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Global Services
June 27, 2007 |
The Global Sourcers More and more people are sourcing services from around the world for their companies. But do they have the right skills for a job that is becoming increasingly strategic to their companies?   |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
By The Numbers: Spending Analysis Best Practices Xchange queries summit attendees on applying technology to sourcing. |
Global Services
August 27, 2007
Rinku Tyagi |
The World is Far from Flat The world is far from flat. And, we have just begun to see the impact of globalization. Outsourcing will be the greatest economic leveling force in mankind's existence. |
Global Services
July 8, 2008
Namita Goel |
Speedsourcing Accelerating the sourcing process using an interactive and collaborative approach is not only desired, but also appropriate for many organizations today |
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. |
HRO Today
Jul/Aug 2008
Atul Vashistha |
Is Global Sourcing an Item on Your Strategic Plan of Action? Survey examines what buyers are thinking when it comes to sourcing services on a global scale. |
Global Services
September 1, 2008 |
The Definitive Survey of Sourcing Advisers Welcome to the first ever study on sourcing advisory companies that covers the views of service buyers and providers. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Sources of Strength With globalization forces transforming their businesses, manufacturers are creating more powerful sourcing strategies to control costs throughout the supply chain. |
Global Services
July 1, 2008
Deborah Kops |
Advice and Warn In a relatively nascent industry such as global services, third-party advisers can play a very important role in the shaping and implementation of a strategy. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Breathing Down on the Dragon More low-cost countries are proving to be viable alternatives to China. |
Global Services
December 4, 2008
Masur & Baldia |
Outsourcing in a Challenging Economy: The Multisourcing Alternative Many companies today are increasingly recognizing the possible benefits of a newer strategy known as multisourcing, which may well be a particularly effective strategy in rough economic times |
IndustryWeek
July 1, 2007
Traci Purdum |
Purchasing Salaries: By The Numbers The results of a recent 2007 salary survey from the Institute of Supply Management. |
Global Services
June 4, 2008
Namita Goel |
Into its Own: Sourcing as a Profession If the demand for sourcing professionals outstrips supply, where will the talent come from? |
Global Services
July 1, 2008
Imrana Khan |
The Case for Transformation Beyond the hype about transformation there's some real work being delivered that makes the case for business transformation outsourcing. |
Global Services
April 29, 2007
Bob Johnson |
Obtaining the Best Telecom Contract Voice and data convergence technologies have become the accepted network service platforms. But, these new and maturing services may have not been available when the contract was first signed, and hence must be evaluated during contract re-negotiations. |
IndustryWeek
May 1, 2008 |
Letters to the Editor For May 2008 Readers speak out on global trade issues and respect for employees. |
Insurance & Technology
December 6, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Outsourcing Reaches New Levels of Maturity While many insurers are still struggling with the management of offshore resources, industry leaders are crafting long-term global sourcing strategies for strategic competitive advantage. |
Global Services
July 30, 2007
Glenn Brule |
Business-analysis Skills: Critical for Sourcing Success Whether a company is embarking on a full-scale, outsourced call center or IT operation, or contracting globally for simple project-based services, the need for business-analysis skills is vital. Yet, the role of a business analyst in outsourced engagements is often undefined and elusive. |
IndustryWeek
September 14, 2011 |
Time To Tell Your CPOs to Collaborate With Suppliers How to create value by collaborating inside and outside the organization. |
Global Services
January 28, 2008 |
The Future of Risk Over a decade where IT systems became critical to every aspect of business, identifying and managing IT risks - once a minor component of operational risk - has emerged as a significant challenge. |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Steve Minter |
Moving Sourcing Closer to Home Nearshoring manufacturing offers many of the advantages of offshoring, but with an added degree of security. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2004
Purdum & Teresko |
Smart Outsourcing Rather than get too worried about jobs we are losing, we have to ask ourselves what we are really good at and how we can do it better. |
InternetNews
March 30, 2004
Roy Mark |
Study Claims IT Job Gains Offset Offshoring Pain Global sourcing of computer software and services increases the number of U.S. jobs, ITAA says in new study. |
IndustryWeek
February 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Cost in Translation More effective sourcing efforts could be as simple as getting your procurement and finance departments to speak the same language. |
IndustryWeek
January 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Regaining Cost-Consciousness The A&D industry wakes up to new ways to reduce procurement costs. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2002
Jill Jusko |
