As businesses strive to become more agile, more dynamic and more cost-effective, the very foundation of the economy—the workforce—is changing. The use of the flexible workforce (professional...
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It seems to all come down to volatility: Economic volatility (the Eurozone crisis and anemic economic growth) compounded with political volatility (elections in the US and on-going turmoil in the...
Case Study: A financial investment firm's quest to support growth through procurement excellence
The development of a procurement organization should not be seen as a one-time event or a...
Procurement as a function is on a journey toward greater importance and influence. As it evolves beyond its transactional and back office roots, the department is becoming a strategic player...
Do you know the value each supplier brings to your contingent labor program? Many sourcing leaders today are finding that better supplier management is yielding an additional way to realize...
For nearly 20 years, leading organizations have been using balanced scorecards to strategically measure the financial and non-financial performance of different operational functions within their...
There is a revolution taking shape in the business services industry, one that disregards the traditional shared services and outsourcing paradigms and centers the design of support services on...
Like many global business services organizations (i.e., groups that deliver shared services globally and/or managing global outsourcing efforts), yours probably has cost savings down to a...
Trends in the real estate and facilities management (REFM) outsourcing market gleaned from buyer organizations undertaking REFM outsourcing, leading global REFM outsourcing service providers, and...
KPMG, in association with CPO Agenda, has conducted an in-depth survey of 585 procurement functions globally. Findings demonstrate that procurement professionals have a significant opportunity to...