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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Procurement Outsourcing News
JLL and IBM sign seven-year services agreement
Jones Lang LaSalle, a professional services firms specialising in real estate and investment management, has outsourced its IT procurement to IBM as part of a seven-year information technology (IT) services deal.
Swedish e-sourcing firm acquired by Capgemini
Swedish procurement technology company, IBX, has been acquired by Capgemini in a deal being described as providing, "the industry's first global end-to-end procurement as-a-service offering".
09:31, 02 Feb, 2010
Analysis: BP outsources IT procurement
If 2009 was the year that saw a wave of procurement outsourcing, it was a relatively small wave.
10:32, 28 Jan, 2010
Europe overtaking North America as top outsourcing region
Through the first three quarters of 2009, Europe surpassed North America as the leading region in the world for outsourcing spending by Forbes Global 2000 (G2000) companies, new research reveals.
08:48, 04 Jan, 2010
UK Council seals service outsourcing deal with IBM
Essex County Council in the UK has signed an eight-year agreement with IBM that it claims will deliver significant savings to local resident tax payers by optimising processes including procurement.
08:49, 23 Dec, 2009
Analysis: Dealing with IBM is like dealing with the army
"Dealing with IBM is like dealing with the army. It's approach is 'this is the way it's done.'" A client of IBM's procurement outsourcing strategy relayed this to Forester Research analyst Duncan Jones, when describing his experience with the business.
14:25, 02 Dec, 2009
India cashes in on procurement outsourcing bonanza
Procurement outsourcing ranks among the fastest shifting service lines to offshore providers with over 77 per cent of large-scale arrangements and 48 per cent of midmarket and small cap deals transitioning to India-based vendors, new research reveals.
08:58, 07 Sep, 2009
Recruitment company outsources procurement
Global recruitment outsourcing company Alexander Mann has outsourced its indirect procurement to Xchanging in a five-year deal worth £825m.
08:33, 30 Jul, 2009
Infosys posts profit boost as cost cutting continues
Profits at Indian BPO giant Infosys, have soared by a third - fuelling speculation that 2009 could see a boom in procurement outsourcing.
14:16, 13 Jan, 2009
Food giant serves up record profits
A rush to outsource catering services has seen profits soar at the world's biggest food service company.
16:30, 27 Nov, 2008
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