Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Nearly everyone is talking about innovation in outsourcing. In this article, experts share their insights on the hindrances and best practices surrounding innovation objectives.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
What a year! Wipro set up shop in the United States. This year’s subprime mortgage mess will actually help outsourcing next year. And non-traditional suppliers won some big outsourcing deals. Here’s what it all means and a guess at how these events might impact the industry in the next 12 months.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Labor will be the driving factor that changes outsourcing in 2008. In the past, the megatrend was to use labor arbitrage wherever possible. Today buyers want to alter how they use employees, changing other services in which labor is a component. And, mature outsourcing relationships are bumping up against the offshore equilibrium.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Managed services for document life cycles, mailing and distribution processes, and events planning and support can be just solutions to reduce costs–or they can have significant value-add benefits if the outsourcing provider takes a partnering approach. Read what a difference this approach made for The Coca-Cola Company and the Atlanta airport.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Knowledge Process Outsourcing may become the fastest-expanding outsourcing initiative in the next 12 months, especially across Europe. Here’s what you need to know about KPO trends, the value proposition, and how to select a KPO service provider.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Telephones are sooo 1970s. The Salvation Army, however, is using phones in a very twenty-first-century way, thanks to outsourcing. And, the charity is saving significant sums, too.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Innovation is outsourcing’s new buzz word. However, it’s a lot easier to talk about innovation than do it. SAP’s Gianni Giacomelli discusses the techniques that work and the traps to avoid.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Five years ago, India was synonymous with IT offshoring. Today, two areas are seriously challenging India’s supremacy: China (position No. 2) and Russia (No.3). Read about the benefits of working with Russian suppliers like EPAM.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Common themes ran through the relationships of the Awards winners–whether the buyer was collecting child support payments in Louisiana, performing cardiac surgery in Boston, or supplying cell phone service to rural India. Peter Bendor-Samuel shares the lessons learned.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Old Mutual had earned the unhappy moniker: the worst in the industry. It outsourced to become competitive. During the first two migrations, events conspired to triple volume. Read how the two partners learned to work together under the crushing volumes.
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