global sourcing
RSS global sourcingAccenture Delivery Center Network
White Paper This unique worldwide chain links clients to the cost benefits of global sourcing, the strategic benefits of Accenture’s knowledge and the accelerated delivery that only comes from experience. This paper talks about the Accenture Delivery Center... [03 Jul 2008]
How outsourcing saved Zurich's IT
Case Study Paravicini stressed the importance of building a strong sourcing team, robust communications and comprehensive service agreements. Zurich CIO Michael Paravicini said that there was no global IT strategy and that its outdated infrastructure relied... [10 Jun 2008]
Scaling for Success: How One Manufacturer Developed an Automated Sourcing Solution to Increase Productivity and Improve Metrics
White Paper In 2005, Dow Chemical selected Haworth to be the global solutions provider for furniture products and services. A new system was required to enable Dow, Haworth and Haworth's global network of dealers to effectively and efficiently deliver product... [05 Jun 2008]
Who sat in judgement...
Comment He has been in the IT industry for more than 22 years and covers the areas of software development, global sourcing and globalisation issues within Gartner. Here are the judges. Jo Best is the award-winning news editor of ZDNet Australia and a... [03 Jun 2008]
Incorporate Service Management Best Practices Into the Service Life Cycle
White Paper Yet more and more enterprises have been making this budget shift in recent years because the increasing size of infrastructure, process inefficiencies, maintenance and global sourcing demand more operational attention. [21 May 2008]
Strategic Sourcing of Transaction Processing: From the Back Office to the Boardroom
White Paper They either have regional or global scope and scale, or they build scale with in-market joint ventures that pool their transaction processing. The financial services industry is undergoing a radical transformation driven by globalization... [21 May 2008]
Outsourcing: Not just about cutting costs?
News Campbell said that despite a trend to spread risk and expertise between many different providers that large companies were trying to simplify the complexities of multi-sourcing contracts. Global outsourcing has moved past corporate penny pinching... [12 May 2008]
Why Offshore Outsourcing Projects Fail
White Paper Information Technology (IT) projects can fail for any number of reasons and in most cases identifying one reason, or even a small group of reasons, for failure is impossible. Typically, there are a number of contributing factors, large and small... [11 Apr 2008]
Organizing for Offshore Effectiveness: How the Vendor's Organization Structure Can Affect the Success of Your Outsourcing Initiative
White Paper Your offshore outsourcing vendor's organization structure can affect their ability to provide specialized services that fit your company's unique needs. This often overlooked component of vendor selection can make or break some types of offshore... [04 Apr 2008]
Infosys Goes to University to Build Business Worldwide
White Paper These enable businesses to build a more flexible architecture to support faster deployment of new applications, achieve a consolidated view of their global supply chain, reduce costs by leveraging global sourcing, or employ predictive capabilities... [24 Mar 2008]
India losing status as offshore king?
News China's emergence as a global sourcing hub has traditionally been slow but the report found that BT Global Services, EDS, IBM and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) have all opened sourcing facilities in the country in the last 18 months. [03 Mar 2008]
Indian tech booming with a healthy spring in its step
News Narayanan, also vice-chairman of Cognizant, said the Indian IT-BPO industry is poised for broad-based growth, strengthening its position as "the primary sourcing location" for software, IT infrastructure and business process-related services. [13 Feb 2008]
Outsourcing growth expected in 2008
News But organisations are also still failing in their IT sourcing strategies and governance structures when drawing up outsourcing agreements, Gartner said. Global outsourcing is predicted to grow by 8.1 per cent this year as companies turn towards... [10 Jan 2008]
The 10 Keys to Global Logistics Excellence
White Paper Being part of this global economy is high on the priority list of most companies today, whether it is to capitalize on global sourcing opportunities to reduce costs and assets, take advantage of private labeling strategies, or tap into the surging... [07 Jan 2008]
Shell to outsource 3,200 IT jobs
News Our IT Infrastructure Sourcing Programme was launched to review the feasibility of outsourcing a substantial part of Shell's global IT Infrastructure services to a limited number of key suppliers. Shell is planning to outsource most of its global... [02 Jan 2008]
