Strategy

Re-engineering a Corporate Real Estate Service Organization: Governance

Posted: 06/17/2019 - 04:27
Author: Ingrid M. Fenn
Although these processes can take months – sometimes longer, the work does not end when the contract is signed or even when the services are successfully transitioned to the outsourced partner. You don’t simply hand over responsibility for the contracted services, schedule quarterly and annual updates and expect things to run smoothly.

Infosecurity Europe 2019

Posted: 05/31/2019 - 20:46
Author: Infosecurity Europe
Infosecurity Europe, Europe's largest information security event, will open its doors from Tuesday 4th to Thursday 6th June 2019 at Olympia, Hammersmith in London, bringing together business, technology and cyber communities to discuss and discover the best way to protect organisations and individuals.
 

Get “360” Feedback from Key Suppliers, Partners and Customers to Up-Level and De-Risk Your Relationships

Posted: 04/30/2019 - 00:45
Author: Mark Teitell

As a business leader you get 360s, so why doesn’t the business you lead?

Individually, you benefit from 360s exposing blind spots and unintended consequences of your “default” way-of-being. Your company has blind spots and default ways-of-being, too…and they undermine the success of critical relationships with outsourcing providers, product and channel partners, and anchor customers – the vital “360” space around your company. 

Women in Global Sourcing: Clare Horn

Posted: 03/29/2019 - 06:28
Author: Clare Horn
Tell us about your career path. How did you get into this field? Was it purposeful or by accident? 
 
I have been part of the Virtual Operations team as Process Excellence Lead since 2016, prior to which my career had followed an admittedly unusual path from its beginnings in applied physics, via operational excellence consulting.    
 

Seeing the Light: Why More CFOs are Using Procurement as a Tool for Business Growth

Posted: 02/25/2019 - 02:42
Author: Laurence Cook
A growing number of CFOs across Europe are now looking to their procurement teams to support their companies’ business growth strategies. Procurement is not just simply a back-office function, but a proactive business tool, able to deliver short-term gains and also help a business work towards long-term objectives.  
 

Wait, What? From High School Dropout to President and Founder with Taso Du Val

Posted: 12/25/2018 - 12:00
Author: Taso Du Val

In this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn Tiura interviews Taso Du Val. Taso Du Val is the CEO of Toptal where he is in charge of the strategic vision and managing Toptal’s explosive growth. With an untraditional background that took him from high school dropout to CEO, Taso, who is also a musician, originally started out in the music industry as a producer.

Benchmarking: Procurement’s Next Big Competitive Advantage

Posted: 12/20/2018 - 03:45
Author: Johan-Peter Teppala
The procurement industry is at a crossroads. Procurement executives are tasked with delivering value that impacts the bottom line, but demonstrating that value to stakeholders, finance and other departments is easier said than done. Almost every CPO strives to lead a best-in-class function, but how do we know what best-in-class actually looks like? 
 

How to Keep Bad Weather from Killing Your Logistics

Posted: 12/11/2018 - 04:15
Author: Brian Seipel
Supply lines never look as vulnerable as they do when inclement weather strikes. At best, trucks face major delays as accidents and poor conditions make roads treacherous and, at worst, they suffer accidents of their own. Routinely, air carriers remain grounded while affected areas hunker down and airports close. Don’t think you’re safe even if you fall outside a storm’s high-impact area.

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Digitization, with IBM and Microsoft

Posted: 10/30/2018 - 01:41
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Folks, I'd like to introduce to one of our team finalists, and this is in the digitization finalists IQ project, and I'm going to be speaking today to Gavin Hough with IBM and this is called pricing IQ. Can you tell us a little bit about the project Gavin?
 

Innovations in Outsourcing, with GEP, Denali - A WNS Company and Russell Investments

Posted: 10/25/2018 - 08:29
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Well folks I'm excited to introduce you to the next team and that's GEP Procurement Transfer Nation with a CPG client. They are an outsourcing finalist in the Future of Sourcing Awards and I'm real excited to welcome you guys to the podcast.
 
Rafiq Merchant: Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having us.
 
Connor Hill: Yes. Thank you, Dawn.
 

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Sourcing, with GEP and HERE Technologies

Posted: 10/18/2018 - 09:21
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Well folks I'm excited to introduce you to the next team and that's GEP Procurement Transfer Nation with a CPG client. They are an outsourcing finalist in the Future of Sourcing Awards and I'm real excited to welcome you guys to the podcast.
 
Rafiq Merchant: Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having us.
 
Connor Hill: Yes. Thank you, Dawn.
 

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Third Party Management, with FedEx, Florida Blue and Fannie Mae

Posted: 10/16/2018 - 04:43
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Folks, with me today is Morgan Schultz, and she is representing the team from FedEx that is in the finalist category for third party management, and their project was called "Intelligent Dashboard Project". So welcome to the show, Morgan, I'm glad to have you.
 
Morgan: Thank you, Dawn.
 
Dawn Tiura: So, can you tell me, why was this project launched, what was the problem you were trying to solve?
 

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