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Are Vendors Contributing To the Slowdown in New Procurement BPO? Mismatches between buy-side requirements and vendors' services and capabilities prove challenging.   |
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March 1, 2007
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Outsourcing Procurement Personal-paper-products maker Kimberly-Clark aims to focus on what it does best. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Speaking Out on Outsourcing Study shows more companies are now willing to outsource procurement tasks. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Peggy Cope |
The Drive to Procurement Outsourcing ICG Commerce CEO talks about the drivers, challenges, and best practices of outsourcing your procurement. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Lisa Ross |
Department Procurement: Try Adding Procurement By outsourcing finance & accounting and procurement together, you can fan the flames of powerful synergies that will go straight to the bottom line -- while helping to improve operations. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Buyer's Discourse: By the Numbers Companies that take a strategic and integrated approach to procurement can not only reduce costs, but also realize value and efficiencies. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Aligning Business Functions Pays Off Recent study outlines best practices to ensure a world-class procurement function. |
CIO
November 1, 2000
Tracy Mayor |
Our Vendors, Ourselves - Interview: Frank Casale Frank Casale wants you to love your outsourcer as yourself... |
IndustryWeek
January 20, 2010
David Blanchard |
Transformation is Out; Optimization is In A look at what to expect from the global supply chain in 2010. |
CFO
May 15, 2012
Josh Hyatt |
The Rise and Rise of Procurement Like CFOs of yore, procurement executives are shedding their roles as stewards and becoming what their companies need them to be: strategic thinkers. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2006
John Teresko |
The Services Procurement Challenge Outside and indirect services spending averages 15% of revenue. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Steve Minter |
Procurement Outsourcing in Manufacturing Large manufacturers helped lead the procurement outsourcing market to 30% growth in 2008, according to a recent study. |
CFO
November 1, 2009
Alix Stuart |
Buy It for Me Companies are increasingly using third-party procurement services, even for essential purchases. |
CIO
December 16, 2009
Stephanie Overby |
DIY Outsourcing Saves Money, Adds Control Pricey IT consultants can be time savers but there are benefits -- beyond penny pinching -- to crafting your own outsourcing deal. |
Entrepreneur
March 2006
Chris Penttila |
Out With It When growing your business, you know you can't do it all on your own. But could you be outsourcing too much? |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 21, 2008
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Comerica Awards BPO Contract to Accenture Accenture will provide COmerica with outsourced management of its procurement operations. |
IndustryWeek
July 22, 2009
Steve Minter |
Risky Disconnect Between Purchasing and Finance Only 28% of CFOS said they believe procurement has a significant impact on financial risk exposure. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Matters of Perception Many procurement teams feel underused and under-appreciated, but now could be their chance to shine. |
IndustryWeek
November 17, 2010 |
Trimming the Fat From Indirect Procurement Industrial manufacturers are looking to sharply reduce transactional costs and the number of purchase orders. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Anthony O'Donnell |
Room for Improvement Insurers should be more aggressive in managing outsourcing's risks and reaping its rewards as part of an overall sourcing strategy. |
CIO
April 1, 2002 |
Online Procurement Companies can reduce their total purchasing budget by up to 8.5 percent by buying online, according to an IDC study... |
National Real Estate Investor
October 1, 2002
Larry Hall |
Finding the Holes in Purchasing Policies The growth of real estate portfolios triggered many inefficiencies that are now apparent in a down economy. Despite greater scrutiny of spending, many real estate executives remain unaware of the high price of wasteful procurement operations. |
InternetNews
August 29, 2005
Tim Gray |
Financial Service Providers Should Outsource More To improve the bottom line, financial firms should send IT work out. |
HBS Working Knowledge
July 4, 2005
Poping Lin |
Should You Outsource Your Marketing? Most companies already outsource a portion of their marketing function -- advertising. But what about direct-mail management, lead management, or customer analytics? |
IndustryWeek
May 16, 2012
David Blanchard |
Straight Talk about Indirect Procurement The finance and purchasing departments need to get on the same page about their indirect procurement. |
Wall Street & Technology
October 25, 2004
Jim Middlemiss |
BPO Draws Broader Appeal Faced with ever-increasing pressure to cut costs, more investment firms are tapping business process outsourcing. |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
First-Hand Accounts: By The Numbers Electronic connectivity with suppliers improves cost savings in procurement and accounts payable, study says. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
