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E-voking E-commerce E-mmediately

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Companies today realize that if they want to stay in business they will have to enter the e-commerce fray. Specifically, they must embrace Internet Protocol (IP) based technologies. If you want to be in business, you need to be in e-business, says Elena Christopher, senior analyst at Gartner DataQuest in Egham, England…….

The Long Arm of the Law

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Ecommerce between customer and buyer can be tricky. But the degree of difficulty increases when those two partners reside in different countries. If there’s an ocean of difference between the laws of the two nations, the transaction must adhere to the stricter set of regulations…..

E-Government: From Standing in Line to Going Online

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Every year American individuals and businesses complete about $600 billion worth of transactions with the local, state and the Federal governments, excluding their various tax payments. To date, less than one percent of those interactions occur on-line, according to Adrian Moore, director of privatization and government reform for the Reason Public Policy Institute, a Los Angeles-based think tank that studies government management. But, like death and taxes, you can be sure that percentage will increase.(outsourcing)

Finding Marcus Welby in Texas

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Selecting a health care provider is tricky today because there are so many choices. To ensure the 1.8 million people enrolled in the Medicaid program in Texas have help in making that important decision, the Lone Star State decided to outsource that task, according to Larry Fisher, director, Contract Compliance division for the Texas Department of Health in Austin, Texas…

Erin Brockovich Meets Top Gun Sales

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The Every Woman’s Company needed 30 top salespeople nationwide for the roll out of its financial seminars for women. The company signed Erin Brockovich (the real person, not Julia Roberts) as its spokesperson. But the company found out quickly putting together a sales force was as easy as, well, as battling a big California polluter.

The Pitfalls in Becoming a BPO

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

ASPs have proven they are an efficient and cost effective way to share expensive applications. The most successful ASPs have made customer service a bedrock of their business. So it’s natural when a good client asks an ASP to help take on a related business process, the supplier wants to agree.

ERP Ties All Systems Together

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The two Brits were lured by the siren call of the constant sunshine. Bahad and his partner started Dataforce Corporation in 1993 as a marketing vehicle for their Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Customer Relationship Management (CRM) consultancy…

High Tech By The Numbers

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Bill Burns provides IT outsourcing for Tier 3 companies. His firm, which specializes in manufacturing ERP systems, has worked hard to build their trust with its competency. So, when a profitability problem arises or a government agency comes calling, they call his company, Shopman, Inc. in Jamison, Pennsylvania for help.

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