Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Adequate support for a remote or mobile workforce is a make-or break process and high on CxO-level executives’ agendas these days. Here’s how one of the world’s leading banks solved the problem and ensured a flexible solution.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
What’s the difference between a shared services model and an outsourcing model? A publishing company found out . . . the hard way. Fortunately they’ve had a dynamic turnaround and know the benefits of outsourcing.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Successful outsourcing arrangements leverage more than resources and expertise — it’s the partnership approach that makes the difference.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Six major trends dominated retail outsourcing in 2002. Good news for providers: retailers are shopping for outsourced solutions as they struggle to do more with less.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
When Nortel selected a service provider, the low cost offer did not prevail since Nortel wanted the best cultural fit. CSC won the deal after its negotiating team announced they would be the ones heading the account.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Burlington Resources, Inc., which is involved in the exploration, development and production of hydrocarbons, ranks first among U.S. independent oil and gas companies, in terms of proved U.S. reserves. It’s a company with the diverse global opportunities and financial strength of a major oil company, but it is also blessed with the entrepreneurial spirit, flexibility and responsiveness of an independent operator. If there was anything that might impede its ability to grow and remain competitive in its industry, Burlington would take steps to rectify that situation.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The Whole Kit and Caboodle – In round figures, the outsourcing contract between the U.S. Treasury and its supplier, Wang Government Services (a Getronics company) will be over $100 million over the life of the ten-year contract. Like the old kit and caboodle American saying, Treasury omitted nothing – it has outsourced the management of its entire infrastructure.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Judicial Middle Ground – A goal to realign resources to be more client-centered led to outsourcing at Justice Canada, the federal Department of Justice that is the attorney general for Canada. Linda Holmes, Director of Informatic Services and Technology Division of the Information Management Branch (IMB) for Justice Canada, says that IMB decided to establish a front office function, where the focus would be on the business of law and how technology can enable the department to do that business better. Budget constraints, however, were no help in establishing this business analyst/architect design function. The solution was to shift employees into this new core area and then outsource the day-to-day operations.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Imagine that you own a retail gas store and the cash register goes down. You can’t sell gas or Twinkies. Now imagine, just for a moment, that you own over 1700 retail gas stores where this could happen. ARCO, a West Coast gasoline refiner and retailer, actually owns that many gas stores and a large convenience store network. Downtime can be disastrous, so ARCO outsourced its point-of-sale terminals to outsourcer, Getronics. When the Getronics help desk receives a call from one of the retail outlets, the staff diagnoses whether the fix will require a technician. If so, they must obtain the needed part from a depot, dispatch a technician to the site to install the part, and have it up and running within four hours from the time the call was placed — no matter how remote the location might be. It’s truly an extraordinary feat in logistics.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
As the outsourcing industry heads into 1999, Richard Raysman, an attorney with the New York firm of Brown Raysman Millstein Felder and Steiner LLP, expects to see not only larger transactions, but an expansion of the services being outsourced.
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