Alsbridge and P&G to Co-present Their Price Benchmarking Success Story at the SIG 2013 Global Leadership Summit

Alsbridge Inc., a benchmarking, sourcing and transformation advisory firm, today announced it will co-present Current Market Trends in Benchmarking: How P&G Leveraged Benchmarking to Drive Transformation at the SIG Global Leadership Summit at Fort Worth, TX on October 15, 2013.

The session will include insights from Alsbridge and Procter & Gamble on how Alsbridge helped the financial services buyer successfully leverage benchmarking to drive transformation. The case study will include how they effectively organized the project, garnered executive level support, positioned benchmarking within a larger sourcing strategy, negotiated leveraging benchmark data, and delivered actionable results to achieve their objectives.

“Benchmarking is the cornerstone for continuous improvement,” says Chip Wagner, CEO, Alsbridge Inc., “Organizations not engaged with benchmarks may find themselves misaligned with cost-effective market performance indicators.”

Join the experts from Alsbridge as they share current benchmarking industry trends including which type of benchmark is most often used; provides the highest ROI; delivers the most on the savings promise; and is of greatest value to the buyer. Attendees of this session will also learn about:

• Latest Trends In Price Benchmarking
• Pros And Cons Of Different Types Of Benchmarks
• Best Practices To Avoid Traditional Benchmarking Pitfalls
• How To Successfully Execute A Benchmark and Get Results

For further details about the event please visit SIG Global Leadership Summit 2013.

About Alsbridge Inc.

Alsbridge is a global consulting firm that provides data-driven sourcing advisory and benchmarking services for IT, Finance and Sourcing executives.  We’ve helped hundreds of companies reduce costs and get more value from their vendors.  Our experienced consultants leverage proprietary tools and information databases to identify and engage the optimal vendors for your situation, negotiate best practice terms at fair market prices, and improve the way you work with your vendors.  Alsbridge clients utilize the most cost effective and value added sources globally for IT infrastructure services, hardware and maintenance, network services, software and maintenance, application support and development, business processes and cloud services. Alsbridge was ranked the #1 outsourcing advisor in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP) based on the value delivered to clients.  This commitment to delivering value to our clients has made Alsbridge a distinguished member of the 2010 Inc. 500 fastest growing privately held companies in America.

About Sourcing Interests Group (SIG)

Sourcing Interests Group (SIG) is a membership-driven organization comprised of sourcing and outsourcing professionals. Members are focused on improving bottom-line performance, quality and customer service through strategic sourcing/procurement and outsourcing initiatives. SIG is acknowledged by many as a world leader in providing an ongoing forum and services to assist companies in strategy development, the improvement of goods and services sourcing, and the implementation and management of corporate services through outsourcing, offshoring, insourcing and shared services

EDITORS/WRITERS: Journalists interested in covering the above event or interviewing one of our SMEs, please contact:

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