Diversifying the Global Business Services Portfolio

Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG LLP Advisory  KPMG recently released the results of its global 1Q12 Sourcing Advisory Pulse surveys. These Pulse surveys provide insights into trends and projections in end-user organizations’ usage of global business services (GBS). The learnings are gleaned from KPMG firms’ advisors, who are working closely with end-user organizations that [...]

Taking the Pulse on the Global Outsourcing Market: The Lawyer’s Perspective on Contract Complexity

Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG LLP Advisory Marc Stark, Director, Management Consulting, KPMG LLP Advisory KPMG released the results of the 2012 edition of the global Legal Pulse survey via a webcast on March 27. This was the third annual edition of the legal Pulse, one of the family of recurring Pulse research studies. [...]

What’s on the 2012 Agenda: Costs, Clouds and Conflicts?

Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG Management Consulting KPMG recently conducted a global poll of its firms’ professionals to assess what they view as the top market trends that will impact their clients in 2012.  This poll canvassed professionals from the firms’ Management Consulting, Risk Consulting, Audit, and Tax service groups.  KPMG discussed some of [...]

Top 2012 Market Trends: Do More, Spend Less, Hoard Talent, Head East

Stan Lepeak, Global Research Director, KPMG Management Consulting KPMG recently conducted an internal global poll of its firms’ professionals to assess what they view as the top market trends that would impact their clients in 2012. This poll canvassed professionals from the firms’ Management Consulting, Risk Consulting, Audit, and Tax service groups.  KPMG released these [...]

Taking the (Weakening?) Pulse on Global Outsourcing

Stan Lepeak, Director, Global Research, KPMG Management Consulting KPMG recently released the results of its global 4Q11 Sourcing Advisory Pulse Survey. The Pulse surveys provide insights into trends and projections in end-user organizations’ usage of global business services (GBS). The learnings are gleaned from KPMG firms’ advisers, who are working closely with enterprises that are [...]

What is really driving cloud computing adoption?

Stan Lepeak, Director, Global Research, KPMG Management Consulting Research on the subject of emerging trends in cloud computing usage for KPMG’s global cloud Pulse survey looked at what is driving the adoption of cloud computing by end-user organizations. A primary driver typically cited in the market today is reducing IT costs and this was supported [...]

The Ongoing Evolution of Real Estate and Facilities Management Outsourcing Management

KPMG polled REFM outsourcing buyers and service providers on changes to demand and preferences for a range of outsourcing delivery and management model options.

Taking a Pulse on the REFM Outsourcing Market

Stan Lepeak, Director, KPMG Global Sourcing Advisory Research Doug Burr, Senior Manager, KPMG Advisory KPMG LLP (US) and KPMG Holdings Limited (UK) recently released the results of its inaugural Real Estate and Facilities Management (REFM) Pulse survey.   This survey is the newest addition to the Pulse family of research studies.  Similar to the other KPMG [...]

An Analysis of Trends in EMEA from the 2Q11 Sourcing Advisory Global Pulse Survey

Stan Lepeak, Director, KPMG Global Sourcing Advisory Research KPMG is pleased to release the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region (RC) market findings from its 2Q11 Global Sourcing Advisory Pulse survey. These findings represent an extract from the Global 2Q11 KPMG Pulse survey, and are based on the views of our firms’ advisors that [...]

Buyers Reasonably Realistic on Cloud Computing’s Potential

Stan Lepeak, Director, Global Research, KPMG Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory Cloud computing was one of the focus areas in KPMG’s 2Q11 Sourcing Advisory Pulse survey.   While the potential benefits of cloud computing have been loudly touted by both pundits and providers there has been less focus on the practical enthusiasm of the average buyer [...]