Can outsourcing be a catalyst for innovation? In the case of the transportation industry, the answer is a definite “yes.” Today, transportation organizations are partnering with outsourcers to do more than reduce cost. Together, they’re finding creative ways to decrease congestion, improve safety and protect the environment, all while positioning to respond to the needs [...]
WNS is a leading global Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) company. Founded as British Airways’ captive back-office in 1996, WNS has today risen to a leadership position with more than 200 global clients, serviced by over 21,000 professionals across 23 global delivery centers worldwide, including Costa Rica, India, the Philippines, Romania, Sri Lanka and United Kingdom. [...]
Sonata Software is a leading provider of IT consulting and software services globally. Combining unparalleled experience, domain expertise, best practices, and comprehensive capabilities across various industries and business functions, Sonata collaborates with customers to help them effectively address their operational challenges and grow their businesses stronger. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, and with a customer base [...]
Syntel is a leading global provider of custom Information Technology and Knowledge Process Outsourcing solutions that improve quality and reduce costs. Our portfolio of solutions spans the entire range of technical services and process operations for Global 200 organizations in the Banking & Financial Services, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insurance, Logistics, Manufacturing, Retail, Telecom, and [...]
Secure-24 delivers IT operations services of an exceptionally high standard for Mission-Critical Application Hosting, IT Infrastructure Outsourcing, and Private Cloud Computing for enterprises and government. By deploying the latest technology, best data center infrastructure tools and skills, our goal is to help each customer meet their unique business and compliance requirements while preserving capital and [...]
The U.S. freight transportation industry is saddled with inefficiencies in addition to challenges such as volatile fuel cost, overcapacity, and driver retention. A major focus of the industry is preventing revenue leakage and missed revenue opportunities at the various stages of the order-to-cash cycle (billing, audit, rating, pricing, invoicing, and collections) as well as maximizing [...]
Sound familiar: You arrive at the airport and find your flight’s been cancelled. Now what? If you fly Southwest, there’s less hassle thanks to outsourcing. A proactive customer service communication program presents customers with a range of solutions before they even know there is an issue.
David Litman, the founder of hotels.com, was itching to get back in the game after selling his company. He changed the business model the second time around, relying on people as well as the Web to book travel deals. Outsourcing to Working Solutions made it possible–and successful.
Our experts predict several areas of the industry will experience significant growth over the next five years. Reverse outsourcing, verticalization, emerging markets, business analytics, healthcare, transportation, and ERP are some of the areas that will enjoy increased attention. Industry trends Andrew Pery, Chief Marketing Officer, Kofax, says reverse outsourcing will pick up steam. This trend [...]
The goal is not only to revitalize a sagging economy, but to counter the national transportation crisis that has been looming in the background. How can this goal be reached? Download the free whitepaper.
Each day the oil giant has 300 tanker trucks distributing up to 15,000 gallons of gasoline to filling stations across the United States. But a glaring shortage of qualified drivers, both long-haul employees and short-haul contractors, was so acute that it became a critical HR challenge. Too many tankers sat idle because of this driver shortage ? until ExxonMobile went the RPO route.
The SaaS model has now been applied to a supply chain, warehousing, and inventory management solution. It’s cost-effective, flexible, has a quick implementation, and resolves all the challenges that 3PLs and their customers face.
Travelers flying in and out of Salt Lake City International Airport love to buy Utah T-shirts. Before switching to a hosted retail software solution, the Air Terminal Gifts stores frequently ran out of stock, thereby losing sales. Today the warehouse delivers stock to stores running low before they run out. Hosting also eliminated both the corporate and store servers.
In 2001, Sabre Holdings evaluated options to reduce its sales and distribution costs. But the company also wanted to minimize the risk of having all its IT knowledge in one region. Its first offshoring relationship was with NIIT. That has been so successful Sabre has since opened its own captive centers in Poland, India, Argentina, and Uruguay. This story relates the benefits of this model.
When Private Escapes Destination Clubs started its travel and real estate company, it wanted IT expertise without the IT investment. So it outsourced its Web-based reservation system to Managed Business Solutions. The IT platform was such a stellar success a competitor came calling, attracted by the reservation system. Now the new combined entity is the No. 2 player.
Thomas Cook was losing money; its viability was in question. It decided to outsource everything–HR, F&A, and the IT–to Accenture. Multi-process deals are very difficult and being successful is a milestone. But it worked. Now Thomas Cook is making 83 million pounds profit.
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