Implementing Strategic Sourcing

Forewords
Preface
Acknowledgements: all authors
About the authors

PART 1: FOUNDATION OF STRATEGIC SOURCING
1. Overview of issues and opportunities
2. Creating a sourcing strategy
3. Process for sourcing and selection of a service provider and negotiation of a sourcing agreement

Part 2: MANAGEMENT, RISK, GOVERNANCE AND CONTROL
4. Sourcing management, governance and control
5. Legal and contracting considerations

PART 3: ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE, INNOVATION AND RELATIONSHIP
6. Managing organizational change and transformation
7. Relationship management

PART 4: TRANSITION PLANNING AND THE END GAME
8. Transition planning in a sourcing engagement
9. Knowing what the end game is from the beginning

PART 5: SUCCESSFUL PRINCIPLES FOR NEW BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FROM A SERVICE PROVIDER PERSPECTIVE
10. Successful principles and practices for new and recurring business development for service providers

PART 6: FUTURE TRENDS, SUMMARY AND LESSONS LEARNED
11. Future trends, careers and stakeholder diversity
12. Summary, lessons learned, critical success factors and personal action plan

Bibliography
Glossary

Appendixes