HCMWorks Archives
Archive for the ‘What’s in the Works?’ Category
Procurement Professionals Demand Innovation
Procurement professionals share procurement strategies and innovation at SIG Summit for workforce management, supplier collaboration and (indirect) procurement outsourcing.... Read the full article here
Easy Actions Result in Big Value from your MSP
Simple Supplier Feedback can be the difference to achieve excellence. A recent article in Canada’s Globe & Mail titled,Temp staffing agency seeks better feedback on workers’ performance, (link to Article) helps our clients and others to better understand the value proposition of the tools and programs MSP’s support and their value to our client’s which... Read the full article here
Evolution of Bell Canada’s Complex Services
V2H Methodology with the right P2P technology can be a Grand Slam for any Procurement Organization. As seen in today’s PR news from HCM & Emptoris, Bell Canada continues to be a leader in progressing the better management of complex indirect services. This is a continuance in the position that the often overlooked opportunity to... Read the full article here
Procurement through Prayer
Procurement through Prayer Plug, Click & Pray… Over this summer I had the great opportunity to meet with half a dozen Fortune 500 procurement organizations to review their current and past strategies for indirect goods and services. As a rapidly emerging leader within indirect procurement strategies, HCMWorks continues to see our thought leadership grow in... Read the full article here
Procurement Professionals, Getting it Done – New Videos Posted
First in the Series of Videos Posted. Hear from Tim Houghton, former Procurement Executive with Baxter Healthcare, BellSouth & Bell Canada discuss 3 current challenges to all procurement organizations. Tim will share with our audiences about: Procurement Transformation Change Management – Executive Sponsorship Attacking Indirect Procurement, Where to Begin? Please visit HCMWorks Video Library to... Read the full article here
HCMWorks Announces Procurement Professional’s Video Library
HCMWorks Announces Procurement Professional’s Video Library We are very excited to be releasing a comprehensive video series that will air on our website at www.hcmworks.com. Over the next few months we will begin to feature Fortune 500 Procurement Executives discussing their challenges, successes and best practices as they relate to indirect procurement. Besides on our... Read the full article here
Vendor Funded Model; Proof of Concept beyond Contingent Labor
Vendor Funded Model, Proof of Concept beyond Contingent Labor In late 1990’s/early 2000, as Y2K was upon us and the DotCom era of business was in full flight, several companies’ created technology platforms to automate the procure-to-pay process (P2P) for contingent labor. Firms like Beeline, White Amber and Chimes were the some of the early... Read the full article here
CFO’s Dream: Revenue Generation, Hard Dollar Savings all in one…
HCMWorks implemented an indirect procurement managment system for a large North American Corporation saving the company $5M on expenditures and generations of $7M in processing tax revenue each year.... Read the full article here
Observations: Post deployment of Ariba
HCMWorks implemented Ariba's P2P services procurment platform in record time. Ariba customers can now explore indirect procurement in a meaningful and rapid way. HCMWorks has time and time again, continued to prove that a unified and consolidated program that captures all indirect services expenditures and complex categories is not only achievable, the results make it a compelling business case to accelerate the efforts. ... Read the full article here
Learn How Procurement Can Generate Revenue
HCMWorks implemented a contingent labor management system to save $5M in annual spending and generate $7M in tax revenue. Large North American companies can benefit greatly by strategically managing indirect procurement expenditures.... Read the full article here
About HCMWORKS
Indirect Procurement intelligence beyond what our competitors provide:
We don’t just guide our clients on what they can achieve, we help them achieve it.
- Beyond analysis and strategy, our teams of experts assist our clients by implementing successful change management and adoption programs that ensure sustainability and success.
- Technology Agnostic. We don’t believe systems are a “one size fits all.” Our analysis of your firm’s expenditures reveals the best market solutions based on your corporate goals, cultural nuances and definitions of business success.
- Create enterprise intelligence on a single platform for tremendous indirect procurement visibility.
- Our programs can be deployed from analysis to implementation within 3-6months with a rapid return on investment.
- Proof-of-Concept. We can start slow then move fast. Let’s collectively demonstrate
to all constituents what success can look like.



