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HP's Andy Isherwood on running IT like a business, with an eye to transforming IT's role

The financial situation at the moment is driving a more intense look at those sourcing options and what it does from a financial point of view for that particular organization. ... SaaS is a great offering. We’ve been in that business for nine years and we have 700 customers. So,...

Tags: Sourcing, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Management, Finance, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-22

Can the next President turn the USA into a competitive sourcing location

Can the next President turn the USA into a competitive sourcing locationIT Outsourcing is playing a key role in this recession periodMany company's naming the big one's to small one especially IT sector are purely or somewhat working in Outsourcing there business.People in US can become beneficial as they can...

Tags: Managed hosting, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, sourcing location, outsourcing, sourcing

Discussion threads 2009-04-30

Facing Microsoft licensing decisions? Bridge the gap between Operations and Sourcing

Whether or not to sign or renew an Enterprise Agreement with Microsoft is a sticky question that many organizations face. For many companies out there, their spend on Microsoft licensing can be a significant portion of a company's IT budget, whether it be Enterprise Agreements or Select License agreements. Some...

Tags: Software, Sourcing, Virtualization, Server, Microsoft Corp., Software Assurance, Chris Voce

Blog posts 2009-03-02

How Organisations Find Consultants and Experts in the Open Market?

There is significant scope for improving the way in which organisations and individual buyers find consultants, experts and professional services when panels and tenders are not appropriate. Because of the flexibility and low cost base this sourcing approach offers, it is projected to continue or grow as a legitimate approach...

Tags: Sourcing, Consultant, Open Market, Expert Magnet, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management

White papers 2009-03-01

Peanut recall and supply chain worries

As the Peanut Corp. of America scandal rolls on, a new bit of information has thickened the plot: Chinese organic peanuts may have been the source of another Salmonella outbreak at PCA back in 2006.  Now that China is part of the story we have a full blown worst practice...

Tags: China, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management, Kevin O'Marah

Blog posts 2009-02-19

WorldBridge Partners (MRI Affiliate) Cuts Candidate Sourcing Time; What Used to Take Weeks Took Only a Few Hours!

WorldBridge Partners is a human resource solutions firm dedicated to corporations that demand high performance people. WorldBridge Partners was engaged on a national project to help fill a large number of openings for a key client. This project was in an industry that was new to WorldBridge Partners. WorldBridge did...

Tags: eGrabber, High-performance, Leadership, Management, Sourcing, Strategy, WorldBridge Partners

Case studies 2009-01-01

Driving Innovation With Global Sourcing

Apart from its core competence in networking equipment, the client provides a range of products for transporting data, voice, and video through networks spread over various distances. The cost of manufacturing such products is quite high. Moreover, the company has to ensure effective integration of services across geographies. The business...

Tags: Innovation, Sourcing, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Product Development, Leadership, Strategy, Business Structures, Outsourcing, Networking, Research & Development, Business Operations, Management, Finance, It Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Case studies 2009-01-01

Sourcing on Right Tracks

The railroad industry, being one of the oldest industries, has not been very progressive in terms of its IT usage. The client wanted to move from this approach to a more process-oriented model. It was looking at leveraging outsourcing to manage costs and IT deployment in a more effective and...

Tags: Sourcing, Industry, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Strategy, Outsourcing, Managed Hosting, Management, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Case studies 2009-01-01

Transforming Communication Services With Global Sourcing

The client, a leading communication solutions provider with over $35 billion revenues and more than 20 million customers, set out to transform its operations to provide next generation services. The existing infrastructure had a number of drawbacks like Operational Inefficiencies, Disoriented workflow and redundancy, Disparate systems, Lack of process coherence,...

Tags: Sourcing, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Telephony, Roi/Tco, Telecom & Utilities, Purchasing & Procurement, Telecommunications, Strategy, Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Business Operations, Management

Case studies 2009-01-01

Microsoft to tweak 'compatibility view' with next IE 8 test build

Microsoft to tweak 'compatibility view' with next IE 8 test buildWill Silverlight web sites have to be viewed in compatibility view?If that is the case, why is one part of MS pushing loose adherence to web standards, and another part of MS pushing strict adherence to web standards?RE: Microsoft to...

