E-Sourcing Forum

Put “Strategic” Back into your Strategic Sourcing

2010-09-02T17:11:04Z

by Josh Dials, Solutions Consultant Robert A. Rudzki, contributor to the Spend Matters blog, brings up a great point in a recent post. “’Strategic’ is perhaps one of the most overused (and misused) terms in business today,” he says. “Simply adding a few bells and whistles to conventional purchasing and then slapping the word strategic onto [...]

Cloud Computing: Only Works as Well as Your Organization Manages It

2010-08-31T11:40:34Z

By: Kevin Smilie Cloud computing is changing the way IT leaders deliver IT services and value to their customers. As companies learn about the value of the cloud through pilot projects, they gain insight into the technology, its commercial benefits, and see firsthand the changes that must be made to fully take advantage of the cloud. [...]

Seek Privacy, Security and Auditing Capabilities in Your Service Provider

2010-08-19T13:10:14Z

By Jim Kane In this second post on preparing your health care organization for cloud computing, I will address how health care businesses subject to HIPAA should carefully select a service provider with the capabilities to address HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Audit as well as provide secure, scalable, low cost IT infrastructure. HIPAA’s Privacy Rule requires that [...]

Reminder: Procurement Leaders Webinar Tomorrow

2010-08-17T18:54:50Z

Don’t forget to sign up for the “Procurement Leadership in the Perfect Storm” webinar on August 18, 2010 at 10 a.m. EST (NYC Time). Iasta is co-hosting the webinar with Procurement Leaders. Mike Williams, Senior Director of Strategic Sourcing-Energy of Office Max, and Matt McCarrick, Managing Director of Professional Services of Iasta, will both speak [...]

Procurement Leadership in the Perfect Storm – Webinar

2010-08-12T15:54:33Z

The current economic crisis that continues to negatively impact global markets has dramatically altered the competitive landscape for corporations. Every day, the news is the same. Demand, revenue, profits, and shareholder value are all down while the costs and risks of doing business are all up. This “Perfect Storm” of economic conditions [...]

Cloud Computing: Only Works as Well as Your Organization Manages It

2010-08-10T14:06:26Z

Optimization – Solving the “What if?” Implementation Dilemma Part 1

2010-08-05T20:46:58Z

What if… Actual demand for our product is greater (or less) than forecast-ed? My facilities have different quality standards for the same product? I need to select a “green,” “low-cost country” or “diversity” supplier? My preferred suppliers have capacity or lead-time issues? I have only 10 days to decide the best award for five locations from 10 suppliers, 20 [...]

Price Indexes – Why?

2010-08-03T14:53:56Z

Now that we are faced with the biggest economic upheaval in over 30 years it seems appropriate to carefully reevaluate the use of Price Indexing. The alternative is to leave all pricing initiatives to your sellers. While this may be reasonable for small value and noncritical spend it is extremely risky for anything strategic. One of [...]

Retailers Are in a Price War to Get Their Goods Delivered

2010-07-29T20:58:38Z

A recent article from the New York Times on the state of shipping around the globe caught my eye. It seems as though retailers are feeling the pressure. Retailers are now seeing an even larger effect from the recession: they are in bidding war to ensure that their goods are delivered to store locations. “The grills shaped [...]

Iasta titled the 10th Fastest Growing Private Company in Indiana for 2010 Third time honored on Indianapolis Business Journal

2010-07-22T15:36:23Z

Iasta, the leading provider of eSourcing software and solutions, was titled as the 10th Fastest Growing Private Company in Indiana for 2010 by the Indianapolis Business Journal (IBJ). A third time honoree, Iasta boosted its three-year growth rate at 134 percent. The report profiled Iasta’s founding’s, current offerings and future [...]

Supplier Performance Management (SPM): What Has Caused SPM to Be a Huge Factor in Supply Chain Management?

2010-07-20T17:29:42Z

This is the first in a series of posts discussing the history of, business case for and strategy behind supplier performance management. Before we can get to the end goal of creating an SPM strategy, we must understand the factors in our supply chains that have caused SPM to become an enormously important part of our [...]

POSSIBLE NEW EURO CURRENCY DEMANDS FOCUS ON PROCUREMENT, SAYS ADR INTERNATIONAL

2010-07-15T14:15:07Z

Speculation that Germany and other northern European nations may launch a new breakaway euro means businesses must focus on how they buy goods and services, say procurement experts ADR International. Robin Jackson, CEO of ADR International, says exchange rate movements present risks and opportunities for procurement professionals. In the latest issue of the ADR International eBulletin, he [...]

A Conversation with Cognizant on Cloud Computing Implications on BPO

2010-07-13T18:34:34Z

by: Bill Huber, Director, CFO Services I recently had the opportunity to chat with Cognizant’s Ramesh Gudalur, Head, Global BPO, and Paul Roehrig, Director of Strategy for Cloud Business Solutions, regarding the implications of Cloud Computing for BPO. Bill Huber: Frame the big picture for our readers… How does Cognizant see the cloud impacting the way in [...]

Preparing your organization for HIPAA-compliant Cloud Computing

2010-07-08T18:16:23Z

By: Jim Kane Healthcare providers have an opportunity to take advantage of new, advanced technology in cloud computing. Given the heavy industry regulation, it is important for health professionals to determine if cloud computing can provide them a secure, reliable, scalable, and inexpensive computing platform that can be used to facilitate healthcare customers’ HIPAA-compliant applications and [...]

The Senate Finance Bill and Potential Implications for the Outsourcing Market

2010-07-06T17:26:11Z

The Senate bill that would overhaul U.S. financial regulations at a level not seen since the 1930’s. The legislation proposes to close holes in regulation and curtail some trading practices that many believe led to the 2008 crisis in the financial markets. The Senate bill differs from the House bill in that the Senate eliminated [...]