Making Price Benchmarking Work in a Complex ADM Portfolio | Webinar
Download the handout from the free webinar hosted by Everest Group on July 15, 2010.
Download the handout from the free webinar hosted by Everest Group on July 15, 2010.
Read how the parties communicate proactively, honestly, and transparently, enabling them to work collaboratively to resolve issues, take advantage of opportunities, and ensure their interests remain aligned. After 10 years together, the gray line between the two has vanished. Here’s how they communicate.
A study of 65 buyers in Outsourcing Center’s 2009 Outsourcing Excellence Awards program revealed an important differentiation in service providers’ mindsets and the way they address problems or opportunities. This Decision Perspectives briefing describes the characteristics in both mindsets along with how they differ in handling issues that arise in an outsourcing relationship. This briefing [...]
Cost and price. It’s crucial that buyers understand both when it comes to outsourcing. What is the cost of providing business services internally? What elements comprise that cost? What is the price for comparable services from an outsourcing service provider? What cost elements affect the provider’s price? For the service levels it commits to perform, [...]
Download the free handout from the Everest webinar on September 1, 2009.
Explore the levers and choices surrounding a global service desk and its impact on cost.
Download the healthcare case study by Everest Group.
Download the free handout from the webinar on March 10, 2009 by Everest Research Institute.
Why do some buyers decide to renew their outsourcing contracts early before the term expires? Outsourcing Center studied 92 relationships to identify the drivers for early renewals. The study also revealed top qualities of providers appreciated by buyers in early-renewal deals.
Many organizations miss out on the opportunities an end-of-contract term offers to improve operational and commercial arrangements. Associate Principal Dharman Shetty explains end-of-term strategies and why every outsourcing buyer needs one.
Companies are facing new considerations in their decision making at different points in the life cycle of outsourcing. Pricing models, controllability of offshored work, managing outsourcing relationships, and a new source of value creation will impact decisions in 2009. But the biggest impact on decision making will come from a watershed event regarding platform BPO, which occurred in 2008. Here’s what you need to know to be ready for outsourcing decisions in these aspects.
Outsourcing – Supplier implications of a maturing market
To help companies leverage and extend their expertise, Everest’s Outsourcing Support Services includes a full menu of tools, decision support, and training & workshops. These services are designed to help companies gain many of the benefits an outside sourcing advisor – without committing to a team of full-time consultants.
This paper addresses the changing attitudes of CIOs with respect to their outsourcing decisions. Cost is still important, but a recent survey finds that CIOs expect business value and quality from trusted outsourcing providers as well.
BPOMS, a service provider for mid-market companies, offers tier-one services with a willingness to customize the solution and provide on-demand pricing options.
John McKenna is chief strategy and services officer for CompuCom, a $1.7 billion IT service provider. The company currently manages more than 2.3 million seats; its help desk agents answer almost three million calls a year. McKenna discusses how to select an IT provider and create a successful ITO relationship.