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The Art of Management in Outsourcing
The sourcing business is to some extent a very people-intense business. People overlook HR and they look at that as a downstream process. Many outsourcing contracts are defined at a very high level, for instance a CIO level, VP level, sometimes CEO level. Outsourcing is not a new concept. Internal...
Tags: Sourcing, CTQ Media, Sourcing Business, Outsourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting
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Tourtellotte Solutions, a software development and consulting company, finalized its acquisition of Inovis' sourcing business.(Brief Article)
Tourtellotte Solutions, a software development and consulting company, finalized its acquisition of Inovis' sourcing business. "We see a significant gap between what sourcing is today--fairly manual, and organized by silos--and what sourcing c Tourtellotte Solutions, a software development and consulting company, finalized its...
Tags: acquisition, consulting, software, software development, sourcing
Research articles 2005-07-14
Technology Nexus AB divests Product Sourcing business area to CapMan Plc
NORDIC BUSINESS REPORT-29 April 2004-Technology Nexus AB divests Product Sourcing business area to CapMan PlcC1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com The Swedish secured solutions provider Technology Nexus AB said on Thursday (29 April) that it had agreed to sell its business area Product Sourcing to the Finnish venture capital firm...
Tags: CapMan Plc.
Research articles 2004-04-29
Cygne Designs, Inc. Announces Proposed Sale Of Its Ann Taylor Sourcing Business
NEW YORK--BUSINESS WIRE--April 8, 1996--Cygne Designs, Inc. (Nasdaq:CYDS) today announced that it had entered into an agreement in principle with AnnTaylor Stores Corporation (NYSE:ANN) pursuant to which Ann Taylor will acquire Cygne's 60% interest in CAT, Cygne's sourcing joint venture with Ann Taylor, and the assets of Cygne's Ann Taylor...
Tags: agreement, AnnTaylor Stores Corp., asset, Company, Cygne Designs Inc., SALES, sourcing, Strategy
Research articles 1996-04-08
Elemica buys rubber business.(Brief Article)
[] Wayne, Pennsylvania--E-commerce materials supplier Elemica has bought the ElastomerSolutions web-based rubber and filler sourcing business. Most of ElastomerSolutions' members have now joined Elemica's 22 chemical companies. [] Wayne, Pennsylvania--E-commerce materials supplier Elemica has bought the ElastomerSolutions web-based rubber and filler sourcing ...
Research articles 2001-09-01
Siebel Systems and IBM Expand Global Strategic Alliance for Enterprise Business Intelligence Solutions
LOS ANGELES -- Siebel Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SEBL) and IBM, today announced an expansion of their global strategic alliance focused on Siebel Business Analytics at the Siebel Business Intelligence Summit in Los Angeles. The companies announced cooperation in the design of the new Siebel Enterprise Analytic Applications introduced today, leveraging IBM...
Tags: alliance, business analytics, IBM Corp., Siebel Systems Inc., strategic alliance
Research articles 2004-10-04
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?...
Tags: Stephen Phillips, Rudy Puryear, Mark Gottfredson, Finance, Marketing, Business Operations, It Operations, Channel Management, Outsourcing, Capability, Supplier, 7-Eleven Inc., Sourcing, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Business Structures, Outsource, Partnership, In Brief, Harvard Business Review
Articles 2008-01-04
CIGNA to Implement Frictionless Sourcing; Leading Employee Benefits Firm to Drive Cost Savings Through Enterprise Sourcing Platform
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 10, 2003 FrictionlessR Commerce, the enterprise sourcing leader, today announced that CIGNA Corporation has selected the FrictionlessR Sourcing enterprise sourcing platform to manage costs across the organization. "CIGNA is very focused on implementing a single solution that will facilitate the entire...
Tags: CIGNA Corp., Frictionless Commerce, sourcing, Strategy
Research articles 2003-03-10
Global Enabled Supply And Demand Chain Series: Sourcing
Sourcing is a market that suffers from the lack of a discernable leader, offers applications that are simplistic in the midst of a very complex business process and bidding event functionality that is similar between products. Until the hype generated during the overblown Internet bubble died down, along with the...
Tags: Sourcing, Demand Chain, e-Sourcing, Supplier, Purchasing & Procurement, Business Operations
White papers 2003-03-01
New Procuri Monograph is a Pragmatic Guide to Strategic Sourcing; Driving Business Performance with Strategic Sourcing Now Available
ATLANTA -- Procuri Inc., a leading provider of Web-based strategic sourcing solutions, demystifies strategic sourcing with a new 96-page monograph entitled, "Driving Business Performance with Strategic Sourcing: A roadmap to saving significant time and money through 'best value' strategic sourcing within the next few weeks--not months or years from now."
