Esourcing Content

eSourcing Capability Model (eSCM) - Course Content

 

 

1. What is eSourcing?

  • Define 'eSourcing'
  • Understand how sourcing services is different from buying products
  • Appreciate the market growth in outsourcing

2. Inhibitors and Drivers

  • Understand the reasons that motivate organisations to outsource
  • Understand what is driving and inhibiting outsourcing

3. Successes and Failures

  • Understanding why outsourcing relationships fail
  • Understand the critical issues for success in outsourcing

4. eSCM Background

  • Development history
  • Scope
  • Principles underpinning the eSCM
  • Relationship to other quality frameworks
  • Capability measurement options

5. Using eSCM to Measure and Guide

  • How eSCM provides guidance
  • How eSCM measures - capability determination options

6. eSCM-SP Model Structure

  • Awareness of the 3 dimensions of the model

7. eSCM-CL Model Structure

  • Awareness of the 3 dimensions of the model
  • Structure is same in CL and SP but content is different

8. eSCM Practice Structure

  • Awareness of how each Practice is structured
  • Understand the intent of the major activities
  • Understand the practice types

9. eSCM Support Practices

  • Understand how support practices are used within eSCM

10. eSCM-SP Capability Areas

  • Understand the arrangement of Capability Areas for CL
  • Understand which Capability Areas are Ongoing vs Phase Specific

11. eSCM-CL Capability Areas

  • Understand the arrangement of Capability Areas for CL
  • Understand which Capability Areas are ongoing vs Phase Specific

12. Interface between CL and SP

  • Understand that the interface points are documented and how they can be useful

13. Determination Overview

  • Understand the objectives of an eSCM Capability Determination
  • Recognise the high level steps of a Capability Determination

14. Implementation Overview

  • Understand 3 requirements for every project
  • Gain an overview of an implementation approach