coverage
Overview
Supplier positioning
Profile: Accenture
Profile: Infosys
Profile: IBM
Profile: HP
Profile: DXC
Profile: Genpact

PART 11: US Market Insights
Category spend in the US
Price outlook
Supplier cost structure in the US
Margins of suppliers in the US
Category cost drivers
Category volume drivers
Overview of best practices in the US
Procurement best practices in the US
US supply market overview
Supplier positioning for the US
Regional category risks

PART 12: Category Definition
Category hierarchy
Category scope
Category map

PART 13: Appendix
List of abbreviations
Key notes

List of Exhibits
Global category spend (2018-2023)
Category spend growth (2018-2023)
Regional spend dynamics
Regional spend dynamics
Comparison of category maturity across regions
Regional spend opportunity for suppliers (2018-2023)
Category pricing dynamics
Supplier cost breakup
Input cost dynamics
Total cost of ownership model
Benefit comparison of pricing models
Pricing models – comparison matrix
Supplier margin analysis
Margin analysis across supply chain
Cost drivers
Volume drivers
Cost-saving opportunities: Supply side levers
Cost-saving opportunities: Demand side levers
Cost-saving opportunity matrix
Negotiation grid
Innovation and success stories
Procurement excellence summary: Impact on the category
Supplier relationship management metrics
Strategic sourcing and category management metrics
Technology-facilitated procurement metrics
Procurement best practices dashboard
Sustainability practices: Impact on the category
Sustainability best practices
Market environment score
Market competitiveness score
Buyer power score
Supplier power score
Ease of market entry score
Ease of substitution score
Buyer ecosystem: Outlook
Supplier ecosystem: Outlook
Ecosystem disruption threats
Key category management objectives
Supplier KPI dashboard: Importance for the category
Buyer KPI dashboard: Importance for the category
Category management enablers
Risk management matrix
Category enablers: Organization
Category enablers: Technology
RFx questions
Phase I RFI considerations
SLA terms
Supplier performance benchmarking criteria
Supplier operational capability matrix
Supplier positioning matrix
Accenture – Key information dashboard
Infosys – Key information dashboard
DXC – Key information dashboard
IBM – Key information dashboard
Genpact – Key information dashboard
HP – Key information dashboard
US category spend (2018-2023)
Category pricing dynamics
Supplier cost breakup
Supplier margin analysis
Margin analysis across supply chain
Cost drivers
Volume drivers
Procurement excellence summary: Impact on the category
Supplier relationship management
Strategic sourcing and category management
Technology-facilitated procurement
Procurement best practices dashboard
Supplier operational capability matrix
Supplier positioning matrix
Risk management matrix
Category definition
Category nuances
Importance of category relative to other categories


Companies Mentioned

  • Accenture
  • Infosys
  • IBM
  • HP
  • DXC
  • Genpact

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