Tags: performance, Procuri, strategic sourcing
Research articles 2004-10-11
Enabling Business Innovation: The Case for a New Approach to Services Sourcing
Modular Global Sourcing is just such a model. It applies the fundamental concepts of modularization to business process and IT application and infrastructure services sourcing decision making, implementation, and ongoing management. This white paper introduces the Modular Global Sourcing model and examines the role of business process and IT services...
Tags: Innovation, Sourcing, Infosys Technologies Ltd., Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-05-01
Alticor Selects Frictionless Sourcing to Deploy Behind the Firewall and Integrate with Back-End Systems
Business Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 3, 2003 Global consumer packaged goods company to deploy enterprise sourcing platform across worldwide operations FrictionlessR Commerce, the enterprise sourcing leader, today announced that Alticor Inc. has selected FrictionlessR Sourcing software to support its total sourcing efforts. Alticor is the parent...
Tags: Deloitte LLP, firewall, Frictionless Commerce, sourcing, Strategy
Research articles 2003-03-03
Only 33% of Firms Have a Talent Sourcing Strategy Based upon an InSearch Worldwide Survey of HR Executives
STAMFORD, Conn. -- While eighty six percent (86%) of HR Executives feel that having a well defined talent sourcing strategy is critical for business success, only thirty three percent (33%) currently have a documented talent sourcing strategy. A talent sourcing strategy is viewed as critical for business success in...
Tags: Insearch Worldwide Corp.
Research articles 2005-05-12
Global Sourcing: Opportunities and Approaches for the 21st Century
Today U.S. companies do business in myriad lower-cost areas, including Central and Eastern Europe, Mexico, and Brazil. However, the center of global sourcing currently is China because it offers low labor costs, an educated workforce, large domestic and export markets, and a commitment to reduced tariffs. Every paper of global...
Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2005-01-01
Global Emerging-Market Sourcing: Seizing the Opportunity
Global sourcing, low-cost sourcing, emerging-market sourcing, offshoring. Whatever phrase a person uses, they all point to a new significant trend within the procurement business. Global sourcing is a buzzword in automotive companies that are attracted by the prospect of low costs, proximity to markets and increased profits. Forward-thinking companies are...
Tags: Sourcing, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2006-01-26
Strategic Sourcing: Reducing Cost And Supporting Diversity Goals
Procurement professionals achieve savings through sourcing strategies like volume consolidation, product specification improvement, best price evaluation, and competitive global sourcing. Procurement professionals are also tasked with meeting Supplier Diversity goals and increasing spends and opportunities for minority and women owned suppliers. Is achieving these savings through strategic sourcing while supporting...
Tags: Supplier, Strategic Sourcing, Gillette Co., Procurement Professional, Channel Management, Marketing
White papers 2004-04-01
Rockwell Collins takes off: strategic sourcing becomes a way of life after the aviation electronics business spins off from Rockwell International. (Strategic Sourcing).
Strategic sourcing is nothing new to Rockwell Collins. Before being spun off from Rockwell International in July 2001, the aviation electronics manufacturer was using a supply chain steering team SCST to direct sourcing and other activities Strategic sourcing...
Tags: Rockwell, SCM, sourcing, strategic sourcing, supplier, supply chain, team
Research articles 2003-02-20
Global Sourcing and Value Chain Unbundling
There is an increasing trend for firms to use a portfolio approach to govern their business processes using multiple sourcing mechanisms involving multiple firms and geographic sites. Managers need guidance and frameworks to select the right sourcing mechanisms for different business processes. This paper develops two research-driven conceptual frameworks to...
Tags: Sourcing, Value Chain, Sourcing Mechanism, Purchasing & Procurement, Strategy, Business Operations, Management
White papers 2004-08-09
Airbus Reaches Cruising Altitude With Ariba Enterprise Sourcing; Airbus Expands Use of Ariba Enterprise Sourcing and Strengthens Commitment to Ariba Spend Management
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LONDON & SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--Nov. 12, 2003 Ariba, Inc. (Nasdaq:ARBA), the leading Enterprise Spend Management ESM solutions provider, today announced that Airbus, one of the world's largest commercial aircraft manufacturers, has extended its AribaR Enterprise SourcingTM license to support and enhance the company's sourcing and...
Tags: Airbus S.A.S., Ariba Inc., sourcing, Strategy
Research articles 2003-11-12
Strategic e-Sourcing Could Save Businesses $1.7 Trillion on a Global Basis; Alluring Benefits to Drive e-Sourcing Market to $3.3 Billion by 2004
Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--BUSINESS WIRE--April 3, 2001 In a report released today, Aberdeen Group, a leading IT market analysis and positioning services firm, states that Internet-based sourcing (e-Sourcing) could save businesses more than $1.7 trillion on a global basis. In addition, Aberdeen finds that applying Internet-based technologies to strategic...
Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., benefit, e-Sourcing
Research articles 2001-04-03
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