Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The difficulties of deregulation have caused electric utilities to focus once again on their core task: keeping the lights on. A new Conference Board study sheds some light on how HR outsourcing is reducing costs and providing the time to focus on strategy.
John Harney, Business Writer
Retailers have been outsourcing CRM for years. Now competitive pressures in healthcare are causing both payers and providers to outsource this process.
Todd Hintze, Principal, Everest Group
Hospitals solved problems by adding complexity to their processes. But a perfect storm of new pressures make simplicity a better solution. The Rx: outsource.
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
Back-office inefficiencies were a big problem for this insurance company. Thanks to the supplier’s digital imaging process, tasks that once took as long as four days can be done in minutes.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
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Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The biggest event in outsourcing last year — and the biggest event since outsourcing’s inception — was the growing use of offshoring. Both buyers and suppliers realized the profound power of labor arbitrage. The move to offshore work to take advantage of low cost labor is affecting every area of outsourcing. In the IT space, …
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Intense competition and a weak economy are forcing financial institutions to radically alter the way they do business. A new Deloitte Research study of global leaders discovered 75 percent are outsourcing offshore to save as much as 50 percent. Analyst Chris Gentle details how this trend is developing.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Hospitals looking for a service provider for HIPAA compliance should select one who has actual translation and mapping experience. The process is too complicated to outsource to a provider just learning the ropes.
John Harney, Business Writer
MetLife needed to improve its claims processing. ACS now does the job up to nine times faster, up to 75 percent cheaper and with 40 percent more accuracy using offshore labor.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Web-enablement and transaction engines will spearhead the increasing drive to outsourcing HR. But success requires a paradigm shift.
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