Articles
HR Takes Charge of Contingent Staffing
Workforce
March, 2002
It's critical to have a clear concept of how temps are hired, managed, and released. A company that uses contingent workers but doesn't track them can find itself on shaky legal, financial, and security ground.
Labor Pains
CIO Insight
October 1, 2003
Corporate America is beginning to experience a sea of change in its attitude toward information technology... The rise of computing as a utility, which like electricity or water can be paid for on an on demand basis, will shift more corporate IT jobs to services companies, which themselves are threatening to send jobs overseas.
A New Way to Manage Vendors
CIO Magazine
February 1, 2005
The VMO now gets involved at the start of negotiations and helps IT managers make informed decisions on which vendor can offer the best deal and the best service for a particular project. With a dedicated VMO within the IT department, a CIO can more easily manage relationships with multiple vendors, keep track of metrics and vendor performance, and negotiate discounts on IT services and products.
Valuation of the Temporary Employment Industry
Corporate Growth Report Weekly
Feb 26, 1996
As businesses continue to downsize to core competency, outsourcing or the use of temporary staff is on the rise and proving to be the perfect “remedy” for investors concerned about the US. economy.
Supply Management in the Public Sector: Improvements Required
Aberdeen Group
The U.S. federal, state, and local governments constitute the single largest buying entity in the world. However, the government lags private sector firms in employing strategies and technology to streamline procurement operations and better control supply costs and performance. In fact, continued reports from the General Accounting Office (GAO) suggest that the federal government alone is wasting billions of tax dollars owing to underleveraged spend and underperforming procurement and supply management operations.
