Implementing Strategic Sourcing. E-book. Formato PDF - 9789087535803

This informative, comprehensive, yet practical guide provides readers with a complete tool-kit of how to approach global sourcing successfully.

Based on real world experiences on implementing and sustaining global sourcing the book provides readers with key guidance on:

Foundations of Strategic Sourcing

Management, risk, governance and legal considerations

Organizational change, innovation and relationship management

Transition planning and the end-game

Successful principles for new business development from a service provider perspective

Future trends, summary and lessons learned

Ultimately this guide will take readers from ‘principles’ to ‘how to’s’ including:

How to develop, implement, manage and govern an effective global sourcing strategy and plan

How to put in place policies and processes that can be monitored to provide a balanced approach to sourcing

How to build a strategic top-down framework coupled with an operational roadmap

How to incorporate bottom-up implementation principles and practices that work

How to ensure a coordinated, cost-effective and value-delivery plan and operating environment for strategic and tactical sourcing.

In addition, it addresses the following areas in a comprehensive, yet easy to use and practical manner:

Integrates strategic and operational concepts and practices

Covers both clients and providers

Supports the practice of global sourcing by leveraging and integrating professional rigor for best practices

Provides practical knowledge, techniques, checklists and methodologies that can be used in any environment globally

Includes many examples of current and emerging best practices

Is broad and comprehensive, yet drills down to specific ‘how to’ details in all chapters

Provides a global view of sourcing

It comes highly recommended.