- 28
- FEB
- 2012
The stewardship of productive knowledge
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Outsourcing, Talent
Companies pay a heavy price in lost capabilities when outsourcing a function. Is this out-weighed by the savings? more
- 22
- AUG
- 2011
Pemex outsources: Mexican business engages new stakeholders
Author: - Categories: Supplier Relationship Management, Outsourcing, Procurement Strategy
Petrol company Pemex has outsourced three contracts, driven by its lack of capability to extract oil from the more mature oil fields. Mexico's state oil monopoly yesterday awarded the country's first private oil production contracts in more than 50 years. more
- 23
- MAR
- 2011
Risk and reward: Why LCC sourcing will be replaced with nearshoring
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Risk, Outsourcing
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A recent study has found that more manufacturers are moving their plants and suppliers closer to core operations. This is not a response to the Japanese earthquake, but a result of long-term trends. more
- 14
- FEB
- 2011
The death of procurement outsourcing?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Outsourcing
Xchanging, a major procurement outsourcing provider, has announced profit warnings after cancelled contracts sent its share price spinning. Perhaps this signals a broader decline in the uptake of procurement outsourcing deals? more
- 26
- JAN
- 2011
Offshoring: harming the economy and fuelling inequality?
Author: Ben Ngobi - Categories: Outsourcing
A recent blog by the PIU has sparked a lively discussion on the costs and benefits of offshore outsourcing and whether it has been destructive to the wider community. more
- 19
- JAN
- 2011
Does offshoring harm the US economy?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Outsourcing
Have procurement departments done harm to their own economies by adopting outsourcing so readily? The PIU argues that buyers should offshore with pride in the knowledge that they are strengthening their home economies. more
- 08
- DEC
- 2010
HR and procurement: should kindred spirits work closer?
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Procurement Strategy, Outsourcing
I was talking to a senior HR manager the other day about the costs of grievance procedures. In one episode, he related to me a case where one employee was on sick leave for six months for stress, costing the company huge amounts in time and money. Perhaps procurement can add value here? more
- 08
- SEP
- 2010
Brazil's IT market becomes global centre
Author: Jonathan Webb - Categories: Outsourcing, Global Sourcing
Capgemini's purchase of Brazil's largest IT services company, CPM Braxis, highlights the increased prominence of the country in international trade and signals Latin America's rising global importance. more
