Fri.Sep 18, 2020

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What is an SLA, and Why is it Important?

Automation Anywhere

A Service Level Agreement (SLA) is an integral part of any vendor contract. In addition to listing service quality and type expectations, an SLA offers remedies when one party fails to meet all the stated requirements. Yet, not everyone understands what an SLA is or why it's necessary. Going deeper, an SLA is a contract or agreement between a company and its service provider that states in detail the relationship's expectations and obligations.

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Why Cost Modeling And Price Benchmarking Are Ineffective For Strategic Sourcing

Sourcing Advisors Group

Many in Procurement and Strategic Sourcing espouse the use of should-cost or clean-sheet models, benchmarks and other behavior sensing models in support of negotiating prices on direct and indirect spend category products & services. And in theory, these models appear to have some value. But from a practical matter, most of the activity around the application of these theories are largely ineffective.

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How to prepare for a job interview

Eclaro

Landing a job interview can represent a great opportunity for anyone looking to make a change or upgrade to their career path. But while requesting an interview can demonstrate a company's interest in you, it doesn't mean you've landed the job just yet. How you perform in the interview itself is going to make-or-break whether you get the job. Your resume and experience aren't enough — a company is going to want to evaluate you and how you handle answering questions under pressure.

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