Maximize your impact when sourcing translation services
As a procurement professional, you want to ensure that the sourcing projects you pour your heart and soul into end up making a real difference.
In this five-part video series, based on the insights of Armand Brevig, Managing Director of Procurement Cube, we look at how you can maximize your impact when sourcing translation services and develop smarter procurement strategies.
Getting stakeholders to appreciate your work
Take a step back and look at the end-to-end content journey and make sure you’re aware of the latest solutions and innovations in translation technology.
Add value throughout the content journey
Make sure you understand the entire content journey and discuss it with your stakeholders to see where value can be added and costs removed.
Why spend visibility is critical
Translation spend is often hidden or inconsistently coded. Get to the bottom of who is using translation services in the organization with our three simple steps.
How do you assess quality?
Stakeholders often mean different things when they say they want quality translations, so quality really needs to be clearly defined by each stakeholder. Once you know what it is stakeholders are looking for in a translation, then you can set criteria to measure performance against.
How do you create ongoing value?
A relationship is a two-way street so make sure performance is measured on both sides – not just against the supplier.
Related content
An insider’s guide to sourcing translation services
If you’re a procurement professional leading or supporting a translation sourcing project, then you’ll find the hints and tips in this white paper invaluable. It’s packed with hard-won knowledge from a Category Leader for a FTSE100 company who led their global translation sourcing project.
Download whitepaper
RFP questions for language services and technologies
This useful list of 160 language-related sample questions will help you construct an RFP that focuses on what’s important for your business and internal stakeholders.
Download ebook
Is procurement overlooking the importance of language services?
In this whitepaper, produced in partnership with Supply Management Magazine, we look at how procurement departments can rationalise language services spend and bring to life a strategic approach that supports not only departmental goals and objectives, but those of the wider business too.
Download whitepaper
Want to talk to one of our experts about your translation sourcing project? Please submit the form below and we'll be in touch.
Loading...