Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Why do some buyers decide to renew their outsourcing contracts early before the term expires? Outsourcing Center studied 92 relationships to identify the drivers for early renewals. The study also revealed top qualities of providers appreciated by buyers in early-renewal deals.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Software service providers in Eastern Europe are at a crossroads. Here’s a view of the current and future perspectives, advice on selecting a provider, and how to tell if an outsourcing provider is a follower or a leader.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Our study of the relationships nominated for Outsourcing Excellence Awards in 2008 reveals important findings regarding the impact of service provider selection criteria on the ease and challenges during the transition phase or IT implementation. The study clearly reveals some buyers’ strategies cause the opposite of the intended outcome.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The SaaS model has now been applied to a supply chain, warehousing, and inventory management solution. It’s cost-effective, flexible, has a quick implementation, and resolves all the challenges that 3PLs and their customers face.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Recruitment process outsourcing is facing dramatic change in 2009. Not only is the pricing model changing, but even the definition of services is changing. The provider landscape is also shifting. This article takes you through the drivers for the ways RPO is evolving and where it’s headed in the future.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
New influences on outsourcing in 2009 include such factors as SOA, green IT, and the convergence of technology and business processes. Each will impact the value proposition and decision making. Here are the insights that will help to prepare your company for these impacts.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Companies are facing new considerations in their decision making at different points in the life cycle of outsourcing. Pricing models, controllability of offshored work, managing outsourcing relationships, and a new source of value creation will impact decisions in 2009. But the biggest impact on decision making will come from a watershed event regarding platform BPO, which occurred in 2008. Here’s what you need to know to be ready for outsourcing decisions in these aspects.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The industry is now beginning to approach infrastructure from a stronger process orientation. This will dynamically alter the value proposition, offerings, pricing, and other aspects of infrastructure management. It is also causing infrastructure process reengineering. Here are the insights you need for outsourcing infrastructure over the next few years.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
HRO and talent management processes are taking some dramatic turns. Here are the insights you need to know about what’s happening with the value proposition in both of these areas and how decision-making needs to be altered going forward.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The U.S. economic problems have impacted outsourcing in several ways, as has the increased focus on innovation and R&D in outsourcing arrangements. Both are affecting the initial stages of outsourcing decisions. Here’s a look at these trends and how they may affect your company.
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