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Report:Sourcing And Vendor Management's 2012 To 2014 Priorities: SVM's Value To The Business

In Q3 2011, Forrester fielded its second annual Global Sourcing And Vendor Management Priorities Survey to 156 sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals. In this survey, SVM professionals...

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Report:The SVM Organization's Future In 2020

Vision: The SVM Practice Playbook

Over the next years, Forrester expects IT organizations as we know them today to change dramatically, a result of a new wave of emerging technologies and a shift in the way employees use technology....

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Report:Building — Or Re-Invigorating — A Shared Service Center

In the mid-1990s companies tried to combine some of the advantages of outsourcing with the benefits of keeping important internal know-how and key resources. As a result, the shared service center...

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Report:Ensure The Future Of The SVM Organization With Innovation

Professional sourcing and vendor management organizations (SVMOs) have the potential to become one of the most important organizations in their enterprises, due in large part to their core...

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Report:Aligning Vendor Management Responsibilities To Your IT Organization's Mandate

IT Archetype Serves As The Foundation For Effective Organizational Alignment

Although most companies understand the need for a more strategic vendor management office (VMO), many of these companies don't know where to organize their vendor management activities. Because...

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Report:Build SVM's Value Message

Value Communication: The SVM Practice Playbook

Many sourcing and vendor management (SVM) professionals fear getting called into their CIO's office to justify their value. This fear often has some justification: Because executive leaders often...

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Report:SVM Activities, Roles, And Skills Are Evolving

Skills And Staffing: The SVM Practice Playbook

Many sourcing and vendor management organizations (SVMOs) are delivering effectively against their core mandate today, despite resource constraints. However, most SVM professionals are mapping their...

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Report:Using Life-Cycle Governance To Create An Agile IT Portfolio

Most smart sourcing professionals know that making smart sourcing decisions can result in a significant competitive advantage for their business. Yet in the face of rapid tech market changes,...

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