Meeting held November 10, 2010
The IAOP Greater Cincinnati Chapter, co-chaired Procter & Gamble, Belcan Corporation and RTM Consulting, held a meeting in a virtual format on Wednesday, November 10, 2010.
The meeting featured a presentation "Trends in Outsourcing: Renegotiations" by Brooke Daniels, Senior Associate of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. Brooke provided valuable insight to customers and service providers by defining renegotiation; outlining why it is a good time to consider it; identifying the benefits of renegotiation vs. traditional procurement; reviewing what makes a contract a ‘good candidate’ for renegotiation; and explaining how to prepare for a successful renegotiation.
Meeting held June 24, 2010
A meeting of the IAOP Greater Cincinnati Chapter, co-chaired Procter & Gamble, Belcan Corporation and RTM Consulting, was held on Thursday, June 24, at Belcan Corp., 10200 Anderson Way, Cincinnati.
We had an exciting and informative agenda including our featured topic "Making the Decision to Outsource...Transparency as an enabler for ITO Success." Blazent Software, a leader in assisting outsourcing customers and service providers in establishing clarity through transparency in their relationships will share a case study example with one of their major clients, IBM Global Services.
The session addressed the critical need for transparency in the outsourcing lifecycle, particularly when establishing accurate baselines and understanding of the asset/inventory when considering IT infrastructure outsourcing. The need for accuracy and transparency at the beginning of the outsourcing life-cycle provides for a faster, quicker more accurate outsourcing decision cycle and then provides a solid foundation for service delivery success by the service provider by eliminating friction in the relationship and wasted time and money in governance.
Meeting held May 20, 2009
A meeting of the IAOP Greater Cincinnati Chapter, co-chaired by William Metz of Procter & Gamble and Lance Kwasniewski of Belcan Corporation, was held on Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
The chapter centers on providing educational and networking opportunities with a focus on topics of greatest interest to its local membership. In addition to an overview of IAOP and a review of our local chapter objectives, this meeting featured a presentation provided by Randy Mysliviec, CEO from RTM Consulting, LLC entitled “Gain Competitive Advantage with Next Generation Resource Management.” Outsourcing providers and consumers are challenged with our current difficult economic environment. With labor cost pressures greater than ever, efficient resource management – getting the right person in the right place at the right time – has become mission critical. Providers learned how to be highly efficient to compete and provide the best value to their consumers of outsourcing services.
Additionally, participants learned about next generation resource management methods and techniques that enable them to achieve significant competitive advantage.
Inaugural Meeting held April 2, 2008
The inaugural meeting of IAOP’s Greater Cincinnati Chapter was held on Wednesday, April 2, 2008 with registration starting at 5:30 and the event running from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm. This meeting was held at the Westin Hotel, 21 East 5th Street, Cincinnati.
The agenda of this April 2nd meeting included an overview of IAOP, a discussion of local chapter objectives, and a special guest speaker.
The guest speaker for the April 2 meeting was Professor Arie Y. Lewin from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. Professor Lewin is the Director of the Center for International Education and Research (CIBER) and the Lead Principal Investigator of the multi year international Offshoring Research Network (ORN) project. Professor Lewin has done extensive research on Globalization, Outsourcing, and Offshoring, and he is recognized internationally as a thought leader on these topics. Professor Lewin discussed the findings from the fourth annual ORN Buy Side survey entitled: “Strategic Offshoring Reaches the C-Suite”.