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		<title>How To Get More For Less Without Disfranchising Your Suppliers.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jan 2009 15:09:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strategic sourcing &#8211; and third party contracts &#8211; are critical to delivery of business objectives.
The Business environment is moving rapidly &#8211; and more significantly changing – and as a result the degree to which third party contracts are aligned to meet business needs, will reduce over time-The Business and the IT Services will become “decoupled”.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Strategic sourcing &#8211; and third party contracts &#8211; are critical to delivery of business objectives.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The Business environment is moving rapidly &#8211; and more significantly changing – and as a result the degree to which third party contracts are aligned to meet business needs, will reduce over time-The Business and the IT Services will become “decoupled”.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">What can Businesses do to ensure that third party contracts are aligned to The Business, resulting in more efficient delivery of the Business Vision?</p>
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<li>Review current contracts in order to identify where the services being delivered are no longer in line with the overall Business Vision.</li>
<li>Review SLA’s and KPI’s to ensure that they are aligned to Business Vision and do not conflict with the delivery of an effective service.</li>
<li>Review the extent to which the “informed customer function” is working with  present outsourcing suppliers to drive partnership approach.</li>
<li>Define service delivery solution that is aligned to the business and its projected rate of change – acceleration/deceleration &#8211; prior to renewing existing contracts.</li>
<li>Renegotiate current contracts to strip out non value added elements of service.</li>
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<p style="text-align: left;">RedMule works with organisations to implement the above measures.</p>
<p style="text-align: left;">The business outcomes are that Business will realise a more flexible service which is more closely aligned  to their clients’ needs.</p>
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