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Strategic Sourcing: 2005 Computerworld Honors Case Study
The New York City Department of Education DOE, the largest public school system in the United States, serves more than one million students in 1,200 schools. Pressed to find savings - with the caveat that those savings could not adversely affect the level of services provided- the New York City...
Tags: Sourcing, Savings, Computerworld, International Data Group, Sourcing Team, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
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A Smart Sourcing Implementation Roadmap
This paper outlines a framework for sourcing IT services, from business case to management and a cycle of continuous improvement. It identifies and mitigates the limitations of the traditional sourcing methodology to provide a win-win relationship for the business and the provider over the long term. The proposed framework focuses...
Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2005-09-01
The Data Quality Lifeline: A Practical Approach to Strategic Sourcing
This webcast describes the steps to becoming a strategic sourcing organization and the technology solutions that can help a person achieve his or her goals. This Web seminar describes pressing challenges and best practices in strategic sourcing.
Tags: Data Quality, Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
Webcasts
Achieving Sourcing Excellence: A Three-Year Plan for Success
Learn how you can respond to challenging market conditions and add value to your organization by attaining sourcing excellence. Explore the stages of development, and see how you can create a three-year plan to achieve sourcing excellence.
Tags: SAP AG, sourcing
White papers 2007-01-01
Maximizing the Savings of Call Center Multi-Sourcing While Protecting Service Levels
Many companies are moving to multi-sourcing for call center agents, largely in pursuit of the cost savings that can come from flexibly tapping into a variety of labor pools. The trend is also growing because multi-sourcing enables call center resources to be rapidly scaled in either direction to align with...
Tags: Call-center, Echopass Corp., Call Centers, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), It Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
White papers 2007-05-22
IRS Competitive Sourcing: The Top 6 Myths
The major difference between Competitive Sourcing and outsourcing are government employees. Competitive sourcing allows employees to compete for government jobs with the private sector. Outsourcing does not afford government employees the opportunity to compete; with outsourcing, only private industry competes for the work. Competitive Sourcing conducts public-private competitions as a...
Tags: Sourcing, Internal Revenue Service, Competitive Sourcing, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2005-02-24
Stop Drowning in Data: A Strategic Sourcing Web Series - Beyond Simply Treading Water: Why Procurement Data Quality Matters
This webcast describes pressing challenges and best practices in strategic sourcing; five keys to transforming the procurement organization from transactional to strategic; the strategic sourcing continuum and how to determine the organization's spot on it; and steps the organization can take right now to become strategic.
Tags: Sourcing, SAS Institute, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
Webcasts
Beyond "Lowest Total Cost": The Move From Global Sourcing to Global Market-Making
Global sourcing is going mainstream - helping companies leverage low-cost labor and overhead to acquire goods and materials for less money. However, in today's well-connected world, low-cost country sourcing opportunities shouldn't be the sole inspiration for new business initiatives. Instead, retailers and manufacturers need to see that the world is...
Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers
Sap Solutions for E-Sourcing : Enabling Procurement Transformation
Under pressure to deliver constant profitability, procurement organizations must effectively manage and increase visibility into expenditures and streamline the process of selecting suppliers. SAP solutions for e-sourcing enable negotiation activities such as auctions, requests for proposals, information and quotation, plus services to deliver the right offering the need to begin...
Tags: e-Sourcing, SAP AG, Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
White papers 2006-07-01
EquaTerra Position: The Pros, Cons and Market Trending for Multi-Sourced ITO
As the Information Technology Outsourcing ITO market continues to expand and mature, an increasing number of buyers are finding themselves in multi-sourcing scenarios. Whether buyers arrive at this point by design or default, multi-sourcing introduces both additional opportunities and complexities into the ITO equation. At minimum, multi-sourcing mandates changes and...
Tags: Information Technology, Buyer, EquaTerra, Strategy, Outsourcing, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
White papers 2008-02-18
Helping Your Organization Reduce Spend and Increase Operational Efficiencies
This white paper describes strategic sourcing and reverse auctions within the context of buy-side commerce. Starting with a quick analysis of the strategic sourcing market, the paper then examines the main processes of strategic sourcing and the main features of online reverse auctions. It also discusses the vital role an...
