This is perhaps one of the hardest discussions that we get into at various conferences and the discussion is always the same – regardless of where we are speaking in the world. Many people instinctively know that unless they can change the metrics they are measured on –…
When July 19, 2018 8:30 am to 4:30 pm Topics Optimal Organizational Design for Procurement (Including a Center of Excellence) Global Sourcing In the New Global Political Realities Where Morton Arboretum 4100 Illinois 53 Lisle, Illinois 60532 Contact The Mpower Group-Rick info@thempowergroup.com What Our Members…
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…
