Strategic Sourcing White Papers

WHITE PAPER: Access this white paper for an in-depth look at one platform that provides a modern system of engagement when it comes to supplier relations and supply chain management. Access now to see how ongoing activity monitoring can reshape how your operations function.

Posted: 22 Jan 2015 | Published: 22 Jan 2015

WHITE PAPER: Manufacturers will continue to leverage technology to stay competitive. Read this paper to learn how with the Vantage fully integrated enterprise solution, you will be prepared to meet the challenges of today's market place-becoming lean to do so

Posted: 03 Sep 2008 | Published: 03 Sep 2008

WHITE PAPER: Enhancing usability is the key to getting beyond tacit user acceptance of an e-Procurement system to the full adoption and compliance that yields cost reduction and full ROI. Read this paper to learn the full compliance strategies that best-in-class organizations are using for their e-Procurement implementations.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 06 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Many procurement organizations struggle to meet savings goals with an overworked staff using time-consuming, manual processes or outdated systems. Read this paper to learn how to better collaborate with key stakeholders, qualify suppliers, ensure a competitive bidding process, and negotiate contract terms with suppliers.

Posted: 22 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 May 2011

WHITE PAPER: To drive market share, sales, product adoption and greater efficiency, many businesses are strategically partnering with suppliers and other supply chain participants to collaborate and share information. In this white paper, find answers to three of the top concerns for organizations developing these collaborative supply chain networks.

Posted: 31 Jan 2012 | Published: 30 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Read this article to discover the three supplier management initiatives that have helped market-leading procurement organizations drive innovation, increase productivity and mitigate risk.

Posted: 21 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read ARC's view on how SAP's best practices and SAP Business All-in-One solutions for chemicals ensure rapid deployment with low risk for small and midsize companies.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: See how manufacturers are adding value to product offerings with a new business model. Using their ecosystems to build a solution provider network, they are enabling supply network collaboration with suppliers, engineers, and financial services organizations, as well as developing industry coalitions to drive more value to customers.

Posted: 07 Aug 2009 | Published: 07 Aug 2009

WHITE PAPER: A costly, complicated migration to a best-of-breed e-Procurement platform is not the only way to achieve a consumer-friendly user interface (UI) and ensure user adoption. Read this paper to discover a cost-effective alternative that allows SAP ERP users to leverage their existing infrastructure to achieve e-Procurement adoption.

Posted: 09 Jan 2012 | Published: 31 Jul 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper outlines the key research findings of a survey about the motivations and priorities of data center investment. Learn about the best ways to strategically source your IT infrastructure and how to make the right decisions for your organization about data center investment.

Posted: 10 Oct 2014 | Published: 31 Jul 2014

BROCHURE: This resource introduces the Gartner Sourcing & Strategic Vendor Relationships Summit – an IT sourcing event that offers insight to help you adjust and optimize your sourcing strategy in today's digital age.

Posted: 06 Mar 2014 | Published: 06 Mar 2014

WHITE PAPER: Sourcing and procurement organizations have great potential to reduce costs, contribute to the bottom line, and deliver against enterprise strategic goals.

Posted: 26 Jan 2009 | Published: 23 Jan 2009

EGUIDE: Read this guide to learn best practices to become strategic partners with your suppliers and understand how a sourcing strategy can make or break a company.

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 | Published: 08 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this white paper, brought to you by StarCite, corporate travel and meetings professionals will learn why executive support is vital to a strategic meetings management effort and how to garner that support - even if it requires investment and resources from upper management.

Posted: 10 Mar 2009 | Published: 09 Mar 2009

WHITE PAPER: Software licensing is full of complexity and factors outside your control. Having accurate information is the best strategy for managing vendors, negotiating with them, and avoiding vendor audits. This paper offers insight to enter conversation...

Posted: 30 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights the costs of IT asset proliferation and the advantages of the IBM view of IT optimization as a strategic, ongoing process.

Posted: 14 May 2008 | Published: 01 Oct 2007

BROCHURE: The Gartner Outsourcing & Strategic Partnerships Summit 2013 this September allows you to rethink your outsourcing strategies and discuss best practices with your peers to help you achieve the most from your outsourcing efforts.

