Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The biggest event in outsourcing last year — and the biggest event since outsourcing’s inception — was the growing use of offshoring. Both buyers and suppliers realized the profound power of labor arbitrage. The move to offshore work to take advantage of low cost labor is affecting every area of outsourcing. In the IT space, …
Ben Trowbridge
If I had to do it over again, I would change….is the lament of many executives structuring outsourcing agreements. We interviewed six who were satisfied with the plans they made. They shared a common approach: they used an advisor.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Alfonso Montiel of EDS shares practical steps to prepare a procurement outsourcing strategy.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
There’s a troublesome trend in decision-making processes in the outsourcing community. Here are the details, along with the best-practices suggestions.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Facilities and real estate management processes are a highly specialized set of services that can make all the difference in building effective tenant relationships. Since Travelers occupies some buildings as a tenant but is the landlord in others, it sees clear benchmarking differentiation. Read why this leading financial institution enjoys a significant competitive advantage because it outsources these processes.
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
Most companies worry about their IT security but have no idea how many threats they really receive. One health care company thought it fended off 2,000 threats a month. Outsourcing discovered the real number — 200,000 — and provided a more secure solution.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Gaining access to world-class IT infrastructure and processes can transform business operations, but the London Stock Exchange learned that strategic management of the outsourcing relationship can achieve higher value in competitive advantage goals.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The conservative BMO Financial Group found it had to adapt to the brave new world of banking. BMO outsourced all its HR transaction processes to Exult so it could concentrate on strategic HR issues. That was the easy part. Deciding what to outsource was difficult, so BMO sought help from Everest.
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
Canadian companies want change but they can’t do it fast enough themselves. Selecting an outsourcing partner willing to shoulder some of the risk can, according to an IDC report sponsored by Accenture. Read about the newest trend in outsourcing there.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
When you’re planning a project with the largest size and scale in the world, there can be no better strategy than outsourcing. That’s what GM did in order to eliminate risks and ensure success when it built mySocrates, the largest employee portal on the planet.
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