Improved Business Performance: Exploring an Evolved FAO Strategy Online Version | Event
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A hospital’s non-clinical activities make up 70-90% of its total processes. Optimizing these processes through adoption of alternative business models can significantly decrease costs and increase a hospital’s efficiencies across departments and functions. Lean and Six Sigma methodologies, which have been highly successful in manufacturing, are now starting to be implemented in the healthcare industry. [...]
More and more companies are adopting new pure-play business intelligence (BI) applications (such as Qlikview, Spotfire, Tableau) that work with ERP platforms rather than opting for bundled solutions of technology giants (IBM, Oracle, SAP) honed from their acquisitions of BI vendors. The emergence of agile, innovative new vendors, together with tough economic conditions has led [...]
How do you make your brand unique in today’s commoditized world? The customer experience has become a big differentiator in a world where the consumer now has power. Sauarbh Mittal discusses what to do and lists the five mistakes companies need to avoid.
Billing and administrative back-office work for medical insurance providers can be a time-consuming manual process, especially for mid-range service providers. Using a SaaS service provider that offers optical character recognition eliminates manual processes. Outsourcing keeps administrative costs in line and pays patients on time.
Giving up control over the outsourced process is a basic principle in how outsourcing works, but many buyers find it difficult to do this at the outset of a relationship. An Outsourcing Center study looked at the factors that cause initial discomfort and what makes a buyer feel comfortable enough to turn over control to the provider.
Steelcase has offices in 20 countries. Some have payrolls of 200, others just one. Every country has different labor laws. Language is also an issue. Outsourcing to just one provider solved the language and legal challenges and gave Steelcase a unified look at its payroll.
An Outsourcing Center study found that a lot of outsourcing buyers have relationship managers with no prior experience or training in how to manage the relationship. This article describes why this occurs and the challenges that result from this phenomenon.