Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/28/2010 -- Join Mike Wind, President - Sourcing Gurus (a Systems Plus Company) and Sahal Laher, Division CIO, Collective Brands Inc. - Performance + Lifestyle Group for a cutting edge presentation on Relationship Management Scorecard on Monday, October 25, 2010 at "IAOP 2010 Outsourcing Tools & Technology Symposium" at the campus of Symantec Corporation in Mountain View, CA.

About The 2010 Outsourcing Tools & Technology Symposium
The symposium is dedicated to understanding "how to leverage advanced tools and technologies to improve outsourcing and shared service center performance". Leading users and providers will share their experiences and best practices in the use of tools and technologies to improve the value from outsourcing and/or shared services. Leading tools providers in the industry will present how their advanced technologies can be put to work quickly and affordably to enhance outsourcing value to your organization.

Mike Wind, President - Sourcing Gurus (a Systems Plus Company) will deliver a presentation on "How to measure the value of a Managed Services Offering using a scorecard framework". Attendees will learn how to capture the "Value of IT" and articulate it to their internal business partners.

Sahal Laher, Division CIO, Collective Brands Inc. - Performance + Lifestyle Group will present a user case study on "How the use of dashboards and other tools & technologies are enabling improved outsourcing governance". Sahal will share his experience on how he has used "Relationship Management Scorecard" to optimize and manage the financial performance, quality of services delivered and overall vendor governance of the outsourcing relationship.

Participants will receive valuable insight into how they can implement "Relationship Management Scorecard" tool to effectively manage their outsourcing relationships with providers of complex, outsourced services.

Relationship Management Scorecard is a framework encompassing all the elements of the outsourcing relationship: Financial, Delivery, Customer Satisfaction, and Resource Productivity. It provides a clear line of sight between business objectives and the critical Managed Services delivery items and showcases a quantitative and qualitative view of the outsourcing relationship health.
If you would like to schedule a time to meet with Mike Wind while you attend the Forum, e-mail us at sps.info@spluspl.com

How to Register

For more information on the 2010 Outsourcing Tools & Technology Symposium or to enroll visit http://www.iaop.org/Tools_Symposium

About Systems Plus Solutions
Systems Plus Solutions is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified IT Services and Solutions Provider with experience in developing, implementing and supporting IT solutions for clients in over 20 countries across Europe, Asia and North America. For more information, visit http://www.systems-plus.com

About Sourcing Gurus
Sourcing Gurus is an India-based, boutique Advisory firm offering end to end consulting for IT, BPO and Infrastructure Outsourcing initiatives. We bring insight, objectivity and local knowledge to enhance results for successful outsourcing initiatives. Sourcing Gurus supports Organizations through the complex layers of decisions and engagements with Vendors, helping to put their plans into action and deliver results.

Sourcing Gurus also provides companies with the processes, tools and technology necessary to build world-class vendor management capabilities through our Relationship Management Scorecard Tool. For more information, visit http://www.sourcinggurus.com

About The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP)
The International Association of Outsourcing Professionals® (IAOP®) is the global, standard-setting organization and advocate for the outsourcing profession. With more than 100,000 members and affiliates worldwide, IAOP helps companies increase their outsourcing success rate, improve their outsourcing ROI, and expand the opportunities for outsourcing across their businesses. To learn more, visit http://www.outsourcingprofessional.org

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Sourcing Gurus signed contract with leading non-athletic footwear retail company in the USA for Alternate Vendor Selection

Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/26/2010 -- Sourcing Gurus, a boutique IT Advisory firm offering end to end consulting for IT, BPO and infrastructure outsourcing initiatives, has signed a new contract for a vendor selection project with a leading non-athletic footwear retail company in the USA.

This comes on the heels of a successful vendor selection performed 2 years ago. The client now wants assistance in finding an alternate vendor for their growing business needs. The process would include a Request for Information (RFI) for vendors with specific technical skills and domain expertise. This will be followed by a Request for Proposal process to finalize a vendor in the next six months.

Sourcing Gurus will assist in

•Finalizing the multivendor approach
•Preparing the scope of engagement
•Shortlisting qualified vendors through RFI/RFP process
•Structuring multi-vendor deal
•Performing final negotiations

We are pleased that our client has shown renewed faith in our vendor selection process and entrusted us with the task again.

About Sourcing Gurus
Sourcing Gurus is an India-based, boutique Advisory firm offering end to end consulting for IT, BPO and Infrastructure Outsourcing initiatives. We bring insight, objectivity and local knowledge to enhance results for successful outsourcing initiatives. Sourcing Gurus supports Organizations through the complex layers of decisions and engagements with Vendors, helping to put their plans into action and deliver results.

Sourcing Gurus also provides companies with tools, technologies and processes needed to build world class vendor management capabilities through our Relationship Management Scorecard

About the Client
The client is among the world's preeminent footwear, accessory and lifestyle brand companies. They rank as the largest non-athletic footwear company and the largest footwear company based on retail stores in the Western Hemisphere. They are a US $ 3 billion company with 5,000 stores and over 15,000 employees. The business unit is centered on premium lifestyle and athletic branded footwear and high-quality children's footwear sold primarily through wholesaling arrangements and more than 300 store locations.

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The Relationship Management Scorecard Tool by Sourcing Gurus provides a framework for managing and monitoring Vendor’s performance. It lays a foundation for constant communication, collaboration and access to accurate data and analysis for making informed decisions that are critical to the success of outsourcing engagements.

Mumbai, Maharashtra -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/13/2010 -- Sourcing Gurus, a boutique IT Advisory firm providing companies with the processes, tools and technology necessary to build world-class Vendor Management capabilities today announced a contract with a large US Retailer of musical instruments for Relationship Management Scorecard.

The web-based framework service for managing and monitoring Vendor Relationships lays a foundation for constant communication, collaboration and access to accurate data and analysis for making informed decisions that are critical to the success of Outsourcing engagements.

This tool helps companies define, track and manage quantitative metrics, measure and improve qualitative "relationship health" characteristics and improve the value of Outsourcing relationships.

Benefits of the Relationship Management Scorecard:

•Puts an Organization's objectives at the center of its performance measurement

•Translates the objectives into tangible measures and metrics to manage Vendor performance

•Enhances accountability by measuring and reporting both Client's and Vendor's outlook

•Makes interactions between Company and Vendor more objective and transparent
•Focuses on achieving relationship nirvana with the chosen Vendor

The service selected by this company will ensure that all opportunities from the Relationship Management Scorecard are reviewed and identified for financial savings, service improvements, and contract compliance.

About the Client
The Client is a large USA based $2.5+ billion, multi-brand retailer of musical instruments operating more than 200 stores with 10,000+ employees. They offer Guitars, Basses, Drums, and Keyboards to musicians of all ages and experience levels throughout the United States, as well as professional Recording, DJ, Lighting, and Live Sound equipment for the stage and the studio.

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