Outsourcing may be one of the most complex topics in business today. Amazon.com lists almost six thousand book titles on the topic. In comparison, rocket science earns only 2,500 entries on Amazon’s list. If you are considering outsourcing or are
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Service organizations at manufacturing companies are rapidly evolving. This white paper charts how service organizations can transform themselves into a next generation operation, undergoing a metamorphosis from cost center to profit center. The survey found manufacturers expect their service operations
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The concept of service levels in contracts has been around since the dawn of outsourcing. Service level metrics are defined based on the scope of services being provided, and are used to contractually document the performance of the services being
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The provider audition is often the first opportunity to connect with the entire customer decision-making team assembled to lead the sourcing decision. To win the business, you must be able to make a connection with the customer on a personal
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Are you struggling to? —Make your commercial models flexible enough to offer competitive and innovative products and services at a faster pace? —Meet the increasing challenges of a more diverse and distributed workforce? —Keep pace with the expectations of the
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Navigating the uncharted waters of continuous technology change and the consequent impact on applications demands a combination of careful analysis, a flexible approach and the right services providers. Information technology is no longer just a tool: it has become the
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“Get over it: SLAs will make or break your business (and career).” I heard that from more than one of my managers early in my career, way back when “we’ve done this for 20 years, SLAs are a piece of
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Chief Financial Officers are confronted with three major challenges today: fluctuations in the global economy; a stringent regulatory environment with increased focus on risk and compliance and complexities in business processes and the data boom that demand huge investments in
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The 2013 Outsourcing Center’s Buyers’ Guide is a fantastic starting point for anyone seeking insights on cloud shopping and is your ‘swiss army knife’ of practical tips and insights designed specifically to empower, equip and guide you to a better
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There is little question that today’s enterprises struggle with assessing the value – or lack thereof – that their relationships and contracts with their carriers actually deliver in support of their strategic, cost, and operational goals. The first step they
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