Posted: 19 Jul 2013 | Published: 19 Jul 2013

EGUIDE: While often underappreciated by IT professionals, logs are an extremely useful source of data for IT shops. Often undervalued as a strategic weapon, log management tools can play a vital role in securing mission-critical data and assuring accountability. Learn what to consider when it’s time to get a handle on your logs.

Posted: 01 Nov 2010 | Published: 27 Oct 2010

WHITE PAPER: This paper explores challenges and opportunities inherent in the global sourcing movement and provides at least five capabilities to be mastered if an organization is to achieve world-class status in the sourcing approaches and management techniques.

Posted: 26 Jun 2008 | Published: 01 Sep 2007

EBOOK: In this handbook, experts Tom Nolle, Trevor Jones, and Jim O'Reilly look at open source's place in the cloud, the various platforms currently in use, and where they can make a difference in an organization.

Posted: 17 Feb 2015 | Published: 17 Feb 2015

RESEARCH CONTENT: This report from management and technology consulting firm BearingPoint is intended to give an assessment and provide a constructive analysis of UK companies' digital maturity, hence the nature of the statistics provided.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 06 Nov 2018

PRESENTATION TRANSCRIPT: This presentation transcript explores the benefits and drawbacks of buying business intelligence (BI) solutions from enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendors, and shares survey results that reveal whether or not customers who have gone down the sole-sourcing path are happy with their decision.

Posted: 20 Oct 2009 | Published: 20 Oct 2009

EBOOK: In this eBook, learn what the newest procurement tools can do and gain a better understanding of how to move beyond indirect spend management to the direct goods that impact the entire product lifecycle.

Posted: 18 Mar 2011 | Published: 16 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: The most effective way to thrive through unprecedented change is to get ahead of it. Read this e-book to learn how you can transform your digital operations and maximize ROI by enabling effective project and portfolio management on a single platform.

Posted: 18 Jan 2024 | Published: 18 Jan 2024

EGUIDE: You rarely have every stakeholder involved in a software contract negotiation, and the process is often rushed through. Forrester's Mark Bartrick reveals how to execute a coherent software negotiation strategy in this expert e-guide.

Posted: 25 Jul 2016 | Published: 05 Jul 2016

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at the NHS Long-Term Plan and examine how it intends to transform UK healthcare for a digital age. We analyse the latest chip developments from Intel and AMD to see what will change in the datacentre in 2019. And we ask the experts if Amazon Web Services can continue its growth trajectory. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 11 Jan 2019

CASE STUDY: The following case study explores the analytical models that Mindjet used to increase the reach and timeliness of data access and deepen analytics after a strategic merger.

Posted: 19 May 2014 | Published: 19 May 2014

EGUIDE: This expert E-Guide discusses how today's highly competitive talent market has led many human resources (HR) managers to rethink the recruitment process. Also inside, explore the growing roles that applicant tracking systems and social media-based sourcing play in the hunt for quality talent.

Posted: 06 May 2013 | Published: 06 May 2013

WHITE PAPER: SL Enterprise RTView is a business information delivery platform that is used by IT Managers to rapidly configure, deploy, maintain and extend real-time and other critical enterprise information systems.

Posted: 07 Feb 2008 | Published: 01 May 2006

EBOOK: The key to unlocking outsourcing potential lies in targeting the right projects, choosing your suppliers wisely and then managing them with an eye on economic conditions at that global site. Here's a step-by-step plan for optimizing savings.

Posted: 04 May 2009 | Published: 04 May 2009

EZINE: In this week's Computer Weekly, we look at how businesses are adapting to the challenges of perimeterless network security. We examine how digital transformation is bringing increased complications for identity and access management. And we ask if public cloud providers are a threat to the funding model for open source software. Read the issue now.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 18 Jan 2019

WHITE PAPER: Explore the characteristics of open cloud, and discover how adopting a truly open cloud delivers the maximum business value in this essential resource.

Posted: 25 Jul 2012 | Published: 25 Jul 2012

EZINE: The Netherlands is seen as a pioneering country which often takes different approaches to solving problems. It is a small country with limited resources and often finds itself using innovative methods to keep up.

Posted: 08 Feb 2021 | Published: 09 Nov 2017