By R "Ray" Wang on March 28, 2011
Many Services Firms Seek Unfair Advantages With Market Makers Service providers continue to battle it out in the über competitive market for large annual multi-million dollar contracts. Market makers who serve as sourcing advisors, (i.e. management consultants, analysts, or vendor specialists) often influence the outcome of large sourcing contracts and system integration projects. Consequently, more [...]
Posted in Business | Tagged Apps Strategy, BPO, Business process, business process outsourcing, Conflict of Interest, contract negotiations, contract strategy, corruption, it Services, IT services firms, IT Strategy, Monday's Musings, Monday’s Musings, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, R “Ray” Wang;, rwang0, Software Insider, SoftwareInsider, Sourcing, sourcing advisor, worst practices |
By R "Ray" Wang on January 4, 2011
Organizations Seek Measurable Results In Disruptive Tech, Next Gen Business, And Legacy Optimization Projects For 2011 Credits: Hugh MacLeod Enterprise leaders seek pragmatic, creative, and disruptive solutions that achieve both profitability and market differentiation. Cutting through the hype and buzz of the latest consumer tech innovations and disruptive technologies, Constellation Research expects business value to [...]
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By Jason Busch on March 10, 2010
On Tuesday, March 9th, First Index, a supplier-pays marketplace and former direct materials sourcing and supply chain consultancy, closed its doors. First Index had received significant funding from LMS Capital, a UK-based firm, and Bessemer ventures…
Posted in Business | Tagged First Index, Interviews, LMS Capital, Manufacturing, Sourcing, Spend Management, supply chain |
By Jason Busch on February 25, 2010
Earlier today, the news broke that government officials in the US, EU and Japan recently searched the offices of a number of Toyota suppliers that may be involved in cartel-like activities. According to The Wall Street Journal?s summary, ?Investigato…
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Denso, FBI raid, Japan, keiretsu, Sourcing, Spend Management, Sumitomo, supply risk, Toyota, Yazaki |
By Brian Sommer on February 17, 2010
Not every freelancer is one by choice. The economy has thrust millions into the freelance economy. Technology can help some of them but what about the inadvertent freelancer? Who’s helping them?
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged Business Services, Consulting, Current Affairs, Elance, Employment, Freelancer, Marketplaces, oDesk, Professional Services, Selling Professional Services, Sourcing, Think About IT |
By Jason Busch on February 12, 2010
The procurement outsourcing industry — like nearly all BPO segments — is founded on big numbers (volume, savings, revenue, headcount, etc.) and somewhat variable margin; sometimes low, sometimes surprisingly high. It’s also an industry with surpris…
Posted in Business | Tagged BPO, business process outsourcing, Outsourcing, procurement, Sourcing |
By Jason Busch on February 11, 2010
You’ve got to admire Walmart for its procurement chutzpah. Or, (staying with the Yiddish theme for a minute), perhaps Walmart’s been more of a chazar in its approach. A colleague introduced me to this phrase, which is loosely translated as “a pig ? a…
Posted in Business | Tagged China, Global sourcing, Li & Fung, private label, Sourcing, Wal-Mart |
By Jason Busch on February 10, 2010
I found a recent article by Dan Hannon at Purchasing rather insightful in its examination of some of Oracle’s strategy to eke out every ounce of shareholder value possible through its acquisition of Sun. According to Hannon, “On a conference call ? O…
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Manufacturing, oracle, Sourcing, Sun, supply chain |
By Jason Busch on January 28, 2010
Supply Chain Digest recently ran a feature highlighting
an academic paper that suggests China should let the RMB appreciate
10% relative to the dollar. The story suggests that “if such a move
were to happen, it would effectively increase the…
Posted in Business | Tagged China, currency, exchange rates, Sourcing, trade, yuan |
By Jason Busch on January 25, 2010
A recent post over on E-
Sourcing Forum got me thinking that far too few procurement
organizations are willing to insert themselves aggressively into the process of sourcing employee benefits. They would rather leave benefits sourcing to HR, and…
Posted in Business | Tagged Employee benefit, Health insurance, Human resources, pharma plans, Sourcing |
