Synopsis
Analysis of opinions drawn from leading food and beverage industry executives.
The report identifies and analyzes the most important criteria for supplier selection from the point of view of both buyers and suppliers.

Summary
This report is the result of an extensive survey drawn from Canadeans exclusive panel of leading food and beverage industry executives. It analyzes the changing procurement behaviour and strategies of the companies in the food and beverage industry. The report also identifies future growth of buyers and suppliers and e-procurement. This report not only grants access to the opinions and strategies of business decision makers and competitors, but also examines their actions surrounding business priorities. The report also provides access to information categorized by region, company type and size.

Scope
The opinions and forward looking statements of 210 industry executives have been captured in our in-depth survey, of which 29% represent Director and C-level respondents.
The research is based on primary survey research conducted by Canadean accessing its B2B panels comprised of senior purchase decision makers and leading supplier organizations.
The geographical scope of the research is global - drawing on the activity and expectations of leading industry players across the Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa and Middle East.
This report covers data and analysis on critical success factors for supplier selection, future procurement objectives and e-procurement in the global food and beverage industry.

ReasonsToBuy
This report will help you to understand the success factors for supplier selection.
This report will help you to understand future procurement objectives of food and beverage companies.
This report will help you to understand e-procurement business in the food and beverage industry.

f buyer respondents
1.4.2 Profile of supplier respondents
2 Global Food and Beverage Industry: Procurement Behaviors and Strategies
2.1 Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection
2.1.1 Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection by buyers - food manufactures
2.1.2 Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection by buyers - beverage manufactures
2.2 Future Procurement Objectives in the Global Food and Beverage Industry
2.2.1 Future Procurement Objectives by buyers - food manufactures
2.2.2 Future Procurement Objectives by buyers - beverage manufactures
2.2.3 Future procurement objectives by region
2.2.4 Future procurement objectives by company turnover
2.3 E-Procurement in the Global Food and Beverage Industry
2.3.1 E-procurement in the global food manufacturers industry
2.3.2 E-procurement in the global beverage manufacturers industry
2.3.3 E-procurement by region
2.3.4 E-procurement by company turnover
3 Appendix
3.1 Survey Results - Closed Questions
3.2 About Canadean
3.3 Disclaimer

List of Tables

Table 1: Total Global F&B Industry Survey Respondents by Company Type, 2012
Table 2: Global F&B Industry Buyer Respondents by Job Role (%), 2012
Table 3: Global F&B Industry Buyer Respondents by Region (%), 2012
Table 4: Global F&B Industry Buyer Respondents by Turnover (%), 2012
Table 5: Global F&B Industry Supplier Respondents by Job Role (%), 2012
Table 6: Global F&B Industry Supplier Respondents by Region (%), 2012
Table 7: Global F&B Industry Supplier Respondents by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 8: Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection: (Index Score), 2012
Table 9: Critical Success Factors for Supplier Selection: Beverage Manufacturers (Index Score), 2012
Table 10: Global Food Manufacturers: Future Procurement Objectives (%), 2012
Table 11: Global Beverage Manufacturers: Future Procurement Objectives (%), 2012
Table 12: Global F&B Industry: Future Procurement Objectives by Region (%), 2012
Table 13: Global F&B Industry: Future Procurement Objectives by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 14: Global Food Manufacturers: Implementation of E-Procurement (%), 2012
Table 15: Global Beverage Manufacturers: Implementation of E-Procurement (%), 2012
Table 16: Global F&B Industry: Procurement Budget Increase vs. E-Procurement (%), 2012
Table 17: Global F&B Industry: E-Procurement by Region (%), 2012
Table 18: E-Procurement: Level of Implementation by Company Turnover (%), 2012
Table 19: Survey Results - Closed Questions

List of Figures

Figure 1: Supplier Selection: Food Manufacturers vs. Suppliers (Index Score), 2012
Figure 2: Supplier Selection: Beverage Manufacturer vs. Suppliers (Index Score), 2012
Figure 3: Global Food Manufacturers: Future Procurement Objectives (%), 2012
Figure 4: Global Beverage Manufacturers: Future Procurement Objectives (%), 2012
Figure 5: Global Food Manufacturers: Implementation of E-Procurement (%), 2012
Figure 6: Global Beverage Manufacturers: Implementation of E-Procurement (%), 2012
Figure 7: Global F&B Industry: E-Procurement by Region (%), 2012
Figure 8: E-Procurement: Level of Implementation by Company Turnover (%), 2012