{"id":1875,"date":"2009-06-10T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-10T22:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/supply-management-bpo-short-term-body-shopping-trumps-business-transformation\/"},"modified":"2009-06-10T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-10T22:14:00","slug":"supply-management-bpo-short-term-body-shopping-trumps-business-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/supply-management-bpo-short-term-body-shopping-trumps-business-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Supply Management BPO &#8211; short-term body shopping trumps business transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.amrresearch.com\/outsourcing\/2009\/06\/supply-management-bpo.html\" onclick=\"window.open(this.href,&#39;_blank&#39;,&#39;scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39;); return false\" style=\"FLOAT: right\"><strong><em><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Overheat\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00d8356fb76c69e201156ffe3136970c \" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/images\/6a00d8356fb76c69e201156ffe3136970c-800wi.jpg\" style=\"MARGIN: 4px\" title=\"Overheat\" \/><\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em> It&#39;s easy to get excited with high-growth markets, but supply management BPO&#39;s different.<\/em><\/strong>&#0160; <\/p>\n<p>While the market <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.amrresearch.com\/outsourcing\/2009\/04\/supplier-management-bpo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">has grown exponentially<\/a>, and a&#0160;30% increased expenditure last year is eye-opening, the nature of these engagements doesn&#39;t give&#0160;me confidence that this market will sustain its growth trajectory unless customers think beyond short-term labor arbitrage, and service providers introduce significant process and technology enhancements to the early adopters to help them optimize their delivery.&#0160; This &quot;lift and shift&quot; model could well result&#0160;in customers losing more than they save.&#0160; Read more at <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.amrresearch.com\/outsourcing\/2009\/06\/supply-management-bpo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Think Global<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#39;s easy to get excited with high-growth markets, but supply management BPO&#39;s different.&#0160; 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