@incollection{LiebetruthMelneckPilsl, author = {Liebetruth, Thomas and Melneck, Walther and Pilsl, Alexander}, title = {Process maturity-assessments in strategic procurement - guideline for developing an advanced methodology}, series = {Supply Management Research. Advanced Studies in Supply Management}, volume = {20}, booktitle = {Supply Management Research. Advanced Studies in Supply Management}, editor = {Bogaschewsky, Ronald and Eßig, Michael and Lasch, Rainer and St{\"o}lzle, Wolfgang}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Wiesbaden}, isbn = {978-3-658-08808-8}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-658-08809-5_12}, pages = {273 -- 291}, abstract = {Purchasing is an important and at the same time critical function in multinational enterprises. Challenges are besides the growing purchasing volume the widespread distribution of organizational units and often a lack of coherence in those processes involving various organizational units. This becomes most evident in strategic procurement. Maturity assessments are a vital tool to create coherence in processes. In this contribution we provide a framework for the development of maturity assessments in strategic procurement for multinational enterprises. This framework covers all important aspects and topics to consider when developing a new procurement maturity assessment program for multinational corporations. From our company-background we also provide some casespecific examples how the framework can be brought to live.}, language = {en} }