Tags: Web browsers, Open-Source Browser, Microsoft Internet Explorer, open source, Microsoft Corp., Web browser, sourcing

Discussion threads 2008-12-04

Appointment Scheduling: The Moment of Truth

As companies continue to streamline their supply chain an area often forgotten about is the Shipping or Receiving Department even though this Department is critical to the successful flow through of products through the supply chain. Too often an organization will align their supply and demand, but not provide the...

Tags: Supply Chain, Sourcing, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management

White papers 2008-11-24

Crowdsourcing? Try expert sourcing

Corporate America has hopped on the crowd sourcing bandwagon, but they may want to start considering another option: Expert sourcing. That's one of the big takeaways from a report by Forrester Research. Forrester analyst Chris Townsend writes: Corporate use of Innovation Networks is rapidly expanding as...

Tags: Sourcing, Crowdsourcing, Forrester Research Inc., Expert Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Controlling Your Print Spend: Enterprise Print Sourcing in Today's Businesses

All organizations, regardless of size, must produce printed materials for themselves and for their clients. The larger the organization, the greater its printing needs, but the less likely that print procurement will be carried out in an organized manner. Too often, departments are left to fend for themselves in a...

Tags: Xerox Corp., Sourcing, Printing, Document Management, Printers, Purchasing & Procurement, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals, Business Operations

White papers 2008-09-01

Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles abound

Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles aboundSourcing Offshore...I will say up front that I represent a publisher who specializes in international business, cultural, trade and logistics reference titles. We do a fair amount of outsourcing business overseas, with in-house editors to assure consistency. We found that most companies overseas were very...

Tags: Supply chain, Purchasing & Procurement, Outsourcing, Sourcing Offshore, sourcing, logistics

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

Dabbler or Optimizer? Consulting company comes out with model that rates your org's green credentials

Someone asked me last week if I knew of any companies that provide green tech assets services for small or midsize businesses. Honestly, I know of none, but I'll put my thinking cap on. Meanwhile, if you're wondering how you fare alongside your peers when it comes to "green enterprise...

Tags: Sourcing, Green Technology, Consulting, Results Group, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-08-13

Sourcing offshore: Cultural hurdles abound

Update below: Do IT need managers need a crash course in India and China culture? My hunch is that they will as companies increasingly source to India and China. And the consensus appears to be that culture is a major hang-up. With that in mind here are...

Tags: Offshore, China, Sourcing, India, Jason, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Channel Management, Business Operations, Management, Marketing, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-13

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

The City of Edinburgh Council Saves US$8 Million in 2007-08 Through Intelligent, Automated Procurement

City of Edinburgh Council wanted to optimize value of US$1.4 billion annual spend through smarter, transparent purchasing, electronic procure-to-pay processes, and efficient, collaborative supplier management and streamline compliance with government and EU public sector procurement legislation while sharing best practices with other local authorities in line with pathfinder council status....

Tags: Public Sector, Sourcing, Oracle Corp., Procurement, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations

Case studies 2008-06-01

Six Key Ways Supplier Enablement Solutions Can Immediately Reduce Offshore Sourcing Costs in Complex, Import-Driven Supply Chains

Meeting customer demands accurately and on time requires one to have a great deal of control over the supply chain processes - and all of the trading partners involved. Yet, developing and maintaining effective communication with a network of disparate suppliers located around the world is a challenge many companies...

Tags: Offshore, Sourcing, Supplier, Channel Management, Marketing

White papers 2008-05-01

Global Sourcing: Understanding the People and Organizational Capabilities Needed for a Successful Transformational Journey

The purpose of this paper is to raise awareness regarding the "Organizational and people" changes that need to happen in order to optimize a global sourcing program. As companies increasingly leverage a global sourcing strategy, business and IT leadership need to consider how they manage their organization as they move...

Tags: Sourcing, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management

White papers 2008-05-01