Why American firms are more progressive with outsourcing than the Europeans and Asians
Why is it always the Americans at the head of the queue when it comes to increasing quarterly profit margins? But, even more intriguingly, why are they also leading the way when it comes to attempting to improve their capabilities when they outsource? Our recent State of Outsourcing Study 2013, conducted with the support of [...]
Outsourcing may be battered, bruised and vilified… so why is only a twentieth of enterprises planning to reduce it in 2013?
2013: A new dawn for a maturing outsourcing industry Make no bones about it: 2012 was a pretty dire year for the industry known as “outsourcing”. However, brand new data from our State of Outsourcing 2013 Study conducted with the support of KPMG, the largest-ever research survey focused on IT and business function outsourcing, clearly shows that [...]
Cloud research: Cost matters most and confusion remains
New research from consulting firm, KPMG, gauges the view of cloud vendors on several key issues, including barriers to cloud adoption and important influencers in the cloud buying process. The survey describes results from 179 senior-level respondents from vendors that provide cloud services. READ MORE POSTS FROM THE BEYOND IT FAILURES BLOG Barriers to adoption. [...]
Captain Cliff of the Sourcing Enterprise Part III… The Death of the “O” Word
Welcome back to the Captain Cliff chronicles. And since Part II, we have actually witnessed Cliff speak for a whole hour at an outsourcing conference and manage not to mention the “O” word once. That’s quite a feat, so let’s find out why…
Captain Cliff of the Sourcing Enterprise Part II… The Death of Outsourcing
And welcome back to our interview with KPMG’s Captain Cliff who has proclaimed the Death of Outsourcing in a recent white paper
Captain Cliff of the Sourcing Enterprise… Part I
allow us to introduce Cliff Justice, KPMG’s very own kingpin of the extended enterprise, who’s calmly building out one of the most impressive collections of experienced sourcing operators and thinkers in the global shared services and outsourcing industry
KPMG to Acquire BrainNet — Initial Reporting, Analysis and Recommendations
On Friday, KPMG announced it was acquiring European-based procurement and supply chain consultancy, BrainNet. While terms of the deal were not disclosed, Spend Matters estimates the value of the transaction at between $50-100MM. This range is based on estimated BrainNet revenue slightly above $50MM — which may have been even higher — and relative 1-2X [...]
The Re-shoring of Spend — Even Wired is Picking Up On It (Part 2)
In the first post in this series, I called attention to a surprising piece in Wired (surprising in that it talks about just how mainstream manufacturing re-shoring has become) about the story of one organization that had successfu…
EquaTerra + KPMG – a new era, or a new error for outsourcing advisory?
So… has KPMG made a wise move purchasing EquaTerra, and how will this impact the industry?
Research Report: Microsoft Partners – Before Adopting Azure, Understand the 12 Benefits And Risks
It’s All About The Cloud At WPC10 Attendees at this year’s Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2010 in Washington, D.C. already expect Windows Azure development to be a key theme throughout this annual pilgrimage. Microsoft has made significant investments into the cloud. Many executives from the Redmond, WA, software giant have publicly stated that 90% [...]
