Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Prudential Financial realized it had to run HR like a business when it prepared to go public. Whenever there is a business challenge, the two partners use a technique they learned from transition: select one executive from each company to craft a solution together. And Prudential helps Hewitt learn how its new products will work in the real world.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Don’t fire your ad agency, but do consider outsourcing any marketing function you can reduce to a template. Learn how technology provides real numbers for smarter marketing decisions.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Four managerial concerns arise during a recession, which significantly impact the buyer and provider. A Stanford academic shares mitigation techniques.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Every penny counts. CA restructured 30 offices worldwide in just 90 days. The savings went to the bottom line when the company reported its year-end results to Wall Street.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
What are the real risks in offshoring both ITO and BPO work? Professor Ravi Aron, John Hopkins University, says understanding those risks helps buyers set up procedures to make their offshore engagements more successful.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
LEAN, green, and savings now are the mantras of IT buyers today, according to Richard Penn. Even IT pricing is experiencing a metamorphosis. Here’s what buyers and suppliers need to know in today’s brave new ITO world.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
USA Technologies had been sending its development work to China. This time it added India to the mix. The result: it cut time to market in half and enjoyed savings of 40 percent.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
A lot of small business owners are great at their business but not at handling their finance and accounting processes. This causes them to make poor decisions that could sink their business. Here’s a flexible outsourced solution for this process, and it’s totally geared to small businesses.
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
Mitek Systems had a great idea: the applications developer wanted to turn camera phones into scanning devices so customers could make payments and deposit checks. However, the company lacked the internal staff to develop the application which had to work on four disparate systems. Outsourcing was the answer.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Learn why employee and leadership development programs are a top priority at successful companies – especially in tough economic times – the difficult questions CEOs and business owners must consider surrounding performance management, and the role an HR organization must play in ensuring that learning and development initiatives connect with the success of the business.
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