Inclusive growth inclusion Alex Blues, IT Sourcing Specialist, PA Consulting Group discusses reveals that the technology industry seems to be becoming more conscious of its social responsibilities and the importance of inclusion. read the article at Professionaloutsourcing.net (external link) 04/02/11
The dangers of complacency Alex Blues, IT Sourcing Specialist, PA Consulting Group discusses reveals that while day one of NASSCOM focused on innovation, day two was very different. Innovation continued to feature, but the mood was more reflective. The conference speakers focused on the 'failure of success'.
read the article at Professionaloutsourcing.net (external link) 04/02/11
Innovation: The Change Agent Alex Blues, IT Sourcing Specialist, PA Consulting Group reveals that 'innovation' wins the award for the most used word on the first day of NASSCOM 2011 read the article at Professionaloutsourcing.net (external link) 04/02/11
PA's IT Outsourcing research at Nasscom 2011 Alex Blues, IT Sourcing Specialist, PA Consulting Group has written a blog exclusively for Professional Outsourcing Magazine while attending the NASSCOM Leadership Forum
read the article at Professionaloutsourcing.net (external link) 04/02/11
Cost cutting – fine-tune your sourcing arrangements
Simon Tennant, finance transformation specialist at PA Consulting Group, discusses how, while sourcing strategies are typically seen as ways of reducing costs over the long term, substantial short term cost savings can be realised through small amendments to the current arrangements.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 08/12/10
Outsourcing: Robust, proven technology is the key
Simon Tennant, head of finance consulting at PA Consulting Group, argues that businesses are outsourcing financial work, to avoid having to extend or upgrade enterprise resource planning systems, or to take advantage of labour arbitrage opportunities
read the article at FT.com (external link) 07/12/10
Surviving the first 100 days as a new CIO
Alex Blues, Head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group, explains why CIOs must ensure all IT services are being resourced and delivered as efficiently as possible.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 12/11/10
The five myths of outsourcing
Tim Palmer, Head of HR Transformation at PA Consulting Group, argues that HR Directors should weigh up their sourcing options.
read the article at HR Zone (external link) 11/11/10
Can outsourcing really deliver cost savings?
Tim Palmer, Head of HR Transformation at PA Consulting Group, argues that it is possible to achieve a great deal with HR Outsourcing
read the article at HR Magazine (external link) 01/11/10
Will you be a winner or a loser?
Mike Henley, Outsourcing expert at PA Consulting Group, discusses how, in the light of fundamental and permanent changes in the legal market, the greatest issue is whether legal firms and their people can accept and deliver revolutionary change.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 10/09/10
Shared services on the rise
Simon Tennant, head of finance consulting at PA Consulting Group, reports on how shared services centres promise greater efficiency in the Age of Austerity.
read the article at Purplecowmedia.net (external link) 17/08/10
Offshoring to Africa
Alex Blues, Head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group, comments on Africa’s rising popularity as a offshoring destination.
read the article at CIO.co.uk (external link) 07/05/10
Learning to let go
Simon Tennant Head of Finance Consulting at PA Consulting Group explores the benefits of empowering finance business partners and equipping them with business intelligence..
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 06/08/10
Commercially Open or Closed?
Alex Blues, Head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group, examines the differences between being commercially open and commercially closed.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 30/07/10
Value assurance...avoiding throwing the baby out with the bath water Mark Raphael, Outsourcing Specialist at PA Consulting Group considers the benefits of a value assurance exercise.
read the article at Computing.co.uk (external link) 28/07/10
Prescriptive or Open to Market Influences?
Alex Blues, Head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group considers the advantages and disadvantages of either being prescriptive or open to market influences in dealing with suppliers.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 23/07/10
Cooperative or Competitive?
Alex Blues, head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group, picks up from his blog last week. He considers some of the critical intangibles and why they are important for a successful outsourcing relationship.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 09/07/10
Making outsourcing work: the importance of critical intangibles
Alex Blues, Head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group sets the scene to talk about what makes the difference between an outsourcing success and a failure.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 01/07/10
What can we learn from BP?
Alex Blues, Head of IT Sourcing at PA Consulting Group, shares his views on the impact of the BP catastrophe on the outsourcing industry.
read the article at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 24/06/10
Inside outsourcing Alex Blues, IT sourcing lead at PA Consulting Group, explores the fact that although outsourcing is a hot topic at the moment it is actually a practice that has been around for hundreds of years.
read the article at ComputerWeekly.com (external link) 09/06/10
Waking the un-dead
Simon Tennant, head of finance consulting at PA Consulting Group, examines the role of the CFO in the zombie economy.
read the article at Conspectus.com (external link) 11/04/10
The Sourcing Potential of the 2010 Budget
Tim Palmer, BPO lead at PA Consulting Group, explores the elements of the 2010 budget statement that should be of interest to the sourcing community.
read the blog at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 26/03/10
The big multisourcing debate
Alex Blues, IT sourcing lead at PA Consulting Group, discusses the outputs of PA's recent Global IT outsourcing survey, and the increasing trend towards customers considering multi-sourcing as an option for their organisation's sourcing needs
listen to the podcast at Sourcingfocus.com (external link) 16/03/2010
The pitfalls of outsourcing
Alex Blues, IT sourcing lead at PA Consulting Group, explores the danger of relying on overly simplistic how-to articles for inspiration and guidance when arranging outsourcing contracts.
read the article at Computing.co.uk (external link) 15/03/2010
Roundtable: HR Transformation through BPO
Tim Palmer, BPO lead at PA Consulting Group, recently took part in a Shared Services and Outsourcing Network (SSON) roundtable event. He argued that uncertainty, caused by the recession has made it difficult for large organisations to enter large scale outsourcing contracts.
view the article at SSONetwork.com (external link) 23/02/2010
The outsourcing risk rundown
Jonathan Cooper-Bagnall, head of sourcing at PA Consulting Group, talks to sourcingfocus.com about the integration challenge of a multi-sourcing approach.
view this blog entry at sourcingfocus.com (external link) 05/02/2010
Who’d have thought it?
Alex Blues, IT sourcing lead at PA Consulting Group, talks to sourcingfocus.com about what 2010 will bring for the outsourcing industry.
view the blog at sourcingfocus.com (external link) 13/01/2010
I’m a CIO... get me out of here!
Alex Blues talks to CIO Magazine, about how CIO's can survive the first 100 days of their new role. To view the web version of this article please use the link below.
view the article on the CIO Magazine website (external link) 01/01/2010
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