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We’re betting that a £12 million (U.S. $24 million) knock on the bottom line wasn’t what Cadbury Schweppes had in mind with a “business transformation” project that involved implementing a £200 million (U.S. $401 million) ERP system from SAP.
Cadbury Schweppes ended up with an unwanted oversupply of chocolate bars, reports silicon.com. CEO Todd Stitzer singled […]

There are at least two certainties associated with offshoring: Most folks have strong opinions about it, and companies have a rapidly growing number of possible offshore destinations from which to choose.
While both opinions and choice are generally a great thing — especially when it comes to the vendor selection process — we wonder if some […]

The latest recipient of a letter from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), who really wants to get to the bottom of this whole H-1B controversy about companies willfully scamming the system, is a Pittsburgh law firm whose attorneys told conference attendees how to skirt government requirements for an employment program.
The firm, Cohen & Grigsby, posted a […]

Last month we blogged about a Robert Cringely column that speculated IBM was about to embark on the biggest round of layoffs in its history with an initiative called LEAN — which supposedly stood for Lay off Every American Now.
Though a number of observers pooh-poohed the idea, it started to seem a little more plausible […]

The controversial immigration proposal that has been stalled in the Senate is up for a crucial vote tomorrow, and observers agree it’s too close to call.
The bill needs the support of 60 senators to move forward, and neither Republicans nor Democrats seem able to say whether that will happen, according to an Associated Press article […]