Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
How do you make your brand unique in today’s commoditized world? The customer experience has become a big differentiator in a world where the consumer now has power. Sauarbh Mittal discusses what to do and lists the five mistakes companies need to avoid.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
A digital media professor, a business school professor, and a marketing professor share their thoughts and suggestions on how businesses can use social media successfully. Read their tips.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Giving up control over the outsourced process is a basic principle in how outsourcing works, but many buyers find it difficult to do this at the outset of a relationship. An Outsourcing Center study looked at the factors that cause initial discomfort and what makes a buyer feel comfortable enough to turn over control to the provider.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Parature, a SaaS provider in the customer relationship management space, has collaborated with Facebook to develop a new application specifically for the site. It allows users to engage with customers directly on the Facebook page and creates the ability to provide direct support from the Facebook wall. Here’s how it works.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Steelcase has offices in 20 countries. Some have payrolls of 200, others just one. Every country has different labor laws. Language is also an issue. Outsourcing to just one provider solved the language and legal challenges and gave Steelcase a unified look at its payroll.
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An Outsourcing Center study found that a lot of outsourcing buyers have relationship managers with no prior experience or training in how to manage the relationship. This article describes why this occurs and the challenges that result from this phenomenon.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Rahul Koul, Manager, Strategic Marketing, Wipro Kathik Nagendra, Manager, Wipro, Council for Industry Research Wipro Voice: A Conversation on Digital Platforms with Rahul Koul, Manager, Strategic Marketing, and Kathik Nagendra, Manager, Wipro Council for Industry Research It’s cheaper. It’s more effective. Its reach is virtually boundless. And it’s all in one place. “Social networking and …
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
You know the feelings that surround a day you’d like to forget. Stress. Anxiety. Embarrassment. Regret. Revisiting a decision. Now place all of that in the context of an outsourcing relationship on a day when something goes wrong – really wrong. And you’re doubting your service provider selection criteria. A revenue-generating, ERP, or payroll system …
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
In outsourcing, “best practices” are a method, procedure, activity, technique, or process known to produce desired outcomes. Who deems them to be the “best?” Often, it’s an industry or association regulation or recommendation. Sometimes, it’s an expert opinion such as those from an analyst or consulting firm; at other times, it’s a service provider or …
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Outsourcing saves buyers money through lower cost. Outsourcing really saves money if the service is free. To allow organizations to take advantage of low-cost IT infrastructure outsourcing, Appistry provides a software solution that helps companies with cloud migration. The company provides its software at no cost to small and medium-sized users. “We wanted to create …
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