Procurement -- Not All Dollars And Cents Despite the downswing in the economy, manufacturers continue to strive for collaborative procurement partnerships... |
CIO
April 27, 2011
Sharyn Leaver |
IT-Business Alignment a Thing of the Past It's time for CIOs to embrace an integrated, evolving strategy. |
Global Services
July 11, 2008
Mukherji & Singh |
The Next Wave of Outsourcing: Remote Infrastructure Management The rapid evolution in remote server-management technologies and IT architectures, changes in customer behaviors and demand patterns, and developments in the provider and offshore supply environment is propelling the industry toward accelerated adoption of RIM |
IndustryWeek
August 19, 2009
Steve Minter |
Offshoring by U.S. Companies Doubles Small and medium employers find talent overseas. |
FAO Today
Nov/Dec 2007
Steer et al. |
Wishful Thinking or Absolute Necessity? Shared Services Strategy Making the most of a shared-services model depends on a number of variables. Read on for more information. |
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. |
HBS Working Knowledge
November 14, 2005
Cohen & Young |
Measuring Your "Multisourcing" Progress While it is important to understand the performance of a service provider in relation to baselines, understanding the business value of your sourcing relationships also depends on understanding the market rates for your required service levels. |
Global Services
November 5, 2007
Dorie Culp |
Keeping Employee Morale High The time-consuming process of sourcing evaluation spreads a lot of anxiety among employees regarding their future. These guidelines will help maintain employee morale and make sourcing transitions smooth and efficient. |
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 |
Insurance & Technology
June 16, 2004
Greg Tranter |
Focus on Knowledge Transfer The insurance industry can outsource to optimize their cost structure, but for maximum value they should also consider leveraging sourcing partnerships to refine internal IT capabilities. |
Global Services
June 1, 2008
Imrana Khan |
Offshoring: Not the Answer to the Challenges of Globalization Offshore outsourcing enabled globalization and its economics brought value to the business. What now? |
FAO Today
Jan/Feb 2008
Ramakrishnan & Frangulescu |
Are You Winning? Complement your Service Level Agreements by using a strategic sourcing scorecard. |
HRO Today
April 2008
Barron & Ranjan |
Embracing the World's Offerings Global sourcing is increasingly a valuable tool for achieving business process outsourcing cost savings, and HR outsourcing buyers, long holdouts against offshoring, will finally start to give in to its alluring value. |
FAO Today
Mar/Apr 2008
Michael J. Steer |
Picking the Right Model There is a definite shift toward a more sophisticated and segmented view of processes outsourcing with the relatively unsophisticated model of "all or nothing" morphing into a more hybrid solution. |
CIO
November 15, 2005
Stephanie Overby |
Book Review: A Source for Sourcing A guide to IT outsourcing success, whether you outsource a little, a lot or not at all. |
Global Services
July 30, 2007 |
Outsourcing in a Vacuum The 1990s created a legacy of billions of dollars worth of outsourcing contracts that are now approaching renewal. How can organizations take re-sourcing or in-sourcing decisions when a large part of knowledge resides with the existing provider? |
Food Engineering
September 3, 2007
Jim Getchell |
Globalization: Where in the World is Your Supply Chain? Globalization and outsourcing offer opportunities and risks for US food manufacturers striving to optimize their supply chains. |
IndustryWeek
October 1, 2008
Nick Zubko |
Problems in Purchasing Pricing pressures and attracting new talent are the most imminent threats to the purchasing department. |
Global Services
December 4, 2008
Andrew Efstathiou |
Revisiting Bank Sourcing in Troubled Times Can banks aggressively reduce cost with limited investment funds, managerial time, and limited growth prospects? |
IndustryWeek
December 16, 2010 |
Balancing Product Cost and Innovation How manufacturing leaders are making cost management part of the fabric of a company's operations and innovation efforts. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 19, 2007
James Walker |
Credit Suisse Learns From Past Outsourcing Deals to Fine-Tune Agreement With BT and Swisscom Credit Suisse refined its recent sourcing process to compress the timescales, which not only enabled the bank to generate savings faster but also created a more-competitive and aggressive bidding environment, right up to contract signature. |
Global Services
November 4, 2008
Jolie Newman |
The Innovation Imperative Understand the essential nature of innovation in outsourcing engagements. |
IndustryWeek
August 1, 2008
Jonathan Katz |
Welcome Back U.S. Manufacturing It's too early to tell whether high fuel prices and the falling dollar will be enough to bring offshored operations back home, but some recent moves suggest it's possible. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2009
Jim Royal |
Outsource Your Offshoring Maybe it's time to outsource your offshoring investing into high-quality businesses that move your capital to the most efficient areas. |
Global Services
April 21, 2008
Amrita Singh |
Outsourcing Goes Rural Amidst barns and ranches, livestock and corncobs could lie the foundation of the next big services outsourcing, as concerns about rising costs drive companies to look at viable options in small towns and rural areas in both the U.S. and Asia. |
