Software Negotiations: How to Plan Ahead and Create Competition
Posted: 07/12/2018 - 06:11
Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Southern California
Outsourcing in Clinical Trials Southern California conference returns to La Jolla for its 6th year this September 2018. This year’s program will boast two full days of bio-pharma content, including a one-day medical device stream, ensuring engaging high-level sessions delivered for local pharma, biotech and device companies.
Your Telecom Contracts Are Ending – Now What?
Posted: 07/06/2018 - 09:12
Since the breakup of AT&T in 1982, the U.S. telecom carrier landscape has evolved rapidly, sometimes in dramatic fashion. Familiar names have come and gone – MCI, WorldCom, Qwest, Cingular and Nextel, to name a few. Today, with CenturyLink acquiring Level 3, AT&T completing its acquisition of Time Warner and Sprint looking to combine with T-Mobile, we see no signs of these changes slowing down.
Can the Agile Model Help a Rigid Business?
Posted: 07/06/2018 - 08:41
Is Agile for everyone?
Conventional wisdom has it that Agile product development works only in business cultures that fully embrace the methodology’s principles of responsiveness, speed and focus on business requirements. If you’re not all in, the thinking goes, don’t bother.
Brexit: The Impact of Immigration and Trade on the Search for Talent in the UK
Posted: 07/06/2018 - 00:24
As many people know, the UK has voted to leave the European Union effective of Friday, 29 March 2019, with a 21-month transition period. There has been a provisional agreement over three issues, most notably budget commitments and EU citizens’ rights, and talks have now moved to agreeing on the future relationship between the UK and EU.
Shared Services and Outsourcing Week 2018
Taking place for the 2nd time this year, the Biannual Shared Services and Outsourcing Week 2018 is headed to the award-winning city of Vilnius!
You’ll know that the role of the customer has never been more critical to business success and nowhere has this become more apparent than in the realm of Business Services. Now is the time to revolutionise your Business Services strategy, re-imagine your SSO culture, your operational delivery and your digital transformation rule book in order to accomplish customer excellence.
The Importance of Risk Culture in an Organization (Hint: It’s Everything!)
Posted: 06/28/2018 - 02:55
Knowledge Management: The Understated Differentiator in Success of Outsourcing Programs
Posted: 06/28/2018 - 00:10
Robo-Advice: Time to Re-Boot Delivery?
Posted: 06/26/2018 - 00:24
Robo-advice, also known as ‘automated advice’ refers to the provision of financial advice with as little human interaction as possible. A strand of artificial intelligence, robo-advice offers guidance on the basis of mathematical rules and algorithms rather than human intelligence. Whilst algorithmic trading may have been around for many years, the concept of a ‘robo-adviser’ has only recently become a reality.
Balancing Costs with Conscience
Posted: 06/22/2018 - 00:19
The Power of Authenticity with Rob Bernshteyn
Posted: 06/20/2018 - 21:56
In this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn Tiura interviews Rob Bernshteyn. Rob Bernshteyn is the Chief Executive Officer of Coupa Software, a cloud platform for business spend management. After moving to the U.S. at a young age, what began as an interest in sports memorabilia turned into a profitable venture during middle school and high school to help fund his college education.
The Challenges and Rewards of Mobile Contract Negotiation
Posted: 06/13/2018 - 01:45
Mobile phones have a long history from concept in the mid-20th Century – think comic strip detective Dick Tracy and the 2-way wrist radio in the 1950s through the fictional spy Maxwell Smart’s “shoe phone” in the 1960s, to the
On the Cusp or Not: Six Front Office BPO Locations to Watch
Posted: 06/13/2018 - 01:07
Procurement: Why You Should Outsource the Work and Not the People
Posted: 06/09/2018 - 00:49
As procurement professionals, we are always striving to achieve the best total cost of ownership with the products and services we purchase. We’ve seen the negative impact that bottom-dollar pricing can have with respect to quality and delivery. We’ve seen how over-engineered products with high price tags can erode our margins. Our constant aim is to look at each purchase holistically and measure its total value to the company we represent. So why don’t we look at our procurement teams the same way?
Robot Workers and Human Problems: Hiring (and firing) your digital workforce
Posted: 06/07/2018 - 04:38
Picture the scene: you’re in the middle of hiring for a role in your HR department. At the interview stage, some bright young candidate takes a seat. You ask the classic question, “So why should I hire you?”
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