Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
One of the victims of September 11 was the airline industry. Delta had to service its call center customers at a lower cost. The solution was offshoring. That decision turned out to be a lifeline when hurricanes hit the US last year, shuttering some US call centers. Wipro routed extra calls to Mumbai and Pune, stretching its resources to support the airline in its time of need.
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.
Ulad Radkevitch
Small-to-medium businesses in the US are turning to IT experts in Romania. Cost is not the only consideration. They say Romanians are harder working and more reliable with deadlines In addition, they didn’t pester them with requests for payment before the job was completed.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Call centers can impact a travel agency’s market share because of the large number of customer interactions. Yet a March study of North American consumers sounded an alarm for call centers that don’t have the requisite technology to ensure satisfactory customer experiences. Here’s how two travel-related businesses solved that technology problem.
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, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Market trends suggest the philosophy on information technology outsourcing spending decisions is changing within the financial institutions sector. Here’s why.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Mortgage lenders need assurance that the proper hazard insurance coverage is in place for the loans they issue. But that comes with significant headaches and unnecessary costs for lenders that still do their hazard insurance processing and tracking in house. Here’s what the leaders are finding as benefits in outsourcing this process.
Eric Schoeniger, Business Writer
India is perceived as a cornucopia of IT talent. But some organizations are discovering that certain IT skills are increasingly scarce. Read about the current labor situation and what it means for your outsourcing effort.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Elvis Presley Enterprises is counting on its supplier’s online expertise to turn its online sales numbers into a hunka, hunka, hunka burning change.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Buyers will want to mine their data differently next year. And suppliers are developing consulting practices to help all customers, not just outsourcing buyers, do just that. Here’s what’s happening in CRM outsourcing.
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