Comments on: “R” Does Not Have to be a Dreaded Letter http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/26/%e2%80%9cr%e2%80%9d-does-not-have-to-be-a-dreaded-letter/ The source of information and best practices in strategic sourcing. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:08:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Eric Strovink http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/26/%e2%80%9cr%e2%80%9d-does-not-have-to-be-a-dreaded-letter/#comment-11192 Eric Strovink Wed, 26 Mar 2008 14:59:39 +0000 http://www.esourcingforum.com/archives/2008/03/26/%e2%80%9cr%e2%80%9d-does-not-have-to-be-a-dreaded-letter/#comment-11192 If "re-sourcing" includes "aggressive compliance review of existing contracts" -- which can return not only a promise of future savings, but a refund check (or credits) as well -- then I'm on board. One should always think before pulling the sourcing trigger. Your current contracts may be fine -- the problem may be compliance. Spending a lot of time and effort setting up new contracts that nobody pays attention to won't help. If “re-sourcing” includes “aggressive compliance review of existing contracts” — which can return not only a promise of future savings, but a refund check (or credits) as well — then I’m on board.

One should always think before pulling the sourcing trigger. Your current contracts may be fine — the problem may be compliance. Spending a lot of time and effort setting up new contracts that nobody pays attention to won’t help.

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