Strategy

How to Keep Bad Weather from Killing Your Logistics

Posted: 12/11/2018 - 04:15
Author: Brian Seipel
Supply lines never look as vulnerable as they do when inclement weather strikes. At best, trucks face major delays as accidents and poor conditions make roads treacherous and, at worst, they suffer accidents of their own. Routinely, air carriers remain grounded while affected areas hunker down and airports close. Don’t think you’re safe even if you fall outside a storm’s high-impact area.

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Digitization, with IBM and Microsoft

Posted: 10/30/2018 - 01:41
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Folks, I'd like to introduce to one of our team finalists, and this is in the digitization finalists IQ project, and I'm going to be speaking today to Gavin Hough with IBM and this is called pricing IQ. Can you tell us a little bit about the project Gavin?
 

Innovations in Outsourcing, with GEP, Denali - A WNS Company and Russell Investments

Posted: 10/25/2018 - 08:29
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Well folks I'm excited to introduce you to the next team and that's GEP Procurement Transfer Nation with a CPG client. They are an outsourcing finalist in the Future of Sourcing Awards and I'm real excited to welcome you guys to the podcast.
 
Rafiq Merchant: Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having us.
 
Connor Hill: Yes. Thank you, Dawn.
 

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Sourcing, with GEP and HERE Technologies

Posted: 10/18/2018 - 09:21
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Well folks I'm excited to introduce you to the next team and that's GEP Procurement Transfer Nation with a CPG client. They are an outsourcing finalist in the Future of Sourcing Awards and I'm real excited to welcome you guys to the podcast.
 
Rafiq Merchant: Thank you so much. Thank you so much for having us.
 
Connor Hill: Yes. Thank you, Dawn.
 

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Third Party Management, with FedEx, Florida Blue and Fannie Mae

Posted: 10/16/2018 - 04:43
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Folks, with me today is Morgan Schultz, and she is representing the team from FedEx that is in the finalist category for third party management, and their project was called "Intelligent Dashboard Project". So welcome to the show, Morgan, I'm glad to have you.
 
Morgan: Thank you, Dawn.
 
Dawn Tiura: So, can you tell me, why was this project launched, what was the problem you were trying to solve?
 

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Talent Management, with Beeline, Microsoft and University of Tennessee

Posted: 10/09/2018 - 03:50
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Folks, I'm excited for this next podcast. It's with Colleen. And Colleen Tiner is with Beeline. Beeline is a finalist in our Talent category with the Beeline Self-Sourcing Project. Welcome to the podcast.
 
Colleen Tiner: Thank you, Dawn.
 

Future of Sourcing Awards 2018: Innovations in Sourcing, with VSP Global and GEP

Posted: 09/17/2018 - 02:37
Author: Dawn Tiura
Dawn Tiura: Hello folks, this is Dawn Tiura from Sourcing Industry Group, and I want to welcome you back. Today, we have the pleasure of talking to the VSP Global sourcing team finalists, and their project is called ‘Spend It Like It's Yours Project’. And Greg Tennyson is the lead over at VSP, so Greg, can I have you introduce your team?
 

How to be a Coveted Consultant with Jeff Amsel

Posted: 08/15/2018 - 10:25
Author: Jeff Amsel

In this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn Tiura interviews Jeff Amsel. Jeff Amsel began his career in accounting, earned an MBA in marketing and then was recruited to work with procurement teams. With experience working as both a consultant and within corporate consulting companies, he has a unique understanding of the needs of clients, especially when it comes to alignment with C-Suite stakeholders.

Quinn and Hilmer: The Approach to Strategic Outsourcing

Posted: 08/03/2018 - 04:25
Author: Kate Vitasek
There’s outsourcing and then there’s strategic outsourcing. The distinction between the two seems obvious today but professors James Brian Quinn and Frederick G. Hilmer did groundbreaking work that identified and evaluated the core competencies that go into strategic outsourcing decisions in the early 1990s. Their findings are still practical today almost 20 years later. 
 

The Power of Authenticity with Rob Bernshteyn

Posted: 06/20/2018 - 21:56
Author: Rob Bernshteyn

In this episode of the Sourcing Industry Landscape, Dawn Tiura interviews Rob Bernshteyn. Rob Bernshteyn is the Chief Executive Officer of Coupa Software, a cloud platform for business spend management. After moving to the U.S. at a young age, what began as an interest in sports memorabilia turned into a profitable venture during middle school and high school to help fund his college education.

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