Straight talking sourcing

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As award winning outsourcing advisors, we know a thing or two about the outsourcing industry... outsourcing, shared services and benchmarking are our specialist subjects, and our consultants are simply bursting with fresh ideas, interesting experiences and industry insights!

Pop the kettle on, sit back and enjoy the varied and unbiased contributions from our straight talking guest bloggers, keen to share their outsourcing knowledge and open up the forum to discussion...

As businesses struggle to steer through the uncertainty swirling about the world economy, is outsourcing proving a help or a hindrance? In a recent...
I have recently come across a few scenarios which suggest that even with the best will in the world, client-side perceptions of the baseline state of...
We have been updating our indispensable little booklet the “A to Z of Outsourcing” and we have been trying to think of new sections we...
Have you ever experienced that dreadful work moment when, elbow deep in a spreadsheet, you pick up the phone only to hear an introduction from a...
For many years Agile and RAD techniques have been used to accelerate applications development projects letting organisations develop their thinking...
The Procurement Outsourcing market has not taken off as many expected.  I have been delving into why this is the case.  And the more I look...
Most outsourcing deals are signed because of commitments to reduce costs and improve service levels.  Most contracts also include well...
I can never help getting a little bit worried when clients start talking about supplier consolidation. And first off, I’m not talking here...
What is the role of supplier management in this tough economic climate?  Is it the way we work collaboratively and innovatively with our...
A conversation over lunch with a former colleague of mine confirmed what we in the advisor community have long anticipated, and are now seeing impact...