Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The President of ExcellerateHRO relishes the fact that HRO suppliers are taking away the tactical work that makes up the daily grind so the new, reskilled HR department can focus on the strategic. Kelly, who has a research background in epidemiology, sees a definite connection between work and health.
John Harney, Business Writer
This SMB manufacturer replaced its legacy applications with one hosted ERP suite for dramatic cost savings and vastly improved operational efficiencies.
Jerry Bowles, Business Writer
Outsourcing has been one of the most important factors in the industry turnaround, providing an opportunity to remove large amounts of fixed cost while drawing on the expertise of the outsourcer to update the airline’s technology base. Read why airlines are outsourcing important business processes.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Most retailers lack the ability to efficiently process their vendor-performance information into knowledge that allows them to avoid or recover unnecessary costs from inaccurate shipments. However, there’s an outsourced solution that brings visibility into vendor operations, creating huge competitive advantage. Read what it did for Gottschalks and other retailers.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
AMO, a debt collection firm, looked at a number of suppliers, then set up a 60-day champion/challenger test. Who could collect more money–AMO’s dialer or the supplier’s system? We wanted to test their situations under combat conditions, says Michael Chamberlain, AMO’s President.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Most small to midsize businesses (SMBs) don’t have in-house telecom experts, lack the experience to handle ongoing quick technological changes, and can’t effectively plan ongoing strategies, manage implementations, and ensure harmonious use of communication technologies and devices on their own. So they outsource.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Success Apparel, a children’s sportswear manufacturer in New York City, just wanted its phone system to work. Its phone system was dead for as long as three days as its local, long distance, and PBX supplier pointed fingers. Outsourcing all its telephony to a VoIP supplier solved the problem.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Hughes, America’s 15th largest ISP, outsourced a call center for inbound direct marketing. Today, half the company’s direct sales come from this outsourced relationship. Sales doubled while costs fell 30 percent. ACS turns 14 percent of these calls into sales, up from three percent. Increasing the conversion rate allows Hughes to do more marketing with the same dollars.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Editor Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, who conducted all the interviews, finds six recurring themes among the winners. The most surprising: offshoring actually created jobs for Americans.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
BT was a plain old phone company. Then competition and the Internet changed telecommunication. Where was BT going to find the capital to fund the requisite new offerings? BT outsourced its HR to Accenture. Together the partnership transformed BT.
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