With the role of key vendors growing in importance and with more vendors being introduced into the workplace, effective vendor management has become a critical capability of any enterprise. This document describes how the design (or redesign) of the VMO needs to be approached with a focus on enlisting top skills, implementing effective processes and tools and establishing an organization whose role is clearly defined in the enterprise.
Drawing on its specialized expertise in vendor management, in this case study WGroup assessed the client’s existing vendor management and sourcing practices, built the business case for a VMO, and designed and deployed a new VMO that was fully embraced by IT and business leadership.
How to implement a strategic IT vendor management programJeff Kubacki
CIO's and their IT leadership teams should focus more time on a strategic IT vendor management program. After doing this for 8 years by conducting annual IT vendor days and implementing World Class IT principles, I decided to share what has worked and why it is important in the transition to becoming strategic business partners.
With the role of key vendors growing in importance and with more vendors being introduced into the workplace, effective vendor management has become a critical capability of any enterprise. This document describes how the design (or redesign) of the VMO needs to be approached with a focus on enlisting top skills, implementing effective processes and tools and establishing an organization whose role is clearly defined in the enterprise.
Drawing on its specialized expertise in vendor management, in this case study WGroup assessed the client’s existing vendor management and sourcing practices, built the business case for a VMO, and designed and deployed a new VMO that was fully embraced by IT and business leadership.
How to implement a strategic IT vendor management programJeff Kubacki
CIO's and their IT leadership teams should focus more time on a strategic IT vendor management program. After doing this for 8 years by conducting annual IT vendor days and implementing World Class IT principles, I decided to share what has worked and why it is important in the transition to becoming strategic business partners.
The Ultimate Benefits Of Vendor Management System!LindaWells24
Outsourcing various services of your firm through a third party vendor is a great idea, but do you know it is even more beneficial if you choose an efficient vendor management system to manage the entire process! Through this slide, you will get enlightened about the key benefits you can have from a VMS. Check out this presentation to know more!
Apothem Advisory is a consulting company serving buyer and sellers to derive maximum value from their outsourcing deals. Primary focus to help global clients build and implement robust supplier governance framework. The company also provide assistance to Suppliers in Strategic Account Management.
Vendor Management - Compliance Checklist Manifesto SeriesContinuity Control
Regulatory examiners are expecting to see and review your financial institution's vendor management program, which is to include a process for assessing specific vendor risk, vendor selection, contracting, and ongoing oversight. This webinar will demonstrate that implementing a repeatable process will provide consistency and reduce your institution's Compliance Tax by saving you time and resources, including helping to ensure your valuable dollars are spent wisely.
Objectives:
- Understanding of the regulatory requirements for the vendor management program
- High level overview of the key elements
- Provide guidance in developing your program
Vendor performance Management CPPC conferenceGerald Ford
Canadian Public Procurement Council conference presentation Nov 2012 in Vancouver. A joint presentation with QCsolver and Merx. Presentation brought to you by QCsolver.com
In this case study, WGroup delivers a winning vendor management strategy to global entertainment, gaming, and hospitality company. In order to deliver favorable results for the comapny, WGroup conducted an objective assessment of the company’s existing vendor management capabilities, processes, and policies—and devise both a short-term and long-term vendor management strategy.
The goal: to conduct an objective assessment of the company’s existing vendor management capabilities, processes, and policies—and devise both a short-term and long-term vendor management strategy.
The Ultimate Benefits Of Vendor Management System!LindaWells24
Outsourcing various services of your firm through a third party vendor is a great idea, but do you know it is even more beneficial if you choose an efficient vendor management system to manage the entire process! Through this slide, you will get enlightened about the key benefits you can have from a VMS. Check out this presentation to know more!
Apothem Advisory is a consulting company serving buyer and sellers to derive maximum value from their outsourcing deals. Primary focus to help global clients build and implement robust supplier governance framework. The company also provide assistance to Suppliers in Strategic Account Management.
Vendor Management - Compliance Checklist Manifesto SeriesContinuity Control
Regulatory examiners are expecting to see and review your financial institution's vendor management program, which is to include a process for assessing specific vendor risk, vendor selection, contracting, and ongoing oversight. This webinar will demonstrate that implementing a repeatable process will provide consistency and reduce your institution's Compliance Tax by saving you time and resources, including helping to ensure your valuable dollars are spent wisely.
Objectives:
- Understanding of the regulatory requirements for the vendor management program
- High level overview of the key elements
- Provide guidance in developing your program
Vendor performance Management CPPC conferenceGerald Ford
Canadian Public Procurement Council conference presentation Nov 2012 in Vancouver. A joint presentation with QCsolver and Merx. Presentation brought to you by QCsolver.com
In this case study, WGroup delivers a winning vendor management strategy to global entertainment, gaming, and hospitality company. In order to deliver favorable results for the comapny, WGroup conducted an objective assessment of the company’s existing vendor management capabilities, processes, and policies—and devise both a short-term and long-term vendor management strategy.
