Manage Successfully in Uncertain Times
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Reducing IT costs without destroying value
Organisations are continually under pressure to control the amount they spend on IT, but never more so than in the current downturn as organisations look to curtail investment programmes and reduce costs. However IT cost reductions should always be approached with value in mind; if cutting IT costs destroys business value, then the reductions will be a false economy.
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Tactical or Strategic Procurement – which will you be?
2009 will be a year of challenges and opportunities for Procurement. Should Directors be keeping with the procurement strategy developed in 2008 or should they abandon it for the tactical activities that the business may well be pushing for?
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Ten steps to reduce your supply chain vulnerability
In tough times businesses need to focus absolutely on profit, cash flow and eliminating unpredictable events from a declining demand profile. Supply chains have a critical role in delivering this agenda but face vulnerabilities across demand-side, internal operations and supply-side that can have a serious business impact. This article discusses the vulnerabilities and provides ten actions a business can take to counter them.
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