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The technology sector is full of upgrade and implementation horror stories. Who could forget the pain of early 90s ERP installs? Or the struggles with an overzealous IT department’s anti-virus settings that pretty much prevented you from doing any work online? The latest batch of problems making headlines are largely around consumer applications and software. [more]
Change Management is key to successful software upgrades
July 7th, 2008 · No Comments · On Demand/SaaS, best practices, skills rectruitment and development
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Making the Case for Spend Management
July 1st, 2008 · 1 Comment · best practices, sourcing, spend analysis, supply management
A reader left a great Comment last week on my WSJ Pushes Spend Management as a Recession Remedy post. He was looking for an effective way to make the case for Spend Management initiatives - with ROI projections - at a time when it’s difficult to free up budget for new programs. Rather than give [more]
Tags: change management·spend management
WSJ Pushes Spend Management as a Recession Remedy
June 27th, 2008 · 4 Comments · best practices, sourcing, spend analysis, supply management
A recent article on WSJ.com profiled how some companies have increased their spend management efforts in order to weather the economic downturn. For example, PPG trimmed their number of suppliers, negotiated better contracts and wound up saving 15%. GlaxoSmithKline cut T&E expenses by rolling out new online tools that show employees their various options for [more]
