{"id":1543,"date":"2011-03-08T10:59:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-08T10:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/"},"modified":"2011-03-08T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-08T10:59:00","slug":"hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Networking 2.0 – HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"HfS<\/a>The biggest issue in today’s sourcing industry is the need for a truly independent and high-value environment for sourcing and outsourcing practitioners to collaborate and share knowledge. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/strong>The type of\u00a0environment\u00a0where buyers and industry folks can meet with each other, share their pain and success, access research, knowledge and data, and have the coaching, education and the advice they need to help their organizations cope with one of the most complex issues facing them today – how to source value from their global business operations.<\/p>\n

At HfS, we’ve been micro-focused on helping the sourcing industry get past the puff and fluff to help them access and share research, knowledge and best practices, ideas and views. Oh – and have a bit of fun at the same time.<\/p>\n

Today, we are delighted to announce an exclusive industry partnership with the premier membership organization that has served sourcing and outsourcing professionals from Global 1000 companies throughout a 20-year history: \u00a0the \u00a0Sourcing Interests Group<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Having personally been associated with SIG for many years and attended many of their events, it has always set itself apart as a venue where senior practitioners feel comfortable sharing their experiences and knowledge. \u00a0The quality of their events, the detailed effort to develop superior content, debate and speaking line-ups, and its “family” atmosphere has always stood-out. \u00a0You always came away wanting to be part of the SIG family and planned for their next gathering, as opposed to that “one off” feeling you get at so many other industry gatherings today.<\/p>\n

And when their dynamo leader, Dawn Evans<\/a>, took over the organization a couple of years ago, you could immediately sense the renewed energy and determination within the organization to\u00a0establish\u00a0SIG as an innovative networking environment.<\/p>\n

So what does this partnership mean?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

* SIG’s members have access to HfS Research\u2019s extensive published research and knowledge. <\/strong>HfS has a prolific library<\/a> of published research covering business process outsourcing (BPO), information technology outsourcing (ITO), cloud business services, shared services and governance strategies in addition to deep coverage of industry trends across financial services, manufacturing, utilities, energy, healthcare, retail and media sectors. HfS\u2019 service provider performance evaluations, pricing strategies, market forecasts and sourcing best practices will also be available to SIG members.<\/p>\n

* SIG will host the HfS 25 Sourcing Executive Council<\/a> during its Global Leadership Summit in Seattle this October. <\/strong>The “HfS 25” is our exclusive research network of leading buy-side sourcing\u00a0practitioners who meet regularly to share knowledge and experience to help shape the future direction of the sourcing industry. \u00a0SIG provides the right type<\/em> of professional environment for our council members to meet a broad network of sourcing practitioners and industry-side executives.<\/p>\n

* Other benefits of the partnership<\/strong> include analyst time for members at SIG events, HfS research presentations, workshops and state-of-the-industry discussions at SIG events, and SIG member webinars led by HfS analysts.<\/p>\n

Bottom-line: \u00a0The sourcing industry now has the collaborative environment it has craved. <\/strong>Together, the SIG and HfS teams are providing the collaborative vehicle where sourcing executives can meet, collaborate and extend their learnings – both physically and from their PCs. This is Networking 2.0 – \u00a0the new collaborative environment where the sourcing industry can create some value for itself – that is sticky, ongoing, self-perpetuating and educational.<\/p>\n

We’ll see you all at 2011 SIG Global Sourcing Summit<\/a>, March 15-17 on beautiful Amelia Island in Florida. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to register today<\/a>.\u00a0HfS COO Esteban Herrera will be one of the many speakers at the summit, which features a keynote by Steve Forbes, Chairman of Forbes Media and Editor-in-Chief of Forbes Magazine.\u00a0We look forward to great year with SIG and many more to come after that.<\/p>\n

We have always enjoyed your interaction at support at HfS and are excited to involve so many of your with our broader networking family. \u00a0Stay tuned for many new ways you can all get involved. \u00a0I want to personally welcome Dawn Evans and her\u00a0great team<\/a> to the HfS family.<\/p>\n

Warm regards,<\/div>\n
\n

Phil<\/p>\n

Phil Fersht | CEO and Head of Research, HfS Research \u00a0| Tweet @pfersht<\/p>\n

