Best Practice Sourcing Guidelines

These are detailed guidelines of sourcing best practice. Each best practice guideline covers a key aspect of the sourcing process, such as :

  • Sourcing strategy development
  • Business case development
  • Vendor management and governance
  • Exit management.

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  • Best Practices in Sourcing Business Case Development

    May 2008 | Sourcing Guidliness by Howard Spode

    This best practice guide consists of 65 pages.

    Outsourcing and offshoring present significant opportunities to organizations. However, development of a strong business case is essential to maximize these opportunities, and organizations often lack the methodology and internal manpower required for these critical business case assessments.

    In response, NelsonHall has produced a detailed Practitioner Guide on 'How to Develop Successful Business Cases for Sourcing Propositions' backed up by experienced consultants who can assist organizations in their business case development.

  • BPO Contract Termination

    May 2007 | Sourcing Guidliness by Howard Spode

    Provides best practice guidelines for BPO contract terminations.

    The guidelines cover:

    • Reasons for contract termination planning
    • BPO contract termination frameworks
    • Categories of termination
    • Common termination requirements
    • Recommendations.

  • BPO Negotiations in Indirect Procurement

    December 2006 | Sourcing Guidliness by Rachael Stormonth

    Supports buy-side organizations considering outsourcing indirect procurement through identification of key factors in contract negotiation.

    Areas covered include:

    • Understanding reasons for outsourcing
    • Typical pricing mechanisms
    • Intellectual property issues
    • Use of SLAs
    • Common areas for dispute.

  • U.S. Sourcing Manager Perceptions of BPO

    October 2006 | Sourcing Guidliness by John Willmott

    Evaluates U.S. sourcing managers' attitudes towards BPO sourcing and identifies those factors required to increase the rate of BPO service adoption.

    The report identifies:

    • Adoption rates for BPO and captive centers within U.S. sourcing evaluations
    • Reasons why BPO is adopted and why BPO is currently rejected as a sourcing option
    • How sourcing managers would allocate 100 offshore BPO personnel by country
    • Perceived strengths and weaknesses of individual offshore geographies.

  • Shared Services & Outsourcing Trends

    June 2006 | Sourcing Guidliness by Paul Connolly

    Analyzes the dynamics between shared services and business process outsourcing.

    Topics covered include:

    • From traditional outsourcing to Shared Service Centers
    • Shared Services and BPO in F&A and HR
    • Commercial and Risk Management.

Sourcing Advice & Services

NelsonHall will be pleased to assist you in your sourcing assignments. To obtain further details of our consultancy and advisory capabilities, please contact Howard Spode.