Alsbridge CEO Ben Trowbridge to Debate the Four Industry Challenges at the HfS Sourcing Webinar

Online, January 23, 2013 (Newswire.com) - Award winning benchmarking, sourcing and transformation advisory firm, Alsbridge, Inc. today announced that Ben Trowbridge, founder and CEO Alsbridge, will be co-hosting the webinar- "The Sourcing Savants 2.0 Web-debate'

After the success of Round 1 of Sourcing Savants web-debate last spring, seven of the leading sourcing luminaries will come together once again, to deliberate the critical challenges that the sourcing industry faces today:

• Achieving Value Beyond Cost: Can the corporate mindset shift from cost-savings myopia to value-creation and growth?

• Envisioning The Future Global Operating Model: How can enterprises truly leveraging sourcing and shared services under a common framework as vehicles to achieve business objectives?

• Developing Sourcing Talent: What on earth can enterprises and providers do to develop their sourcing talent to go beyond tactical performance?

• Accomplishing Realistic Innovation: How are today's relationships truly faring when it comes to accomplishing innovation by improving enterprise and provider collaboration?

Apart from debating the Four Industry Challenges, the most prominent influencers of the sourcing industry will also be answering your questions about the pressing issues facing sourcing today. The panelists will include:

1. Ben Trowbridge, CEO - Alsbridge

2. Phil Fersht, Founder and CEO - HfS Research

3. Peter Bendor-Samuel, CEO - Everest Group

4. Charlie Aird, Global Leader Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory-PricewaterhouseCoopers

5. Peter Lowes, Principal - Deloitte Consulting

6. Cliff Justice, Partner & U.S. Leader, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory - KPMG

7. David Whitmore, Vice Chairman and President, ISG Americas

For further details and registration for the webinar please go to the HfS webinar page.