The Talent Search New skills and capabilities will be in high demand as procurement moves away from traditional responsibilities. |
Global Services
November 29, 2007 |
The Future of Buy-side Sourcing Careers The real change between now and 2010 for outsourcing professionals is likely to be less in terms of what they do, and more in terms of the recognition of their role and its importance. |
Wall Street & Technology
June 13, 2006 |
Spending More Can Be Satisfying Research from an outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm reveals a direct correlation between an organization's satisfaction with its outsourcing efforts and how much it invests in outsourcing management and governance. |
Global Services
March 6, 2008 |
Enabling Better Business & IT Alignment What will set apart great business leaders is the ability to adapt to and manage change well. Here are some tips for selecting and managing multiple IT service providers |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Menzigian et al. |
Outsourcing Order-to-Cash & Procure-to-Pay For finance and accounting outsourcing, an understanding of Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay unlocks new opportunities to create business impact. |
CFO
March 1, 2011
Janet Kersnar |
Outsourcing Matures, Slowly To make outsourcing deals succeed, CFOs still need to ask plenty of questions -- and demand more flexibility in contracts. |
Global Services
September 25, 2008 |
Sales Strategies to Succeed in a Tough Economy The basics of selling and account management do not change in a tough economy. Regardless of the level of business economic conditions, the selling teams in service provider companies only need to make some tactical adjustments to reach their revenue goals. |
CIO
August 5, 2014
Stephanie Overby |
IT Outsourcing Customers Mad as Hell, Ready to Walk IT outsourcing customers are demanding more from their providers and consider showing the door to those who can't move up the value chain of IT services, according to a recent survey. |
IndustryWeek
September 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Good Captains and Calm Seas Five ways CPOs can prepare for an economic downturn. |
Bank Technology News
December 2004
Holly Sraeel |
Outsourcing Gets a Closer Look. But is It Different? The strategic value of outsourcing has always been the source of some debate in banking. The question is, "Is it different than in years past?" Good question, and the answer depends on the size of institution. |
Global Services
December 7, 2008
Chris Osentowski |
Global Sourcing Strategies Customers are conferring with their global sourcing providers to revisit their outsourcing strategies, procurement processes, transition and delivery commitments for what is expected to be a soft year. |
Global Services
October 29, 2007
Deborah Kops |
If the Shoe Fits, Wear it Is there a predictive fit between such characteristics as culture, measurement systems, ways of working, procurement strategy and the type of global services solutions specific companies should implement? |
Food Engineering
April 1, 2008 |
Outsourcing requires homework There's no doubt that outsourcing can save money and take the pressure off several business tasks -- if executed properly. But many companies don't do homework first, according to this Deloitte Consulting 2008 report. |
CRM
February 2, 2004
Ginger Conlon |
The Great Outsourcing Debate The debate has its own benefit, that of providing information and opinion on both sides that could help companies decide what's right. |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Gaining the Outsourcing Edge Whether they consider outsourcing applications, infrastructure or business processes, insurers have a myriad of reasons to contract out portions of their operations. |
Wall Street & Technology
July 26, 2004
Jessica Pallay |
The Dirty 'O' Word Data managers are no longer shocking us with talk about outsourcing - some of them are actually doing it. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2005 |
Finance -- On Balance Senior executives, especially in this Sarbanes-Oxley era, remain hesitant to outsource finance functions. Done selectively, however, such outsourcing might actually benefit governance and compliance. A recent survey of 203 senior executives reinforces this premise. |
IndustryWeek
December 1, 2006
Traci Purdum |
Procurement: Managing Maverick Spend How a Web-based solution can keep indirect-materials spend in check. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008 |
So You Think you Want to Outsource Your IT? Here are five key questions to answer before making the outsourcing decision. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
The Do-It-Yourself Guide Is it always cheaper to farm it out, or should some things stay in-house? Here are six ways to help crack the "make or buy" mystery. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Fersht & Sappenfield |
Preparing the New Organization for Life After Outsourcing The cost and performance benefits of outsourcing are now generally recognized, but the range of benefits varies widely. And, much of this variability can be attributed to the company's ability to effectively transition to the new organization. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Walking into Walls Learn to overcome these five obstacles to building a reliable supplier network. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2007
Brad Kenney |
Second-Generation IT Outsourcing Best practices for IT outsourcing are changing as the process matures. |
