Innovations in Third Party Management: Sprint Corporation and Ivalua

Posted: 09/12/2019 - 23:10
Author: Future of Sourcing Awards
Innovations in Third Party Management: Sprint Corporation and Ivalua

Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?

We embarked on the project as part of our larger digital transformation journey. In this case, we were seeking a configurable a flexible procurement platform to:  
(1) Manage our sourcing, contracting and other procurement projects;  
(2) Conduct masterful sourcing events (RFXs and eAuctions); and  
(3) Take advantage of other functionality like spend analytics to mine additional opportunities.   

Rising Star Winner: Sarah Scudder

Posted: 09/12/2019 - 02:01
Author: Sarah Scudder

How did you get into this field – was it purposeful or by accident?

I was involved in several organizations in college. My sorority put on an annual fundraising event that I chaired. I hired a local company to source and produce all the print, promotional items and apparel. They offered me a job. They wanted to infuse the company with younger people and set up an internship program.  
 

Outsource Your CULTURE to Speed Up Digital Transformation

Posted: 09/11/2019 - 02:19
Author: Graham Fell
With the pending shortfall and inevitable fact that more and more companies will need to outsource their IT and Finance functions, it’s important to take a look into what is really driving change in digital transformation. The current statistics show that by 2020, the U.K. alone will have a shortfall of 800,000 tech workers and at the same time, 80% of companies will rely on contingent workers.
 

Forecasting the Fiscal Benefits of Remodeling to Hybrid Hardware Support

Posted: 09/06/2019 - 04:42
Author: Brent J. Anderson
Hybrid Hardware Support
As IT leaders have grown to embrace the principles of hardware lifecycle management to contain IT costs, but also to maintain budget agility for sudden-surprise business drivers, more than 50% of the world’s enterprise IT departments are now opting-in to Hybrid Hardware Support models. 
 
To level-set the information shared within this article, there may be two terms that are new to sourcing/procurement readers: 
 

    Innovations in Sourcing: Hilton Supply Management

    Posted: 09/01/2019 - 00:16
    Author: Future of Sourcing Awards
    Innovations in Sourcing: Hilton Supply Management

    Can you outline why your team embarked on this project and the problem that needed to be solved?

    Supply chain management can be a game changer for a business’s bottom line. Companies are demanding more out of their supply chain, and procurement divisions need to keep up. At a minimum, smart procurement solutions can dramatically cut costs, but they can also drive innovation. Hilton Supply Management is a living example of that. 
     

    Soft Skills Make a Real Impact in Supply Chain Management

    Posted: 08/30/2019 - 02:15
    Author: Bennett Glace
    Soft Skills Make a Real Impact in Supply Chain Management
    For what seems like decades now, the conversations around procurement and supply chain management have focused on the themes of innovation and evolution. The function, conventional wisdom suggests, is changing quickly and gaining a new, more prominent position within organizations. You wouldn’t know it to look at job listings. Conduct a quick search and you’ll find that the same skills that powered procurement through years of tactical obscurity are still (apparently) in high demand.

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