Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The U.S. economic problems have impacted outsourcing in several ways, as has the increased focus on innovation and R&D in outsourcing arrangements. Both are affecting the initial stages of outsourcing decisions. Here’s a look at these trends and how they may affect your company.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Outsourcing Center’s study of 86 relationships participating in the 2007 Outsourcing Excellence Awards program revealed several significant benchmarks. A major finding: buyers felt cultural fit and a partnering relationship approach were a major key to success; they used them as supplier-selection criteria more than in the past decade of the awards relationships.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Nearly everyone is talking about innovation in outsourcing. In this article, experts share their insights on the hindrances and best practices surrounding innovation objectives.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Labor will be the driving factor that changes outsourcing in 2008. In the past, the megatrend was to use labor arbitrage wherever possible. Today buyers want to alter how they use employees, changing other services in which labor is a component. And, mature outsourcing relationships are bumping up against the offshore equilibrium.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Industry consolidation continues full speed ahead. Standardization helps profit margins (finally!). The mid-market takes off (really!). Here are some educated guesses about what will happen in HRO next year.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Tibor Beles, VP Sales, Global BPO, heads Oracle’s BPO practice. Read why he thinks HRO buyers will take a more aggressive outsourcing approach in the future, how IT will bring innovation to BPO processes, and why time is so critical to outsourcing transactions.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Outsourcing cannot succeed unless both parties’ interests are aligned and they can manage to overcome inherent conflicts. In deals with government clients, there will always be an inherent conflict of interests. We studied a highly successful Canadian government relationship. This article shares their relationship best practices and framework that keeps their interests aligned.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The President of ExcellerateHRO relishes the fact that HRO suppliers are taking away the tactical work that makes up the daily grind so the new, reskilled HR department can focus on the strategic. Kelly, who has a research background in epidemiology, sees a definite connection between work and health.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Most corporate, law firms, and hospital libraries are cost centers and must justify their existence and continually reduce or contain costs. Many libaries are nearly dead or need to transform to digital assets. And more companies–like Toyota Motor Sales USA–find they need to create an information archive. Read this story to learn what outsourcing can achieve.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Berndt-Uwe Pagel, Senior Vice President of BPO for SAP, discusses the software company’s role in BPO. He explains why IT agendas have to change, standardization is important, and suppliers have to become profitable. And he shares the most important lesson he learned from his dad.
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