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Home » Authors » Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research

Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research

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Supplier Relationship Management: These Ties Are Critical to Value Chain Success

March 8, 2010
Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research
Analyst Insight: While traditional supply chain processes focus on efficient transactions, value chain networks are built on effective relationships. The difference is not trivial, challenging deep-seated traditional supply chain paradigms. With 70 percent to 80 percent of a product's components sourced externally vs. made in house, supplier relationship management is critical to value chain success.
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Sourcing & Procurement Solutions: Being a Leader Means Taking Costs Out

March 5, 2010
Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research
Analyst Insight: The number one strategy for sourcing and procurement executives is taking costs out. But that requires an enterprise view of procurement and sourcing resources, including spend, business process, supplier contracts, organizational structure, and employees. Leading organizations have accelerated their strategic cost-reduction activities to ensure immediate sourcing and procurement ROI.
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Using Software as a Service to Reduce Expenses

February 24, 2009
Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research
AMR Research expects shared services organizations and outsourcing delivery models to be a crucial vehicle for reducing sourcing and procurement overhead expenses. This will be enabled by a labor arbitrage, centralization of resources, tighter efficiencies in managed spend, improved process acumen and access to new technologies. These technologies, however, will see a shift from traditional license approaches to a more economical, integrated SaaS approach.
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Relationships Count with Both Core and Long-Tail Suppliers

August 14, 2008
Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research

Companies Stretch Dollars with Sourcing and Procurement Solutions

August 14, 2008
Mickey North Rizza, research director, AMR Research

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