Includes how to avoid these mistakes; botching a mandate for procurement, getting ignored by the C-Suite, overpromising and underdelivering while increasing bureaucracy, reducing agility and...
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This whitepaper gives key insights into various areas of multi-vendor governance including: transforming multi-supplier complexity into service value, balancing accountability in a multi-vendor...
The most effective network strategies combine the blocking and tackling basics of operational improvement and tactical cost-cutting, along with the implementation of transformational change....
In Japan, most companies are built using the concept of consensus. In fact, they even have a term for it: “nemawashi” which fundamentally means binding the roots together so they grow in one...
While the concepts of eProcurement and eSourcing are nearly two decades old, market adoption and real, meaningful usage of these solutions is still in a growth stage. In order to maximize the...
When sourcing for passive talent, it is essential to have a strategic plan in order to search for, capture and engage potential candidates. With the widespread adoption of Web 2.0, communication...
Rapid expansion of smartphone and location based services has familiarized mapping interfaces. Within businesses, skills have typically resided within the domain of Geographic Information Systems...
With savings of 5% - 20% for every new dollar brought under coverage, it is no wonder that increasing spend under management is a critical issue that keeps procurement professionals up at night....
Protecting confidential information is mission critical for all stakeholders involved in Business Process Services (BPS) initiatives. However, defining confidential information can be a challenge...
Dave Bowen, CEO - MM4, and Managing Director - Xchanging Procurement, Americas
In a recent survey Xchanging executed across SIG's Peer2Peer Network, a number of...