Award winning benchmarking, sourcing and transformation advisory firm, Alsbridge,
Inc. today announced that Ben Trowbridge, founder and CEO Alsbridge, will be co-hosting
the webinar- “The Sourcing Savants 2.0 Web-debate’ by HfS on January 17, 2013 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EST.
After the success
of Round 1 of Sourcing Savants web-debate last spring, seven of
the leading sourcing luminaries will come together once again, to deliberate
the critical challenges that the sourcing industry faces today:
- Achieving Value
Beyond Cost: Can the corporate mindset shift from cost-savings
myopia to value-creation and growth?
- Envisioning The
Future Global Operating Model: How can enterprises truly
leveraging sourcing and shared services under a common framework as
vehicles to achieve business objectives?
- Developing
Sourcing Talent: What on earth can enterprises and providers do
to develop their sourcing talent to go beyond tactical performance?
- Accomplishing
Realistic Innovation: How are today's relationships truly
faring when it comes to accomplishing innovation by improving enterprise
and provider collaboration?
Apart from debating the Four Industry
Challenges, the most prominent influencers of the sourcing industry will also
be answering your questions about the pressing issues facing sourcing today.
The panelists will include:
1. Ben Trowbridge, CEO – Alsbridge
2. Phil Fersht, Founder and CEO - HfS Research
3. Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO - Everest Group
4. Charlie Aird, Global Leader Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory-PricewaterhouseCoopers
5. Peter Lowes, Principal - Deloitte Consulting
6. Cliff Justice, Partner & U.S. Leader, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory - KPMG
7. David Whitmore, Vice Chairman and President, ISG Americas
For further details and registration for the webinar please go to the HfS webinar page.
About Alsbridge Inc.
Alsbridge provides world class sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for
the CIO, CFO and CPO. We’ve helped
hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors. Our experienced consultants leverage
proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal
vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market
prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors. Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost
effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services,
hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance,
application support and development, business processes and cloud services.
Alsbridge was ranked the #1 outsourcing advisor in the world by the
International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) based on the
value delivered to clients. This
commitment to delivering value to our clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished
member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held companies in
America.