About the Sourcing and Vendor Relationships Advisory Service

In many organizations there exists enormous pressure for IT to deliver more quickly and less expensively - often a mandate in direct conflict with achieving alignment with strategic business goals. Strong sourcing skills are increasingly a predictor of success for today's IT group. Cutter Consortium's Sourcing and Vendor Relationships Practice increases your odds of success by providing you with objective information, advice and data to help you make sense of all your sourcing options, from outsourcing and offshoring, to co- and backsourcing, as well as insight into managing the critical relationships between your organization and its vendors/partners.

Cutter's Sourcing and Vendor Relationships practice will help you develop a sourcing strategy that frees up scarce and expensive resources so you can concentrate on development projects that propel you toward gaining or maintaining your company's competitive edge. You'll get expert advice on negotiating agreements, dealing with mergers and acquisitions in the packaged application space, successfully navigating difficult conversations and choosing the right vendor from product, service and cultural perspectives.

The Sourcing and Vendor Relationships Practice delivers this knowledge in a variety of ways. From the research delivered with a subscription to the Sourcing and Vendor Relationships Advisory Service/Resource Center to in-house workshops, custom consulting, and setting up a metrics program to accurately gauge productivity, the advice and experience you gain from Cutter's Sourcing and Vendor Relationships Senior Consultants -- a team of top consultants skilled in sourcing, metrics and negotiation -- are an unparalleled resource to assist your enterprise with developing a sourcing strategy, ensuring proper alignment between corporate goals and IT delivery options, evaluating vendor proposals, honing negotiation skills and building and maintaining strong vendor relationships.

About the Sourcing and Vendor Relationships Advisory Service