For more information in the HfS-SIG partnership, please email us at sig@hfsresearch.com<\/a><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The biggest issue in today’s sourcing industry is the need for a truly independent and high-value environment for sourcing and…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48,50,835,61,64,840,79,80,81,838,87,836,91,93,832,830],"tags":[256],"organization":[],"ppma_author":[19],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-process-outsourcing-bpo","category-captives-and-shared-services-strategies","category-f-a","category-financial-services-sourcing-strategies","category-healthcare-and-outsourcing","category-horses-for-sources-company-news","category-hr-outsourcing","category-hr-strategy","category-it-outsourcing-it-services","category-kpo-analytics","category-outsourcing-events","category-procurement-engineering-supply-chain-outsourcing","category-saas","category-social-networking","category-sourcing-best-practises","category-sourcing-change","tag-dawn-evans"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWelcome to Networking 2.0 - HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Welcome to Networking 2.0 - HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The biggest issue in today’s sourcing industry is the need for a truly independent and high-value environment for sourcing and...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Horses for Sources | No Boundaries\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-08T10:59:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Phil Fersht\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pfersht\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Phil Fersht\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/\",\"name\":\"Welcome to Networking 2.0 - HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-03-08T10:59:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c4f084ff7ad43632f537b3b30918e69f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Welcome to Networking 2.0 – HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/\",\"name\":\"Horses for Sources | No Boundaries\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c4f084ff7ad43632f537b3b30918e69f\",\"name\":\"Phil Fersht\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/86ee0c0ac2d033eed87f327162eb27f7\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/phill-150x150.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/phill-150x150.png\",\"caption\":\"Phil Fersht\"},\"description\":\"Phil Fersht is\u00a0a world-renowned analyst, writer and visionary in\u00a0emerging technologies, automation, digital business models, and the alignment of\u00a0enterprise operations to\u00a0drive customer impact and competitive advantage\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/hfsresearch.com\/team\/phil-fersht\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pfersht\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/pfersht\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/author\/phil-fherst\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Welcome to Networking 2.0 - HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Welcome to Networking 2.0 - HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries","og_description":"The biggest issue in today’s sourcing industry is the need for a truly independent and high-value environment for sourcing and...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/","og_site_name":"Horses for Sources | No Boundaries","article_published_time":"2011-03-08T10:59:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Phil Fersht","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@pfersht","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Phil Fersht","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/","name":"Welcome to Networking 2.0 - HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry - Horses for Sources | No Boundaries","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg","datePublished":"2011-03-08T10:59:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c4f084ff7ad43632f537b3b30918e69f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HfS-SIG-small.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/hfs-inks-with-sig-03072011\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Welcome to Networking 2.0 – HfS and SIG are moving the needle for the sourcing industry"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/","name":"Horses for Sources | No Boundaries","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c4f084ff7ad43632f537b3b30918e69f","name":"Phil Fersht","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/86ee0c0ac2d033eed87f327162eb27f7","url":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/phill-150x150.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/phill-150x150.png","caption":"Phil Fersht"},"description":"Phil Fersht is\u00a0a world-renowned analyst, writer and visionary in\u00a0emerging technologies, automation, digital business models, and the alignment of\u00a0enterprise operations to\u00a0drive customer impact and competitive advantage","sameAs":["http:\/\/hfsresearch.com\/team\/phil-fersht","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/pfersht\/","https:\/\/x.com\/pfersht"],"url":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/author\/phil-fherst\/"}]}},"custom_meta":{"ppma_authors_name":["Phil Fherst"],"description":["The biggest issue in today's sourcing industry is the need for a truly independent and high-value environment for sourcing and outsourcing practitioners to collaborate and share knowledge. HfS is delighted to announce an exclusive industry partnership with the premier membership organization that has served sourcing and outsourcing professionals from Global 1000 companies throughout a 20-year history: the Sourcing Interests Group.","The biggest issue in today's sourcing industry is the need for a truly independent and high-value environment for sourcing and outsourcing practitioners to collaborate and share knowledge. HfS is delighted to announce an exclusive industry partnership with the premier membership organization that has served sourcing and outsourcing professionals from Global 1000 companies throughout a 20-year history: the Sourcing Interests Group."],"_description":["field_61b8d0e64d3a8"]},"authors":[{"term_id":19,"user_id":3,"is_guest":0,"slug":"phil-fherst","display_name":"Phil Fersht","avatar_url":{"url":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phil-Fersht-HFS-Updated.jpg","url2x":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Phil-Fersht-HFS-Updated.jpg"},"author_category":"","job_title":"","first_name":"Phil","last_name":"Fersht","user_url":"http:\/\/hfsresearch.com\/team\/phil-fersht","description":"Phil Fersht is\u00a0a world-renowned analyst, writer and visionary in\u00a0emerging technologies, automation, digital business models, and the alignment of\u00a0enterprise operations to\u00a0drive customer impact and competitive advantage"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"organization","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/organization?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}