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Strategic Sourcing Explained

sourabhhajela — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:56:11 GMT

Bargains are good. Strategic sourcing is better - "when key purchasing decisions are handled creatively, bargains are just the beginning." This article explains the concept of strategic sourcing in simple, easy to understand terms - What's So Strategic About Sourcing? where is the strategy in sourcing?

Best Practices in Offshore Outsourcing Security

sourabhhajela — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:29:28 GMT

This whitepaper identifies key concerns and discusses best practices to address them to secure data and intellectual property in offshore outsourcing relationships

Factors Driving Outsourcing Project Efficiency

sourabhhajela — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:20:12 GMT

This whitepaper makes the case for quality - the authors argue that cost per hour does not reflect the true "efficiency" of an outsourced project; quality processes do.

Best Practices in International Logistics

sourabhhajela — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:59:55 GMT

This research report discusses how top companies use technology and partners to create a world class logistics capability.

Vendor Management Best Practices

sourabhhajela — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This white paper discusses vendor management best practices for successful IT and business process outsourcing.

Evaluating Outsourcing Risk Management

sourabhhajela — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This outsourcing services book provides guidance in evaluating a financial institution’s risk management processes to establish, manage, and monitor IT outsourcing relationships.

Best Practices Security Framework for Offshore Outsourcing

sourabhhajela — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT

This paper analyzes and clarifies issues surrounding offshore security; discusses how clients and service providers can both adopt a systematic security framework to reduce security risks, and outlines observed best practices.

Assessing the Risks of Outsourcing

sourabhhajela — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This presentation discusses the risks in outsourcing IT services and evaluates their potential mitigation using standardization.

Impact of IT Outsourcing on IT Workers

sourabhhajela — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This study focused on three common approaches to IT reorganization and resizing, as a result of outsourcing, and their impact on the retained IT workers. The authors use the concept of a "psychological contract" to highlight the issues that arise, and to provide guidelines to CIOs so they can manage them better.

Are Time Zone Differences Good or Bad in Offshore Outsourcing?

sourabhhajela — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT

This article uses the case of Indian outsourcing company Infosys to explore the question "are time zone differences good or bad in offshore outsourcing?"