Purchasing Innovation II: TRIZ

Initially posted on the e-Sourcing Forum [WayBackMachine] on Saturday, 1 July 2006 Q: What is TRIZ? A: Teoriya Resheniya Izobretatelskikh Zadatch, better known as the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, is a methodology, tool set, knowledge base, and model-based technology for generating innovative ideas and solutions for problem solving. Q: What does it have to […]

Six Sigma II: Innovative Quality

Originally posted on on the e-Sourcing Forum [WayBackMachine] on Saturday, 2 September 2006 Six Sigma is described as a relentless quest for perfection through the disciplined use of fact-based, data-driven, decision-making methodology. Since this should be the ultimate goal of any organization, this is a good start. So how does Six Sigma improve quality? Six […]

Talent Management

Talent Management, sometimes called human capital management, refers to the process of developing and integrating new workers, developing and keeping current workers and attracting highly skilled workers to work for your company. Talent managers, who are expected to build and retain world class sourcing talent, need to resolve, recognize, recruit, retain, and retire talent as […]

Crowdsourcing

Crowdsourcing can be defined is the act of taking a task traditionally performed within your organization and outsourcing it to an undefined, often large, group of people or community in the form of an open call for participation. (Wikipedia) It’s a distributed problem solving model that allows an organization to delegate various tasks for which […]