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What Happens When the Outsourcing Business Case Stops Working?

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Organizations that turn to outsourcing to achieve their business objectives first develop a business case that includes such components as cost savings and avoidance objectives, business value benefits, and risk assessment of potential negative impacts. But what happens when the initial business case stops working because of unanticipated impacts? Both a Deloitte Consulting study and …

Assessing the Coming Impact of Cloud Computing on Outsourced Solutions

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

What will be the speed of adoption of outsourced cloud computing solutions over the next five years? How will the cloud evolve and change outsourcing arrangements? How can buyers of outsourcing services optimize their cloud opportunities and manage the risks? Outsourcing Center interviewed industry executives about developments in outsourced cloud computing solutions. In this article …

When is an SLA Not Necessary in an Outsourcing Relationship?

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

A service level agreement (SLA) plays two important roles in an outsourcing arrangement. It sets the stage for the service provider’s accountability, and it is the major factor in determining the price of the service. The buyer of outsourced services can achieve a comfort level that it’s getting what it pays for if it regularly …

Combating the “Hidden” Costs of Managing Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Industry media, especially over the past two years, often points out that a significantly high number of outsourcing arrangements do not deliver the promised cost savings due to “hidden” costs associated with managing the relationship. This is especially true, the reports state, in outsourcing relationships with an offshore delivery component, where administrative costs increase due …

Outsourcing Brings Better Service to Clients and an Award to the Program

Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer

Many parents in El Paso County, Colorado, don’t want to pay child support; the county has the second largest case load in the state. Outsourcing enforcement improved collections when the supplier offered performance awards to its staffers. And the kids won, too.

IDC Report Finds Canadian Executives Outsource For Business Change

Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer

An Accenture-sponsored IDC study discovered cost was now not the major factor in deciding to outsource. Canadian firms cited business transformation as the overwhelming reason.

What Do You Do When Your Applications Support Provider Goes Under?

Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer

Here’s an outsourcing nightmare: Your applications support provider declares bankruptcy as you’re trying to prepare your year-end financials. Read how one buyer handled the situation. The end result: a new outsourcing relationship with even greater value.

‘Special T’ Is for Telecommunications

Katherine Swarts, Business Writer

Technology seems to change at mach speed. Companies often don’t have the time or the capital to train their workers to keep up. Outsourcing allows them to plug into qualified specialists when the demand arises.

Balancing Trust and Accountability

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Trust plays a crucial role in government outsourcing. Adrian Moore of the Reason Foundation says that the less tangible things are, the more important trust is. In outsourced infrastructure projects, trust is less important. A project to construct a bridge, for example, is tangible in that you test to establish whether it was built soundly. But in a contract for such services as child adoption placement, managing a prison or welfare benefits, the outcomes are open-ended. Much of what the government wants to happen is well defined and measurable, but a lot of it is not. That type of circumstance will require trusting the vendor a great deal…

Measuring Quality, Not Quantity

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

As every newlywed discovers, golden anniversaries are more likely to be in a couple’s future if they start off their marriage on the right foot. The same applies to outsourcing relationships. Paul Swinscoe, senior program manager for Raytheon Training International in London, England, says proper preparation before buyers sign an outsourcing contract stacks the odds of its success. This advice is even more compelling when assigning accountability…..

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What Happens When the Outsourcing Business Case Stops Working?

What Do You Do When Your Applications Support Provider Goes Under?

‘Special T’ Is for Telecommunications

Balancing Trust and Accountability

Measuring Quality, Not Quantity

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