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- Formal Sourcing Strategies Lead to Higher ROI From Outsourcing: Double-Digit Growth and Strategic Sourcing
- The analysis of CFOs' perspectives on outsourcing finds that double-digit growth DDG companies are more likely to have formal sourcing strategies in place, to make greater use of outsourcing, and to achieve a higher ROI from outsourcing than their peers at single-digit growth SDG companies. Double-digit growth companies are more...
- White papers 2004-04-23
- Service Process Optimization Through Services: Automation and Global Strategic Sourcing
- CIO's and the departments they manage are challenged by a new working reality that includes tighter budgets and growing demand for demonstrable return on investments. Even as the resources available to them become increasingly constrained, IT departments also face greater pressure from executives and board members to align their activities...
- White papers 2003-01-10
- E-Procurement: Strategic Sourcing for Restaurants
- For the restaurant industry the purchase process has traditionally been a labor-intensive, paper and pencil, time consuming, monotonous routine requiring knowledgeable buyers, capable sellers and a detailed set of inventory and audit procedures. Simply stated, restaurants need to control purchasing practices in order to contain costs while improving productivity. An...
- White papers 2004-04-01
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- Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core on BNET
- Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core on BNETPros and Cons of outsourcingWe have seens mergers & aquisitions, vertical & horizontal integration, and now out outsourcing as a trend, the thing crucially important is that such alliances work on long term strategic partnerships and not merely on economical factors, because...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Strategic Sourcing: From Periphery to the Core
- The Idea in Brief Almost nothing a company does can't be outsourced anymore--even functions as critical as engineering, marketing, and manufacturing. Yet only 6% of the companies that outsource are satisfied with the practice. Why?...
- Articles 2008-01-04
- Sourcing Goes Strategic
- If finance professionals believe that finance and accounting outsourcing, whether it's comprehensive or selective, is not going to happen at their company, they're living in a dream world. This article comments that the outsourcing of business processes, particularly in finance and accounting, is moving to a higher level, requiring greater...
- White papers 2002-01-09
- Textron commodity team consolidates copier buy. (Sourcing Strategies).
- Using a commodity team of representatives from each of its businesses--Aircraft, Fastening Systems, Industrial Products, Industrial Components and Finance--and its headquarters location in Providence, RI., Textron Inc. has consolidated its copier buy, reducing purchase costs by 17%. Led by Ryan Doerksen,...
- Research articles 2002-10-24
- Nokia debuts N900, first Linux smartphone
- Nokia released its first smartphone running Linux-based Maemo software, a day after a Reuters report indicated it would do so. The company said the device, called the N900, represents an evolution from its Internet Tablet devices which did not sport cellular connections that had run on Linux. The company said...
- News items 2009-08-27
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- It can be easy for heads of procurement to lead other departments, says Iain Rayner Iain Rayner last week moved from the role of strategic sourcing director to deputy finance director. Leaving Prudential to join FTSE 250 financial consultancy St James's Place SJP, Rayner says sourcing experience is...
- Research articles 2007-12-13
- DOD Personnel: DOD Actions Needed to Strengthen Civilian Human Capital Strategic Planning and Integration with Military Personnel and Sourcing Decisions.
- GAO-03-475 March 28, 2003 The Department of Defense's DOD civilian employees play key roles in such areas as defense policy, intelligence, finance, acquisitions, and weapon systems maintenance. Although downsized 38 percent between fiscal years 1989 and 2002, this workforce has taken on greater roles as a result of...
- Research articles 2003-05-01
- Nokia's Executive game of musical chairs: CFO Rick Simonson to head Devices Unit on November 1st
- During Nokia (NYSE: NOK)'s Q3 conference call see my live blog here the company alluded to some changes in management. They didn't exactly specify what was going to change, that is until this morning when they issued this press release: Nokia today announced some changes in the roles of its...
- News items 2009-10-16
- Ten clean technology predictions for 2010
- For several years now, as each year comes to a close, we've been issuing predictions for the coming one. While we certainly acknowledge we've not necessarily gotten each one right in years past, a great number of our predictions have proved prescient (see Eight cleantech developments to watch for in...
- News items 2009-11-30
- How Operations Research Drives Success at P&G
- Operations research isn't just geek science at P&G. It's an integral part of the company's marketing, sales and supply chain. ...
- Articles 2008-02-13
- Royal Dutch Shell Q3 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. We will now begin the question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Theepan Jothilingam from Morgan Stanley is now online with a question. Theepan Jothilingam – Morgan Stanley Yes. Hi, good afternoon Peter. Just a couple of questions please. Just firstly, you've been very active...
- Earnings calls 2007-10-25
- Retirement Plans Across Borders: The Case for Pan Asia-Pacific Pensions
- For a typical multinational company, providing retirement benefits to employees in the Asia-Pacific region presents several challenges. These include the sourcing of appropriate products, governance risks associated with centralized HR and finance functions, integration with statutory retirement benefit requirements, and issues relating to mobile employees. A centralized plan covering employees...
- White papers 2006-01-13
- New fellow: Sarah Ellis
- Sarah Ellis, head of sourcing for the BBC, has been awarded CIPS fellowship. She joined the BBC in 2001 as the head of commodities and services procurement before taking up her current role. She has a wealth of strategic and tactical procurement experience from a range of sectors including finance,...
- Research articles 2007-08-23
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