Tags: Sourcing, E-procurement, IBM Corp., Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-02-01
Renault F1 Team Speeds Race Car Development With High-Performance Network Appliance Storage Systems
Renault F1 Team is responsible for the design, manufacture, and sourcing of all parts and the assembly, testing, and running of its race cars. The sheer scale of this operation results in vast data requirements, and the team had experienced considerable growth and infrastructure changes since an initial deployment of...
Tags: Team, Network Appliance Inc., High-performance, Storage System, Renault, NetApp, Renault F1 Team, Team Management, Storage, Management, Hardware
Case studies
Out sourcing our Data Center.
Hi, We have a 5-7 server data center, and our CEO is curious about out sourcing our servers, rather than spending 35K to update the entire room.I have placed calls with a few data outsourcing companies, and just waitin to hear back from them regarding pricing, etc.Does any one have...
Tags: data center, doepain@..., hardware, sourcing
Q&A 2006-05-10
Delivering a Business Responsive IT Infrastructure for Less
A comprehensive global financial products and services company signed a multi-year, multi-million dollar agreement to outsource its IT infrastructure with a leading global outsourcing provider. PA Consulting Group was selected as their independent client side delivery partner to supply the appropriate combination of industry leading business and transformational sourcing expertise....
Tags: Sourcing, IT Infrastructure, Information Technology, PA Consulting Group, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
Case studies
Ariba Spend Management for the Public Sector
Ariba Spend Management enables public sector users to automate and expedite all their sourcing and procurement activities. Integration of analysis, sourcing, supplier selection, contract management, purchasing, and invoicing procedures into a spend management system makes the entire purchasing process more efficient. Whether sourcing or purchasing items such as information technology,...
Tags: Sourcing, Ariba Inc., Ariba Spend Management, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-12-29
Going Global with Application Outsourcing
For organizations contemplating the best way to capitalize on global sourcing, this paper outlines Keane's Seamless Global Delivery Model and shows how this unique approach can maximize the benefits of global sourcing. The paper features: The advantages the Seamless Global Delivery Model affords over other industry approaches, A detailed look...
Tags: Keane Inc., Sourcing, Outsourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2002-08-01
Ariba Spend Management for the Pharmaceutical Industry
Ariba Spend Management solutions allow pharmaceutical companies to automate and streamline every step in the sourcing and procurement process; from spend analysis to negotiation to supplier selection to payment. Procurement and sourcing professionals can source more categories, build closer relationships with key suppliers, and negotiate more advantageous contracts. Whether for...
Tags: Sourcing, Ariba Inc., Industry, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-12-29
Raising the Bar on Hiring Standards: Using Technology to Integrate Candidate Sourcing and Screening
This whitepaper provides a discussion of the positive impact technology based sourcing and filtering tools can have on hiring efficiency and effectiveness. This paper suggests that these benefits are best realized via the use of an integrated technology platform that can simultaneously source and filter applicants based on the degree...
Tags: Hiring, Sourcing, Standards, Recruitment & Selection, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2005-07-20
Epson Reforms Its Sourcing Process for Product Competitiveness and Better Supplier Relations
Founded in 1942, Seiko Epson Corporation is a leader in imaging, robotics, precision machinery, and electronics. Seiko Epson wanted to standardize sourcing processes across the imaging products business line to reduce the cost of materials and consolidate sourcing channels and streamline procurement processes to reduce operational costs. The challenge was...
Tags: Sourcing, Oracle Corp., Seiko Epson Corp., Imaging, Epson, Supplier, Purchasing & Procurement, Document Management, Strategy, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Management
Case studies 2008-06-01
Implementing Alternative Sourcing Strategies: Four Case Studies
Over the next several years, the federal government will continue to face growing pressure to provide more and improved services while containing or reducing costs. In this report, the authors present four case studies that highlight how different organizations have implemented outsourcing, competitive sourcing, and public-private partnerships to achieve savings...
Tags: Sourcing, National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council, Case Study, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-10-01
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