Industry Magazine Interviews Volt Consulting MSP's Walker for Podcast
"Solving the Complexities of Services Procurement" Podcast Available Online
New York, NY
September 10, 2008
Ben Walker, Vice President of Business Solutions & Product Strategy at Volt Consulting MSP, simplifies the complexities of services procurement in a podcast interview with Andrew Reese. Reese, managing editor of Supply & Demand Chain Executive magazine interviewed Walker to get to the heart of the questions most frequently asked regarding services supply chain management. The podcast will be available via a free download at www.sdcexec.com for a full year beginning August 21, 2008.
"The services category represents such a large piece of most companies expenditures with outside companies, yet it tends to be put on the back burner when it comes to strategic sourcing initiatives", said Walker, "often this is because companies quickly realize that the strategies and tactics used to source static commodities don't work very well when applied to human capital procurement."
Reese agrees that there are many misconceptions surrounding services procurement stating, "The nuances of human resource management require a unique set of supply chain management tools and expertise. Which sourcing models are most effective? How important is the interplay between a solution's Vendor Management System (VMS) software and the expertise of the Managed Services Program (MSP) provider to overall success? What are the key cost drivers that can yield significant savings? These are all questions facing organizations competing in today's global economy.
About Volt Consulting - Managed Service Programs
Volt Consulting - Managed Service Programs (MSP) is a business unit of Volt Information Sciences, Inc., providing specialized services and solutions to streamline and manage procurement of temporary staffing, project services, consultants, and other human capital. Volt Consulting MSP improves efficiencies throughout the entire procurement lifecycle, including supplier management, sourcing, spend management, invoicing, reconciliation and payment for enterprise clients. Volt Consulting MSP offers sophisticated human capital supply chain management outsourcing services, liberating clients’ human resources and procurement professionals from the intensive tasks surrounding contingent workforce management, so they can focus on core business processes. For additional information, please visit the Volt Consulting MSP website at www.voltmsp.com.
About Supply & Demand Chain Executive
Supply & Demand Chain Executive is the executive's user manual for successful supply and demand chain transformation, utilizing hard-hitting analysis, viewpoints and unbiased case studies to steer executives and supply management professionals through the complicated, yet critical, world of supply and demand chain enablement to gain competitive advantage. On the Web at www.SDCExec.com.
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