Tag Archives: RFP

Are Costs Savings The Holy Grail Of Outsourcing?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Chris Niccolls

Whether your goal is re-engineering or outsourcing, somewhere along the line you’ve run into the term Transformation. Your organization may have been exposed to the idea of transforming your organization from contact with a consulting firm or members of your … Continue reading →

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eBay… The New King Of Procurement?

Posted on July 21, 2011 by Chris Niccolls

A few blogs ago we were talking about how the next generation of Cloud services will evolve. To make a long story short, the best candidate would be large scale, on-line merchants with a lot of excess  computer capacity. The … Continue reading →

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Are Outsourcing Obstacles Too Big To Swallow?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Chris Niccolls

Last week I saw a question on Linked-In that I thought was particularly interesting. The question was, “What are the top five challenges in BPO transitions that  need to be addressed in the outsourcing/offshoring industry?”  If there were any “winners” … Continue reading →

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Higher Clouds: Learning From Amazon’s AWS Strategy

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Chris Niccolls

Last month, Amazon had a conference in New York to show off its latest web services. At the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Conference a number of very experienced executives presented some exceptionally impressive technology.  Still, as they day wore on … Continue reading →

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Build vs. Buy: Transparent Operations Build Better Products!

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Chris Niccolls

Yesterday we looked at the old “Build vs. Buy” question, “When does it make sense to have an internal department develop a product/service, and when does it make sense to use an outside product/service?” We left off saying that a … Continue reading →

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Build vs. Buy: How To Decide?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Chris Niccolls

Some management issues are eternal and come up over and over again, with no real answer.  The underlying issues change over time and from one situation to another. But they are important questions, so they never go away. For example, … Continue reading →

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