This informative, comprehensive, yet practical guide provides readers with a complete tool-kit of how to approach global sourcing successfully.
Based on real world experiences on implementing and sustaining global sourcing the book provides readers with key guidance on:
∗ Foundations of Strategic Sourcing
∗ Management, risk, governance and legal considerations
∗ Organizational change, innovation and relationship management
∗ Transition planning and the end-game
∗ Successful principles for new business development from a service provider perspective
∗ Future trends, summary and lessons learned
Ultimately this guide will take readers from 'principles' to 'how to's' including:
∗ How to develop, implement, manage and govern an effective global sourcing strategy and plan
∗ How to put in place policies and processes that can be monitored to provide a balanced approach to sourcing
∗ How to build a strategic top-down framework coupled with an operational roadmap
∗ How to incorporate bottom-up implementation principles and practices that work
∗ How to ensure a coordinated, cost-effective and value-delivery plan and operating environment for strategic and tactical sourcing.
In addition, it addresses the following areas in a comprehensive, yet easy to use and practical manner:
∗ Integrates strategic and operational concepts and practices
∗ Covers both clients and providers
∗ Supports the practice of global sourcing by leveraging and integrating professional rigor for best practices
∗ Provides practical knowledge, techniques, checklists and methodologies that can be used in any environment globally
∗ Includes many examples of current and emerging best practices
∗ Is broad and comprehensive, yet drills down to specific 'how to' details in all chapters
∗ Provides a global view of sourcing
It comes highly recommended.
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