Considering More than Cost When Choosing an Offshore Locale
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Optimizing skill sets should be as important as cost savings when selecting an offshore location.
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Avoiding Outsourcing Pitfalls
Jon F. Doyle, Attorney, White & Case LLP
Jon Doyle of White & Case shares six key provisions that any outsourcing agreement should have to help mitigate unavoidable problems when offshoring.
American Outsourcers Revamp to Compete with Offshore Suppliers
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Two American suppliers created offerings that allow them to compete with Indian outsourcers. Here’s what they did.
A Candid Chat on Offshoring with MphasiS
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
What is the biggest mistake buyers make when they offshore? How do you navigate cultural differences? Jeroen Tas, Vice Chairman of MphasiS, does a Q&A.
How to Improve Processes From Within
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
As Tom Devane sees it, businesses today, like Hamlet, face an existential question: To offshore or not to offshore. “For most of today’s manufacturers and knowledge service providers, that’s a perplexing question indeed,” says the author of Integrating Lean Six Sigma and High-Performance Organization. Leading the Charge Toward Dramatic, Rapid, and Sustainable Improvement, which was …
How Leading Companies Avoid Being Bitten by Telecom Expenses
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Voice and data communication–the fourth-largest operating expense for most companies–has historically not been managed in a rational way. But outsourcing solutions are now evolving to a compelling value proposition with a Total communication Management model.
Outsourcing Brings Dinosaur Dig Up to Date
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Students at Southwestern Adventist University participate in a dinosaur dig in Wyoming every June. The site is so remote there were no telecommunication until the university outsourced. Now diggers can phone home and read their email.
Getronics Offers Expert Advice on IP Communications
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Convergence, which means running voice, data, and video on a common infrastructure, brings a lower cost of ownership and the ability for companies to adapt quickly to changing business environments. Getronics explains how to manage a convergence project.
Confused about the Best Cell Phone Plan? Who Ya Gonna Call?
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Incorrect or misleading cell phone billing is an expensive problem for corporations. Outsourcing is one way to guarantee you only pay for what you use.
Are You Ready to Let a Supplier Deliver Converged Voice and Data Services?
Richard Sealy, Consultant
Today outsourcers can merge voice and data into a single infrastructure. However, this new paradigm disrupts well-established conventions. Richard Sealy discusses what the next generation of telecom service outsourcing contracts must do.