Centralized, Decentralized / Consulted or Center-Led? Which organization structure is considered Next Practice? Regardless of the industry you are in or whether you are doing Strategic Sourcing or have matured to Category Management, any or all of these structures can work. We spend so much time paying…
As Memorial Day is quickly approaching for us in the United States, we would like to pause and reflect on how lucky we feel to have a military that keeps us, our family and all of us safe. We think of their families, too, and the sacrifice they make…
I was recently on a call with a client (where we had worked on a major Transformation effort) to launch a Professional Services sourcing engagement with a spend well into the 100’s of millions. While we were talking about the governance for this engagement, he (unsolicited) started talking…
The complexity of maintaining the country’s electrical grid in case of a disaster is humongous and the Department of Energy has identified it as a major risk and has challenged the industry to come up with solutions. The industry has been trying a number of different approaches but…
Over a year ago we, at The Mpower Group, tapped into this major conversation around the difference between Strategic Sourcing and Category Management. So many of our client organizations are trying to make that journey and finding it to be quite challenging. Let’s ALL acknowledge the fact that…
