Includes how to avoid these mistakes; botching a mandate for procurement, getting ignored by the C-Suite, overpromising and underdelivering while increasing bureaucracy, reducing agility and...
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This whitepaper gives key insights into various areas of multi-vendor governance including: transforming multi-supplier complexity into service value, balancing accountability in a multi-vendor...
The most effective network strategies combine the blocking and tackling basics of operational improvement and tactical cost-cutting, along with the implementation of transformational change....
In Japan, most companies are built using the concept of consensus. In fact, they even have a term for it: “nemawashi” which fundamentally means binding the roots together so they grow in one...
When sourcing for passive talent, it is essential to have a strategic plan in order to search for, capture and engage potential candidates. With the widespread adoption of Web 2.0, communication...
Protecting confidential information is mission critical for all stakeholders involved in Business Process Services (BPS) initiatives. However, defining confidential information can be a challenge...
Vendor Management & Governance (VM&G) are the nerve centers for optimizing the value exchange between an enterprise outsourcing buyer and their provider(s). Join Sirion and Alsbridge in...
In the age of Big Data, when powerful analytical tools enable increasingly minute and granular data analysis, it is important not to lose sight of the "metrics that matter" - the top 10 leading...
Dave Bowen, CEO - MM4, and Managing Director - Xchanging Procurement, Americas
In a recent survey Xchanging executed across SIG's Peer2Peer Network, a number of...
Geoff Peters, Principal, The Hackett Group
As we approach year-end and wrap up planning for 2015, it's a great time to step back and take stock of what our Procurement...