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Cost Saving Opportunities for the Global Natural Gas Utilities Market: Technavio

According to the latest procurement intelligence report from Technavio, the global natural gas utilities market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 1.2% over the next five years due to the growing preference for cleaner fuel alternatives.

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Technavio has published a new report on the global natural gas utilities market from 2017-2021. (Gra ...

Technavio has published a new report on the global natural gas utilities market from 2017-2021. (Graphic: Business Wire)

The research report titled ‘Global Natural Gas Utilities Market: Procurement Market Intelligence Report 2017-2021 provides an in-depth analysis of category spend, best procurement practices and cost saving opportunities, aimed at helping organizations achieve superior business performance. The report also provides insights on pricing, supplier positioning, and top companies, enabling sourcing professionals to improve their competitive advantage through procurement excellence.

Innovations in drilling techniques, such as advanced hydraulic fracturing, have led to an increase in the supply of natural gas and dip in natural gas prices,” says lead Technavio procurement specialist Angad Singh for category spend intelligence. “Suppliers are increasingly adopting innovative technologies such as SCADA, AMI, EFM pertaining to aspects such as metering, distribution, transportation, and transmission,” adds Angad.

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Cost saving opportunities in the natural gas utilities market

The adoption of various cost-optimization levers helps buyers of natural gas utilities realize direct cost savings and enhance category management and value benefits (including reduced procurement complexities).

Technavio procurement experts have segmented the cost saving opportunities in the global natural gas utilities market into the following value-enhancement opportunities:

  • Adoption of technology
  • Supplier Competition
  • Adoption of negotiation strategies
  • Optimization of procurement practices
  • Bundling of services

Adoption of technology savings aspect

The implementation of new technology such as SCADA to check leakage and damage in pipelines, advanced metering technology to streamline the billing procedure, and corrosion control technology to mitigate the distribution issues by suppliers enables buyers to save up to 8% of the total category spend.

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Optimization of procurement practices savings aspect

Buyers can considerably reduce transportation costs and procurement and delivery timelines by engaging with regional suppliers. Also, they can gain from the technological expertise of global suppliers by engaging with them. Hence, buyers should opt for an optimum mix of regional and global suppliers.

Bundling of services savings aspect

Suppliers providing long-term agreements of fixed price with provision to opt for additional supply during peak hours along with the integration of supply with services is an important bundling strategy.

The bundling of services can save up to 15% of the bundled spend area and increase the market foothold of the suppliers.

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Technavio is a leading global technology research and advisory company. The company develops over 2000 pieces of research every year, covering more than 500 technologies across 80 countries. Technavio has about 300 analysts globally who specialize in customized consulting and business research assignments across the latest leading edge technologies.

Technavio analysts employ primary as well as secondary research techniques to ascertain the size and vendor landscape in a range of markets. Analysts obtain information using a combination of bottom-up and top-down approaches, besides using in-house market modeling tools and proprietary databases. They corroborate this data with the data obtained from various market participants and stakeholders across the value chain, including vendors, service providers, distributors, resellers, and end-users.

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