When was the last time you hired an external consultant? Whether it was recently or several years ago, the reason was probably the same – you needed knowledge / expertise that you didn’t feel you had access to internally. For purposes of this blog, I am using the…
The area of professional services spend continues to be a potential source of incredible value generation for most companies. Yet, most companies approach this spend segment with a very traditional sourcing approach and end up either leaving significant value on the table or in some cases, actually losing…
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…
