For the first time, Competitive Alternatives 2012: KPMG’s Guide to International Business Location Costs, compares five leading high growth countries—Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and Russia. Over the last decade, these five countries have nearly doubled their share of world output and they now account for one fifth of global GDP. In 2010, China became the [...]
You may think you own the global process, but if your global business services are dependent upon a disconnected or uninterested IT group, breakdowns aren’t far ahead. A longstanding fractious relationship tends to exist between process owners and technology owners. Not to beat up exclusively on the IT folks, but with so much riding on [...]
Christian Moens, EquaTerra Are you seeking an alternative to staff reductions as a means to achieving cost savings in procurement? As Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) are taking ever-greater responsibility for their procurement functions, there are real opportunities available to optimise efficiency both in terms of costs as well as quality of services. In order to [...]
Lee Ann Moore, Chief Marketing Officer In 2008 the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) finalized a multi-billion dollar plan to increase the Electric Reliability Council of Texas’ transmission capacity by building 2,200 miles of new transmission lines and related facilities. These facilities are targeted to areas of future wind generation. Oncor, a regulated electric [...]