A Comparison of Asset Acquisitions and Outsourcing Transactions
Helen Lukajic, Associate, Baker & McKenzie
How does asset acquisition differ from outsourcing? Attorneys at Baker & McKenzie explain the legal nuances.
Research & Insight
Transition
ASP and ERP: A Great Fit
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Having doubled its size in one year, Rural Cellular Corporation found it had outgrown its human resources and financial services applications. Outsourcing its hosting and applications to an ASP solved the problem.
The Critical Success Factor of Managing Growth
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
BP, one of the world’s largest companies, considers it a best practice to outsource as many non-core processes as possible. But outsourcing HR was considered a crucial component of its organizational transformation. Here’s the story of how a groundbreaking deal successfully achieved objectives.
GNMA Embracing Lean Manufacturing by Outsourcing
Ben Trowbridge
In support of lean manufacturing principles, GM decided to outsource to a third-party logistics supplier. The results were even beyond expectationss.
Co-creating Successful HR Outsourcing
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Results from Morgan Stanley’s strategic use of outsourcing its HR processes in order to facilitate the massive challenges of a merger with Dean Witter Discover Company turned out be even better than the firm expected. This is the story of the cooperative environment the buyer and service provider fostered, which made it possible to meet their timelines and goals.
Outsourcing: Dynamo for Transformation
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Total integration after mergers/acquisitions is difficult to achieve…but IBM knows how to do it, no matter how complex it appears to be.
Don’t Skip on the Details
Greg Short, Counsel in the Los Angeles office of Shaw Pittman LLP
Don’t shortchange the exhibits in your outsourcing contract. They contain the core of your outsourcing agreement, including the price of services and your service level agreements.
Everdream Wins Gold Medal from Special Olympics
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
The Special Olympics of Texas stages 200 events a year. It needed a 24/7 Internet presence to communicate with its 27,000 participants. Everdream made that a reality.
It Was a Dark and Stormy Night…
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Outsourcing is not just about turning over a business process to a company with expertise and resources in that area. It’s more successful when both parties work as a team to overcome all challenges. Here’s a striking example of an excellent alliance.
Outsourcing Solves Paralyzing Predicament
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
State tax rates, FICA payments and address changes are only a few of the headaches inundating a stock option process. Here’s the story of what one company gained by outsourcing this administrative nightmare.