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Published today – a blueprint for the industry known as “outsourcing”
Ever wondered what would happen if you locked 41 outsourcing buyer executives in a room for a couple of days, then brought in six of the leading providers to have an afternoon's discussion? Well, now you can read for yourself, as today we unveil our first Blueprint report for this curious industry known as "outsourcing".Read More
Want to keep with the “outsourcing” status quo? Love staring at a spreadsheet all day? Then Blueprint 2.0’s not for you…
Life been just dandy since you took 30% off your department's fixed costs, that you'll never need to do anything much again in your career... except stare at a spreadsheet? Just love keeping those lights on and squeezing penalty payments of your provider? No need to improve anything, because the way your firm does this is just, simply, perfect? Then you won't need to waste time with us and leading buy-side organizations from the HfS 50 Executive Council in Boston this October...Read More
Building a BPO sales team in today’s market – a waste of time?
Seems to me everyone is out there desperately looking for sales superstars. Do they exist? Is it worth the time and effort to find them, only to be disappointed at least half the time? Read More
HfS Research announces its inaugural research advisory board!
HfS invited a great group of people to form its research advisory board to help shape the HfS research agenda: some have have real experience executing operations in buy-side enterprises; some are the most influential thought leaders in the business services and technology industry; some have founded research companies; some are leading academics; some are industry events CEOs. Read More
Time to ring-fence “Lights On Outsourcing” and focus on “Business Transformation Services”
It's high-time to segment the industry so we can all focus on delivering value, and not solely cost-cuttingRead More
Ron Walker lands it safely on the green… with KPMG
Ron Walker, one of the original EquaTerra founding executives has lived the sourcing dream... from start up advisors and providers right through to a global management consultancy. So we thought it high-time we caught up with Ron to talk about his colorful career and how the EquaTerra/KPMG merger was faring over a year on... and how different the sourcing world is looking today compared to those crazy days of the outsourcing boom.Read More
SAP ruptures the procurement universe by scooping up Ariba
With its $4.3 billion cash offer, SAP answered every procurement technologist’s question, “Who is going to buy Ariba?” While this acquisition will rupture the procurement technology universe, HfS believes the real question that supply chain and finance professionals must ask is, “Now that SAP finally has a credible commerce network, can I eliminate and automate processes I’ve been busily outsourcing?”Read More
HP’s imminent shrinkage: Meg prepares for commodity competitiveness
So for the first time since the '08-09 crash, we're finally starting to see the impact of a commodotizing services market, as HP makes plans to shed 30K jobs this week. However, I believe HP is a symptom if a commodotizing and standardizing IT/business services industry - it's recent woes have forced it to take corrective action that many of its competitors will surely have to also take in the future. Read More
In case you felt you had something better to do during our Services-Savants webinar…
We still haven't quite forgiven those of you for not being one of the 1,200 people who signed up to hear six of the most influential IT and business services savants debate on the future of sourcing and services. I mean - what else were you doing? Was it really that important? However, in our spirit of forgiving even the unforgivable, here's a replay of the event.Read More
Blueprint 1.0 was blinding… now are you ready for Blueprint 2.0 this October?
The HfS 50 Blueprint Sessions 2.0 are a continuation of the hugely successful summit that took place at the Soho Grand in New York in April 2012, where 41 senior practitioner recipients of outsourcing services, joined by six of the leading outsourcing services providers on the second day, started the ground work for a Blueprint document that delivers a roadmap for the future direction of the outsourcing industry. Read More
