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Change Management/Sourcing Change Management

SIG Speaks

SIG University Certified Sourcing Professional (CSP) program graduate Andrew Beck shares the difficulties associated with change management in sourcing and how it can help improve inefficiencies. The sourcing lead ensured buy-in from the plant's critical stakeholders for the food service change by clearly communicating the industry.

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A look into the BPO & nearshore industry in times of global financial concernĀ 

Redial

A crisis in which they were lost $8 trillion in value between late 2007 and 2009. Final Thoughts: As sources like intelligent sourcing , entrepreneurs must establish business with companies in constant development derived from the financial sector (fin-techs), entertainment, gaming, e-commerce, IT, etc.

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Itā€™s Starting To Feel A Lot Like The 2000s ā€“ What Is In Store For Indian IT And M&A

Zinnov

From 2003 to the first quarter of 2007, U.S. during the recession of 2007 to 2009, and jumped from 3.5% million jobs in 2007, 4.56 Evidence from the last financial crisis from late 2007 through early 2009 shows that companies that made significant acquisitions during an economic downturn outperformed those that did not.

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Itā€™s Starting To Feel A Lot Like The 2000s ā€“ What Is In Store For Indian IT And M&A

Zinnov

From 2003 to the first quarter of 2007, U.S. during the recession of 2007 to 2009, and jumped from 3.5% million jobs in 2007, 4.56 Evidence from the last financial crisis from late 2007 through early 2009 shows that companies that made significant acquisitions during an economic downturn outperformed those that did not.

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Using A GPO Model To Fight Inflation? Insights From Our Second Interview With A Senior Procurement Executive

SIG Speaks

In this article, we hear takeaways from a recent CPO Rountable discussion from Michael Koontz, VP, Strategic Sourcing & Business Leader for American Tire Distributors (ATD) Sourcing Solutions. Enter ATD Sourcing Solutions. I think you will find his approach to battling inflation innovative and unique.

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Onshoring vs. Offshoring: 4 Indications the Tide is Turning in Manufacturing

Future of Sourcing

In the years I worked with both onshore and offshore sourcing teams for large corporations, including Applied Materials (2000-2004), Apple (2004-2007), Gap (2007-2011) and Fitbit (2011-2014), I experienced firsthand the complex sourcing challenges B2C and B2B companies face on an ongoing basis.

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Gender Fair Procurement: Moving the Needle From Timeless to Timeliness

SIG Speaks

The above quote is an excerpt from an article I wrote regarding Walmartā€™s ā€œcommitment to source $20 billion of goods by 2016 from women-owned businesses in the U.S.ā€. The missed goal was to ā€œdouble the amount of products and services sourced from women-owned companies outside of the country.ā€. of the total U.S.