Posts Tagged ‘Supply Chain Management’

Future of HCSC Software

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 by Tim Giehll

After attending the HR Thought Leadership conference in Atlantic City in June, I came away with a bunch of insights from attendees and other speakers about the Future of Human Capital Supply Chain Software.  I heard from a number of corporate HR executives that there is a HUGE market globally for the “replacement” of first generation 1.0 Talent Management systems over the next few years. This is being driven by the explosion of Web 2.0 technologies and the dis-satisfaction that many corporate HR users have with their “over-sold” current 1.0 talent management solutions. 

In general, the Top 5 Future Capabilites Include:

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Staffing MSP Services Kills Need For VMS Firms

Thursday, June 10th, 2010 by Tim Giehll

For awhile now there have been two camps of thought concerning how to best help Corporations improve the management of their contingent workforce spending.  At first, there were stand alone VMS (Vendor Management Software/Service) companies that applied technology to this business issue,  Over time the large Staffing firms jumped in and through their MSP (Managed Service Provider) offerings and the acquisition of some of the VMS technology companies, they have been able to effectively help their largest corporate clients better manage the flow of contingent spending.  Who is right and who is wrong ???

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HR Consulting Firms Embrace Human Capital Supply Chains

Tuesday, May 11th, 2010 by Tim Giehll

Last week, while attending the Consulting Summit in Chicago ,hosted by Brian Cuthbert and Joe Kornik of Consulting Magazine, I had the opportunity to talk with some of the world’s leading HR and Supply Chain consulting firms.  I had the chance to speak with Kathryn Hayley (CEO) from Aon, Rajeev Jain of Hewitt, Maryanne Faschan of HP, Carrie Greenbaum of Alix and Susan Kantor of PRTM.  After talking about the revolutionary aspects of Human Capital Supply Chains, all my discussions focused on how Consulting firms should begin to engage with their corporate clients about the benefits of implementing a Human Capital Supply Chain environment.  The discussions were lively and it reinforced for me the true transformational nature of a new idea such as Human Capital Supply Chains.   

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VMS Hell from a staffing industry point of view

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 by Tim Giehll

First of all, I have to give full credit for this post to the Californai Staffing Association.  The information written by them below is one of the BEST descriptions of what staffing firms many times deal with when they interact with a corporate VMS.  It is important for all parties; 1) the corporate client, 2) the VMS/MSP and 3) the staffing firm to better understand the  common frustrations of interfacing with a VMS environment.  Happy Reading !!!

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Marriage of Manufacturing & Human Capital

Thursday, February 25th, 2010 by Tim Giehll

In a recent Supply Chain research report distributed by TEC at www.technologyevaluation.com , they described the 3 main technologies used by manufacturing and distribution companies to automate their businesses and streamline their processes.  They explain how these decision support systems worked together to guide and protect them through the up-swings and down-turns of the economy.  These 3 “mission critical” systems included ERP (enterprise resource planning), SCM (supply chain management) and APS (advanced planning and scheduling). 

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What The Olympics Taught Me About Supply Chain Management

Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 by Tim Schram

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.
- Olympic Creed

I’ve been a huge Olympics junkie ever since the 1984 Los Angeles Games in my home state of California. I think maybe the Team USA site sums it up perfectly for me when talking about Olympic values and the Games:

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