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Sourcing with Speed – can the benfits outpace the risk?

by Frank Ridder  |  May 27, 2009  |  Comments Off

An article from EquaTerra executive Peter Iannone, published on equaterra.com recently caught my interest. I share the observation that many organizations currently try to speed up their outsourcing deal process to shorten the time to realise the benefits, especially in economically rough times.  But what reads like a promotion for EquaTerra’s term “Speed Sourcing” can [...]

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The Practicality of Multisourcing

by Frank Ridder  |  May 9, 2009  |  1 Comment

I am just back from a great week in Las Vegas, where we held our 2009 Sourcing Summit. Our presentations focused around practical Multisourcing – so did my numerous discussions with clients and vendors. With the availability of new options on the market (e.g. utility computing, cloud services) the complexity of sourcing increases as these [...]

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