Healthy Decision: Dancing to a Different Tune
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Sometimes the source for efficiencies, cost savings and innovation is in the buyer’s own back yard.
Research & Insight
Service Level Agreement (SLA)
City View: Mayor Declares Outsourcing is the Way of the Future
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The story of how to move beyond internal limitations and going in circles through outsourcing.
Joint Resolution: City Falls for Outsourcing, the Ultimate Makeover
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The story of what happens when excellence comes to town on outsourcing’s winds of change.
Collaboration Wins: Removing ‘Risk’ from Calculated Business Risks
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
A story of following important, fundamental steps in outsourcing to create business opportunities and a climate for change.
Why Outsourcing Your EDI Initiative is an Effective Strategy
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Are you considering how to revamp your supply chain to EDI? Outsourcing this function brings some surprising benefits — value far beyond the IT infrastructure.
Outsourcing Service Provider or Buyer Bankruptcy: Only in Canada, Eh!
George Atis, Chairman, Outsourcing and Technology practice groups, McMillan Binch LLP
Canadian bankruptcy law differs from U.S. rules. If your Canadian service provider or buyer declares bankruptcy, two partners at McMillan Binch provide suggestions about what to do.
The Trust Factor
Chelsea Yost, Business Writer
Hill Holliday, a marketing firm, wanted to outsource its employee time management. It liked the ASP solution. But first it had to make sure the provider it selected had financial stability.
Outsourcing Helps Worldspan Travel in the Customers’ Shoes
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
The holiday travel period was 60 days away. Worldspan, an on-line technology provider for the travel industry, needed to better monitor its Web performance. A service provider ramped up a solution in 60 days.
Connecting the HIPAA Dots
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Hospitals looking for a service provider for HIPAA compliance should select one who has actual translation and mapping experience. The process is too complicated to outsource to a provider just learning the ropes.
Four Early Steps to Outsourcing Success for In-House Counsel
Stacy Schultz, Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers
Although it’s best to retain outside counsel with outsourcing expertise, Attorney Stacy Schultz of O’Melveny & Myers explains the unique issues that buyers’ corporate in-house lawyers need to know before becoming involved in constructing an outsourcing contract.