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HCMWorks 2012 Indirect Procurement Survey Indicates Need for Change!
HCMWorks 2012 Indirect Procurement Survey Indicates Need for Change! HCMWorks 2012 Indirect Procurement Survey reached a new high in participation and delivers information that suggests a broad based need for change within peer company procurement divisions if the desired outcomes are to be achieved. What sort of insight does the 2012 survey deliver? In conjunction... Read the full article here
What Does a Managed Services Provider in Procurement Service Do and Why?
It is essential that individuals working with managed services providers (MSPs), particularly those who own managed services contracts, have a clear understanding of what these teams do, why, and what to focus on when evaluating performance. This white paper aims to answer all of these questions clearly and concisely. Three Main Reasons Why Companies Choose... Read the full article here
Turn up the VOLUME: How to Become a Procurement Rock Star
Turn up the VOLUME: How to Become a Procurement Rock Star This position paper takes our readers through the common denominator that can assist procurement executives to play like a Rock Star. Learn how companies like Salesforce.com and Rent-a-Center pushed aside the normal procurement “analysis to paralysis” and by taking one simple approach revolutionized their... Read the full article here
Identifying Indirect Procurement Savings Opportunities
Identifying Indirect Procurement Savings Opportunities. This whitepaper looks at barriers to entry in your indirect procurement strategy and gaining traction in key indirect categories
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Roadmap Series: 2011 Indirect Procurement Survey Results
2011 Indirect Procurement Survey Results Back by popular demand, our 2010 Survey results gave our readers tremendous insight into the untapped opportunity into indirect services spending, savings and behaviors. The latest results in the Roadmap to Success Series will give readers more deep insight into the areas of indirect services procurement and get a peer... Read the full article here
Velocity Magazine: Supplier Management Programs
Building World-Class Supplier Management Programs This article summarizes the series while giving the reader a critical look at building world-class supplier management programs. Velocity®, SAMA’s (Strategic Account Management Association) quarterly magazine published a consolidation article of HCMWorks’ Kimberly Smokey’s Blue Print Series on Supplier Management Programs. About Velocity® Each issue contains exclusive, in-depth articles on... Read the full article here
Case Study – Uncovering Hidden Savings in Contingent Labor
Learn how a large North American telecommunications company and HCMWorks implemented an aggressive contingent labor management program that saved the company over $32M in year one year and over $70M over 4 years in contigent labour costs.... Read the full article here
Blueprint Series: Create New Value with Supplier Collaboration
Supplier Relationship Management: Create New Value with Supplier Collaboration Readers will learn that by fostering collaboration both within their firms and with outside business partners, companies will be better equipped to drive growth through increased productivity and innovation. . . In the final installment of our Supplier Management “Blueprint” series, Kimberly Smokey challenges senior supply... Read the full article here
Blueprint Series: Creating a Measurable Supplier Management Program
Six principles to implement supplier management programs, with a focus on supplier partnership performance metrics.... Read the full article here
Blueprint Series: Supplier Performance Assessment
Important Tools or Solutions For Supply Chain Management/Purchasing: Evolving trends in partnering and e-procurement are delivering cost savings and efficiencies in indirect procurement and supply chain management.... 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.