The goal: to conduct an objective assessment of the company’s existing vendor management capabilities, processes, and policies—and devise both a short-term and long-term vendor management strategy.
Vendor Management Best Practices: Is Your Program Up to Par?EDR
Vendor Management Best Practices: Is Your Program Up to Par?
Webinar presented by Scott Roller, former head of vendor management at Citigroup
August 12, 2015
Among the top challenges lenders face today is the need to meet higher expectations set by the OCC and the Federal Reserve governing the use of third-party vendors. While the guidelines were released over a year ago, there is still confusion about what institutions should be doing.
One thing, however, is certain. Effective vendor management takes resources, and many institutions are finding it necessary to add staff and/or technology to help with the cause, particularly smaller institutions. The regulators have made it clear, vendor management is not just a one-time assessment, but is an ongoing process, and monitoring vendors long term is as important as the initial due diligence.
EDR is pleased to host a webinar on this timely topic on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. EST. Scott Roller, former head of vendor management at Citigroup, will provide clarity on the new regulations and help break down regulator expectations into easy-to-understand terms. Roller will explore key dimensions that attendees can use as the foundation for building out their own robust vendor management oversight program, from initial vendor risk classification all the way through ensuring adequate executive engagement in vendor management.
Attendees will learn best practices for satisfying regulators with this educational workshop, including answers to the following:
• What does the latest regulatory guidance on vendor management require?
• What are the biggest headaches banks are facing in complying with them?
• What advice is recommended for smaller banks struggling with limited manpower/resources?
• What are bank examiners looking for during audits?
• What are the latest best practices for policies and procedures?
• How are banks coping with the need to track and monitor vendors?
• What are the most common shortcomings that audits reveal?
A Proactive Approach to Supplier OnboardingTradeshift
Our research shows that organizations that recognize having a dedicated supplier onboarding system as the foundation of an effective supplier management system reap massive downstream benefits.
Henry Ijams of PayStream Advisors and Vishal Patel of Tradeshift review the latest research on supplier onboarding, as well as a few truly impressive supplier onboarding processes utilized by early innovators.
5 ways to accelerate supplier onboarding Tradeshift
Did you know that you can radically improve your supplier onboarding rates and participation? This presentation covers the dismal enterprise onboarding numbers we routinely see today, and the cost to business. You'll learn five great ways to improve onboarding, and how the Tradeshift platform can help. Lastly, it shows how a Fortune 500 customer radically changed their supplier involvement to boost KPIs and fully reap the rewards from their technology investment.
The level of success of your supplier collaboration is largely dependent on the onboarding process. Suppliers can be hesitant on changing their process, which is why we believe in making it as simple as possible. In fact, it’s been proven that Tradeshift onboards suppliers 5 times faster than the competitors.
Join Tradeshift for a free educational 45-minute webinar, where you will walk away with:
- An understanding of Tradeshift’s onboarding methodology
- Case studies and business cases from our clients and their suppliers about their collaboration ecosystem
- A high-level demo of the Tradeshift product so you can see how easy it is to use
Best Practices in Vendor Management, Strategic Sourcing, Procure to Pay and D...SAP Ariba
Supplier Relationship Management Initiatives are playing a critical role to drive Sustainable savings, operational efficiency and optimizing cash in many organizations especially in today's highly volatile commodity markets and risk-prone global supply chains. Yet many organizations do not realize the ROI and value that can result out of a best in class Supplier Relationship implementation that addresses all aspects of Spend categories including complex services. This session would focus on best practices that can be employed across the entire Procurement life-cycle including Invoice and Payment processes that help achieve quantifiable ROI and value.
Enterprise Architecture Governance: A Framework for Successful BusinessNathaniel Palmer
Enterprise Architectures play an important role supporting business transformation initiatives. Enterprise Architecture Governance (EAG) provides a structure for defining relevant strategies and compliance processes. This Level 3 Communications case study presents a detailed framework composed of three essential components of EAG:
1) Organizational Accountability must be clearly defi ned for all EAG aspects, and executive sponsorship is essential. Level 3 formed an executive steering committee with broad representation, preventing EAG from becoming an IT-only initiative.
2) Strategy Defi nition provides the roadmap for business transformation initiatives. Architectural guiding principles defi ne values and offer input into strategies, end states define where the company is going, and roadmaps document how to get there from.
3) Compliance Processes ensure that development initiatives are in alignment with the strategic direction. Level 3 has created a framework that gives each development initiative an architecture rating that indicates its compliance level.
La Dove Associates -- CRM/Customer Care Consulting Overview LaDove Associates
The deck represents a sample of work product from a selection of projects. Of course the real value of our consulting services are the decisions we help to inform.
