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EQUATERRA EXECUTIVE TO ADDRESS PROCUREMENT OUTSOURCING AT ARIBA LIVE CONFERENCE |
NEW YORK (April 13, 2005) —EquaTerra, a multi-national outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm, today announced that client executive Drew Pipkin will be a featured speaker on the “Best Practices and Trends in Procurement Outsourcing” panel at the Ariba LIVE conference – attended by more than 1,000 spend management professionals – being held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, from April 25-28, 2005. Pipkin’s recent clients include companies evaluating the source-to-settle process. During the panel he will share his perspectives on their evaluation of the service provider market and how they tested their solutions against internal transformation capabilities. His expertise complements complements that of his fellow panelists, who include: Romala Ravi, Program Manager, BPO, IDC Research; Shahriar Broumand, GM-Ariba Managed Services, Ariba; and Greg Spray, VP-Ariba Managed Services, Ariba. The interactive “Best Practices and Trends in Procurement Outsourcing” panel has been described to conference attendees as: “Procurement outsourcing is rapidly evolving as a delivery mechanism to enable spend management competencies to large enterprises and medium-sized firms. Companies are taking diverse approaches ranging from full indirect spend outsourcing to selective category and process outsourcing, and from end-to-end spend management programs to targeted sourcing and compliance management services. Hear best practices and trends on how to navigate the journey from leading customers, analysts, BPO consultants, and vendors who are doing it and realizing value.” |
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About EquaTerra |
EquaTerra (www.equaterra.com), a global outsourcing and insourcing advisory firm with over 140 advisors in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific, is focused solely on providing global corporations with advisory, research and outsourcing governance services that enable them to achieve service delivery excellence for their SG&A processes. EquaTerra's advisors average more than 20 years of industry, service provider and process experience with functional leadership in Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, Information Technology and Procurement. Our advisors have been involved in over 600 global business transformation, outsourcing and outsourcing governance projects. For more information, please contact Lee Ann Moore at +1 713.669.9292; leeann.moore@equaterra.com; www.equaterra.com. |