Outsourcing ERP: Companies like Clarent Corp. often find themselves in a bind. Clarent is a mid-market company that has seen explosive growth since its inception in July 1996. And the voice over IP technology company expects to see even more growth into the next millenium. Growth is never a bad thing, but finding ERP solutions for a company as dynamic as Clarent can be.
Outsourcing ERP: Mid-size companies have IT problems too, much like large companies. And just because they are mid-size doesn’t mean their problems are. They need the same type of ERP solutions that Fortune 1,000 companies are getting
ERP deals are complex from a contractual structure and negotiation standpoint. And because many mid-market companies are just beginning to venture into ERP application territory, an area that until recently was reserved for large companies, mistakes are common..
For many countries around the world negotiating is an integral part of the culture. In the Middle East for instance, one negotiates over almost everything, including the price of produce at the market, and it is an accepted and expected part of life. But that is not so in America….
Business Process Outsourcing: Australians understand the need to be a part of the global economy but because of its isolation it often has troubles reaching those goals. As an island in the middle of the Asia Pacific, Australia sits in not only an economically volatile region, but it is also a long way from its trading partners, says Roger Fisher, general manager, corporate, Australian Department of Finance and Administration. Outsourcing has
Southern Company, an energy utility holding company, knows the importance of the HR department to an employee. Because of the physical and operational diversity of the $35 billion plus company, the electric company thought it might be a good idea to centralize the focus of it benefits administration by outsourcing, in order to improve efficiency for its 32,000 employees.
Last December, the stocks of the five biggest ERP application vendors plummeted as low as 65 percent after several investment firms predicted that they couldn’t sustain their soaring growth rates. This prediction came on the heels of the knowledge that more than 60 percent of Fortune 1,000 companies had already implemented core ERP applications. With this realization in hand, ERP firms decided to head into unchartered territory and prove the investment firms wrong.
This survey was conducted with senior e-commerce executives (e.g., CTO, VP of E-commerce, VP of Marketing) at randomly-selected Fortune 500 companies.
The premise of shared risks and shared rewards which characterizes all joint ventures has stood the test of time and taken on new significance in todays business environment.
Virtual organizations: outsourcer and partner to support non-core activities. Manage supply lines through a network of relationships rather than ownership.
Library rules haven’t changed much over the years, though the library’s look has. Visitors must still remain quiet and are fined for returning books late. But computers now occupy the space once held by a card catalog and periodical information is found on computer files as opposed to microfiche and a backroom filled to the hilt with hard copies of journals, magazines and newspapers. And whether for good or bad, outsourcing has become the buzzword in the library industry.
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