Creating a Business Case for Global Payroll - APA Fall ForumCatriona Keevans
Mark Graham, Executive Director at Immedis, spoke at the 2017 Fall Forum. His presentation was focused around Creating a Business Case for Global Payroll
Advanced enterprises compete differently. Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing technologies form the foundation that support and enable this differentiation. It’s more than just getting reports and analytics, it’s about scalability, security, robustness and enterprise grade information delivery that enable an insightful organization.
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Research Assignment #4 Topic Security Management .docxronak56
Research Assignment #4
Topic: Security Management
1. Search the Web and locate three (3) Web sites that relate to the topic. These sites could be white
papers or research documents found on research databases, commercial or non-commercial sites that
have something to do with the topics, or news articles that discuss the topics. For each URL write a one-
paragraph summary of the Web site focusing on how it relates to the topic.
2. Create a Word document containing the following
A title page containing your name, course, assignment and date.
Abstract
A Background Section (minimum two pages) discussing what you found in your research from
reading the text and performing research on Internet. This is what the author’s think about the
topic and where most the readings should be cited. Don’t just reiterate your summaries here,
the point is to synthesize the readings into a coherent analysis that could be presented to an
executive.
An Analysis Section (minimum one page), which is what you learned about the topic. Other
authors may be cited here as well to support your analysis.
A URLs section containing the three URL’< s with their accompanying paragraph from step
Reference section.
This paper should follow APA guidelines with a title page; and APA style citations and reference
page. No table of contents or abstract is required.
3. Submit the Word document to the appropriate assignment in the Blackboard
Assignments area.
4. Refer to grading Rubric for how you will be graded.
THE TIPPING POINT I
BY WOODY DRIGGS AND ROB HOLLAND
Putting Customers Before Politics
COOs struggle to navigate a siloed culture
TO TRULY ADDRESS
BUSINESS
CHALLENGES,
ORGANIZATIONS NEED
TO VIEW CUSTOMER
OPERATIONS AS
A WHOLE.
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H E C H I E F operating officer of a global
HR and payroll services provider threw up
her hands in despair. Month after month, she
received reports indicating that more than half
of the company's sales orders had errors. Sometimes it
was bad customer data; other times, the service options
offered to the customer had been bundled or priced incor-
rectly. For every error, the salesperson would return to the
customer to redo the order. This was incredibly inefficient
and eroded customers' confi-
dence in the company, some-
times to the point of canceling
orders altogether.
The COO had twice attempted
to implement a technology solu-
tion that would reduce the error
rate. Both times, the effort failed
because the business allowed
for inconsistent processes. Sales
processes and IT infrastructure
were slightly different from one business unit to the next,
and business unit leaders jostled to prioritize pet projects
over what was in the best interest of the organization as
a whole.
Navigating a culture built on silos, and challenging fief-
doms that ultimately hamper productivity and profitable
growth is an experience many COOs face. The key is to
involve the right stakeholders and el ...
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Pushing the limits of ePRTC: 100ns holdover for 100 daysAdtran
At WSTS 2024, Alon Stern explored the topic of parametric holdover and explained how recent research findings can be implemented in real-world PNT networks to achieve 100 nanoseconds of accuracy for up to 100 days.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 6DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
How to Get CNIC Information System with Paksim Ga.pptxdanishmna97
Pakdata Cf is a groundbreaking system designed to streamline and facilitate access to CNIC information. This innovative platform leverages advanced technology to provide users with efficient and secure access to their CNIC details.
5. We deliver results through our integrated process Develop Plan Collect Data Model Analyze Recommend Refine scope Select project lead Define data required Set schedule Develop project plan Assign resources ID tasks ID responsibilities Set schedule Provide budget and actual expenses Descriptions of activities Org & staffing info Support data collection Conduct interviews Compile and evaluate information, data and documents received Modeling Establish financial base case Create analysis views Review results Provide feedback Provide comparison feedback vs. external pricing Analyze existing costs Validate model results Review analysis Validate Assess need for more info Analyze and assess gaps to create a practable VMO maturation roadmap Review recommendations Make decisions on improvement opportunities Recommend insourcing improvements & business process out- sourcing opportunities Examples: Process Tools Negotiations tactics Gaps to best practices Knowledge Transfer Communications Review commodity strategy recommendations and validate savings opportunities Provide supporting data Provide supporting data Clarify data Ensure data collection tasks are on target Identify gaps to best practices: systems, tools, process, and people CIO / CPO VPs The W Group Project Lead Business Finance Directors/Managers Technical Resources HR Support strategic Value discovery process Review analysis Provide additional Data as required Where Appropriate: Review HR allocation methods and assumptions Verify Costs are complete and accurate
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9. Vendor Management organizations drive bottom line results while reducing risks to your business If you are ready to explore your bottom line opportunities, call The W Group… Harry Wallaesa President and CEO (610) 213-4701 hwallaesa @thinkwgroup.com