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		<title><![CDATA[Indirect Procurement Outsourcing - Why, How and When]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indirect procurement outsourcing is a hot topic in corporate America. Companies have realized that the procurement initiatives of the 90s and early 2000s did not deliver the level of cost competitiveness promised, so they have begun to look at outsourcing to deliver on those promises. Over the last 10-15 years,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Nov 2004 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Diamond In The Rough: The Four C's of Implementing a Procurement Outsourcing Strategy - II]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=72187]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Procurement outsourcing is one of the fastest growing areas of business process outsourcing BPO. The article outlines some practical steps to prepare an organization's procurement outsourcing strategy. A critical step in the formulation of a procurement outsourcing strategy is to segment ones spend categories into core and non-core based on...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Diamond In The Rough - The Current Economy Encourages A Close Look At Procurement Outsourcing]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=59015]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Business process outsourcing BPO is now not only accepted but expected in today's marketplace. Procurement outsourcing is quickly moving into the spotlight, along with human resources HR and finance and accounting (F&A). Although HR and F&A are a bit more mature in the market, more and more firms are seriously...]]></description>
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		<title><![CDATA[A Diamond In The Rough]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=59419]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Procurement outsourcing, like its BPO brothers (HR and F&A), provides reductions in operational costs, but procurement's ability to impact third-party expenditures, in addition to operational expenses, delivers immediate results to the bottom line. A dollar saved is a dollar earned, and companies can use these dollars in several ways: They...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Running the Numbers]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=176482]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Procurement outsourcing refers to the complete or partial transfer of the business processes, infrastructure and resources associated with purchasing all indirect costs, including contracted services, by a company to a third-party services provider. Procurement outsourcing is one segment of the larger Business Process Outsourcing BPO sector. The Everest report found...]]></description>
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