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Strategic Sourcing Explained

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?

Managing Dispersed Expertise in Offshore Outsourcing

 This article uses the practices implemented by Indian outsourcing company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) to discuss the issue of managing knowledge and expertise spread across organizational and geographic boundaries in an offshore outsourcing arrangement.

Best Practices in High-Performance Outsourcing

This paper discusses the key learning/best practices, that lead to high performance outsourcing, gleaned from the masters i.e. executives who have been there, done that and can claim success in the world of outsourcing services! 

Introduction to Strategic Sourcing

This excellent presentation provides an introduction to strategic sourcing. It introduces a strategic sourcing framework, discusses the difference between procurement, and strategic sourcing, highlights key industry trends, and proposes best practices for effective strategic sourcing implementation. Excellent Read!

Best Practices for Smarter Sourcing

Can Information Technology, which is critical to an organization’s success, deliver without a sourcing capability? The authors argue that not only is a sourcing strategy

Reinventing Procurement for Business Value

Procurement organizations are increasingly powerful with some controlling as much as 50% of the organization’s spending. Can they handle the challenges of the 21st century organization such as decreasing supply chain complexity, reducing product time to market and stimulating supplier innovation? What needs to change?

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