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President Trump: Procurement, Supply Chain and Policy Perspectives

President Trump: Procurement, Supply Chain and Policy Perspectives

By Jason Busch on November 10, 2016

Our European readers are likely looking at the news out of the U.S. this morning and feeling shocked in the same way they felt following the Brexit vote. Granted, both elections were equally as close. (Clinton appears to have won the popular vote in the U.S., although the Electoral College makes the election look more […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged donald trump, Environmental policy, global warming, National Academy of Sciences, procurement, supply chain, United States

Cost is the New Black:  The Overbearing Paradoxical C-Suite Imperative for 2015

Cost is the New Black: The Overbearing Paradoxical C-Suite Imperative for 2015

By Phil Fersht on January 19, 2015

60% of enterprise C-Suites are actively seeking to reduce their reliance on labor in their operations – but most are discovering they need to work smarter before they can work cheaper.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, as a service, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Global Business Services, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfS, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, Outsourcing Advisors, PaaS, Phil Fersht, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, SAP SuccessFactors, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The As-a-Service Economy, The Internet of Things, Value Beyond Cost Study 2015, workday

More hope less fear, please - Digital is not only changing the way we work, it's improving it

More hope less fear, please – Digital is not only changing the way we work, it’s improving it

By Phil Fersht on October 6, 2014

The world of work’s just so much more interesting and rewarding today that it was even five years’ ago

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Digital Transformation, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, PaaS, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing

Yes, it’s true… one in three Apple engineers is really Indian

Yes, it’s true… one in three Apple engineers is really Indian

By Phil Fersht on July 29, 2014

As Apple is growing, so is the scope of its Indian-centric IT outsourcing to support it’s ever-increasing needs

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Strategy, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, procurement, Talent in Sourcing

Capgemini, Accenture, HAVI and Entercoms make up the first-ever Winner’s Circle for Supply Chain BPO

Capgemini, Accenture, HAVI and Entercoms make up the first-ever Winner’s Circle for Supply Chain BPO

By Phil Fersht on July 16, 2014

When we look at the future potential of BPO, one of the markets with the most untapped potential is that of supply chain services, which could be as large as $300 Billion in annual expenditure when today’s emerging offerings really begin to mature, and an increasing number of buyers have to tap into third party […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Analytics and Big Data, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, HfS Blueprint Results, HfSResearch.com Homepage, IaaS and BPaaS, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, Security and Risk, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Internet of Things

Why offshoring is hotter than ever

Why offshoring is hotter than ever

By Phil Fersht on May 29, 2014

Close to a third of enterprises are increasing the offshore component with their service providers, and a fifth with their own shared services

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfS Surveys: State of Outsourcing 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Outsourcing Research, PaaS, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, Security and Risk, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing | 2 Responses

BPO: Pronounced dead, but still very much alive

BPO: Pronounced dead, but still very much alive

By Phil Fersht on April 30, 2014

BPO is just at the beginning of a much more dynamic phase of its existence and it at least three years’ away from being put to bed.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, GBS 2013 Study, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing and Politics, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, SMAC and Big Data, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

Is BPO on the brink of a technology revolution?

Is BPO on the brink of a technology revolution?

By Phil Fersht on March 19, 2014

Why BPO clients which have tech-enabled their processes are achieving better performance and outcomes

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Accenture, BPO, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Charles Sutherland, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, HfS Surveys: Technology in BPO 2014, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, mobility, Outsourcing and Technology, PaaS, Phil Fersht, procurement, Robotic Process Automation, SaaS, SMAC and Big Data, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

News Analysis: Rimini Street Vs Oracle Ruling Has No Negative Impact on Third Party Maintenance Rights

News Analysis: Rimini Street Vs Oracle Ruling Has No Negative Impact on Third Party Maintenance Rights

By R "Ray" Wang on February 18, 2014

Recent Oracle vs Rimini Street Ruling Is About Customer Software License Rights Not Third Party Maintenance On February 13th, 2014, the United States District Court , District of Nevada Judge Larry Hicks issued a partial summary judgment in the Oracle vs Rimini Street Case. Here’s the executive summary to key questions about the ruling*: Is […]

Posted in Business | Tagged 3PM, 3rd party maintenance, Apps Strategy, best practices, BPO, Business process, business process outsourcing, Chief information officer, CIO, Cloud, Cloud Bill of Rights, Cloud BPO, Constellation Research, customer bill of rights, enterprise applications, enterprise apps, Enterprise apps strategy, enterprise software, Enterprise Software Licensee Bill of Rights, enterprise strategy, IT budgets, IT Strategy, license policy, maintenance, maintenance fees, News Analysis, next gen CIO's, oracle, Oracle EBS, PeopleSoft, procurement, R "Ray" Wang;, rimini street, rwang0, sap, Seth Ravin, siebel, Siebel Systems, software bill of rights, Software Insider, software licensing, software licesing and pricing, software maintenance, software ownership, software ownership lifecycle, SoftwareInsider, Third Party Maintenance, user strategy, vendor strategy, vendor threats

2014 shared services and outsourcing outlook Part I: It’s time for enterprises to stop being really good at irrelevant stuff

2014 shared services and outsourcing outlook Part I: It’s time for enterprises to stop being really good at irrelevant stuff

By Phil Fersht on December 30, 2013

In 2014, ambitious operations leaders must begin achieve a certain degree of maturity across their operations before they can really address achieving their desired outcomes

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged 2014 Predictions, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Captives and Shared Services Strategies, Cloud Computing, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, GBS 2013 Study, Global Business Services, HfS Surveys: All our Survey Posts, IaaS and BPaaS, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, KPMG LLP, Outsourcing Advisors, Outsourcing Research, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, SMAC and Big Data, Sourcing Change Management, Sourcing Locations, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing

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