A new study by Monitor Group and the Rockefeller Foundation examines BPO that delivers a “double bottom line”—a strong business case and social impact. There’s little doubt that offshoring business process work can deliver cost savings for outsourcing customers and profits for business process outsourcing (BPO) providers. But can the BPO industry actually improve the [...]
Peter Bendor-Samuel, Everest Group CEO, discusses how strategic BPO services can help grow your business even while driving bottom-line savings.
Is your company ready for Wave 3 technologies in managing a supply chain? Do you have the ability to use such technologies to look beyond the process and know where and how to make an exponential impact on your business? Are you looking for ways to optimize a global supply chain or address legacy systems [...]
Indian service providers are investing in engineering labs where their scientists work on innovations and file for trademarks and patents. Global companies continue to outsource research and development. But these outsourcing relationships are different. Read how to make them successful.
A noiseless and on-time transition is critical in maximizing the value achieved in an outsourcing initiative, but it is difficult for many outsourcing relationships to overcome the transition challenges. This case study details how T-Mobile UK achieved that objective by leveraging Infosys BPO’s proven transition methodology. The initiative involved four departments, 21 processes, 130 sub-processes, [...]
Transparent pricing, highly standardized processes, vertical solutions. Companies will select service providers that deliver the best quality and value-add, not just the best price. “Increased adoption of standardized solutions in outcomes-based models will drive outsourcing to become more utility based,” says Don Schulman, General Manager, Finance and Administration at IBM. “And that becomes where the [...]
This year we didn’t need a top 10 list of important past events and future predictions. The worst recession anyone still working can remember and its impact is our list. Our experts shared their sage assessments. Here’s what they think: Top Events of 2009: ACS: The global recession – pure and simple. The current downturn [...]
In its day, offshoring created a tectonic change in outsourcing. Today, new trends are bubbling to the surface that will also create a sea change, especially for BPO. Today’s way of doing things may be destined for a dusty museum five years from now. Suppliers we interviewed predicted the following will alter BPO during the [...]
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 [...]
Verticalization. Major changes in the supplier landscape. Melding process and technology to boost FAO processes to the next level. Here is what our experts are predicting. Ritesh Idnani, Vice President and Head, Global Sales and Marketing for Infosys BPO, believes finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) will grow because of four drivers: the deepening of current [...]
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