Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The industry now faces a new set of risks associated with second-generation Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) and HRO deals. We spoke with Adecco and ExcellerateHRO to learn their advice for mitigating risks in 2008.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
We spoke with industry experts to get their insights on mitigating outsourcing risks in 2008 and also looked at how buyers and suppliers are their own worst enemies when it comes to creating risks.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Nearly everyone is talking about innovation in outsourcing. In this article, experts share their insights on the hindrances and best practices surrounding innovation objectives.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Innovation is outsourcing’s new buzz word. However, it’s a lot easier to talk about innovation than do it. SAP’s Gianni Giacomelli discusses the techniques that work and the traps to avoid.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Common themes ran through the relationships of the Awards winners–whether the buyer was collecting child support payments in Louisiana, performing cardiac surgery in Boston, or supplying cell phone service to rural India. Peter Bendor-Samuel shares the lessons learned.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Bharti Airtel is a fast-growing Indian telco. It felt labor costs in India were too expensive. It wanted to solve customer care issues at the machine. So it offshored its solution–to North America. The Indian company selected Nortel for its call center technology. Together they changed the behavior of a nation.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Managing the North American marketing-related print collateral needs of Unilever’s 400 brands in more than 100 countries is an enormous task. Outsourcing printing needs is not the same as outsourcing procurement, especially where it may impact creativity in marketing. Unilever turned to a managed-services provider with a collaborative approach. The results have been stellar.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Investing in innovation is critical to business success, especially in highly competitive industries such as the airline industry, which was hit hard with cost constraints after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Yet, British Midland Airways has been innovating and achieved many firsts in service quality. Outsourcing the highly specialized area of revenue accounting had a major impact on cash flow.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Tibor Beles, VP Sales, Global BPO, heads Oracle’s BPO practice. Read why he thinks HRO buyers will take a more aggressive outsourcing approach in the future, how IT will bring innovation to BPO processes, and why time is so critical to outsourcing transactions.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Why do some outsourcing relationships shine and others fail miserably? A new study by Capgemini lists nine steps to relationship success.
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