Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
INVISTA, which owns brands like Lycra, had promised the industry an online fabric library. The CEO had sent letters to thousands of companies announcing the system would go live by October 4. In June it discovered its supplier was failing. It hired Freeborders, whose teams in the US, Europe, and China delivered the library three weeks early.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
What do you do when the hospital has a fiscal crisis and can’t staunch the bleeding? Some suppliers would cut off the air supply when the money ran out. But not Eclipsys. It lowered its monthly fees until the hospital recovered, putting patient safety before profit.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
While honesty is a prized characteristic of any employee, it is an absolute necessity for employees of gaming companies. Here’s how outsourcing helps Boyd Gaming deals with hiring challenges.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
A growing provider was able to cut its benefits costs by half yet double the quality of those benefits by outsourcing. That helped it recruit staff for its new locations.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Danka has an HR solution others may want to copy: It outsourced its entire HR function to Gevity. Here’s how it works.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The firm wanted to know how senior IT executives dealt with the security risks involved in outsourcing. The result is a new report, Outsourcing Security: Concerns Growing. Suppliers, here’s what matters to IT buyers.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Today companies are joining buying consortia to purchase non-core supplies and processes that don’t give them a competitive edge. Read how this hybrid outsourcing solution allows members to both save significant sums and share knowledge.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Unfortunately for the city of Falls Church, Virginia, major IT employers like AOL are in its backyard, making high tech hiring brutal. Half the IT department was vacant before outsourcing solved the problem.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
A European company wanted to enter the South Asian banking market. It needed a supplier with deep roots in the region. Its supplier not only sold its services but also created a service bureau so banks too small to afford the standard offering could participate.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
What happens when a venerable supplier buys an enterprising, entrepreneurial one? CEO Leon Busch discusses the strategy behind Mellon’s acquisition.
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