Have to agree with you on that one Jacques. I have seen organisations mostly outsource certain spend categories, but not the whole function, at least not in South Africa. The problem is that most firms dont have detailed spend information across their organisation. When a firm does not have this detailed information outsourcing is premature as in essence you are making a decision based on something you have no knowledge on. This will make it difficult if not impossible to qualify the decision to outsource and further to this being able to validate "savings" from outsourcing simply wont be possible, as you wont have the necessary benchmark data, that is accurate data on the state prior to outsourcing. Most firms dont even have a handle on their contracts (had to drop that one in for you) so having a complete and accurate picture on procurement, its activities and all its spend is a pipe dream still for most.