Research & Insight

Research & Insight

BPO

Offshore outsourcing to maximize Cost Efficiency

Ben Trowbridge

Outsourcing outsourcing has become a popular business strategy in recent years, with companies looking to cut costs and increase efficiency by delegating certain tasks to external service providers. One type of outsourcing that has gained significant traction is offshore outsourcing, where companies outsource their business processes to service providers located in different countries. This article …

5 Trends in Global Business Center Development

Ben Trowbridge

Offshore captive development and Global Business Services (GBS) have been integral to the growth and expansion of multinational corporations in recent years. With globalization and technological advancements, the offshoring industry has undergone significant changes, and offshore captives and GBS centers have evolved to fulfill changing business needs. The continued expansion of the middle and senior …

What Are Your Options to Create a Global Delivery Capability?

Ben Trowbridge

Summary: Even companies that might have a global footprint already can struggle with creating a balanced global delivery capability to control costs and access the right talent. Their experience and familiarity with their current situation can often cloud the decision as they are often too close to the problem to develop an unbiased and well-rounded …

What is Outsourcing?

Outsourcing Center, Staff Writer

Outsourcing: Leveraging External Expertise for Business Optimization in a Competitive Landscape Outsourcing, defined as the delegation of a business process to an external service provider, has long been a prevalent practice among various organizations. By outsourcing certain aspects of their operations, companies can focus on their core competencies while relying on specialized expertise for other …

Top 9 Innovation Trends in Outsourcing for 2015

Outsourcing Center, Staff Writer

Robotics, Analytics or Multi-channel enagagement? This report explores the innovative practices businesses are implementing in their outsourcing agreements. It is based on 100 in-depth interviews with senior outsourcing buyers. More than four fifths (83%) of buyers say they have experienced innovation in their outsourcing relationships Nine in ten (92%) say their outsourcing partners want to …

How to Launch Successful HRO Initiatives Using Proven Processes by a BPO Innovator

Outsourcing Center, Staff Writer

How do you launch successful HRO initiatives? How can CPOs effectively make the right choices in selecting a solution that supports multiple geographies, languages, and aptly balance strategic big-picture directives with tactical resilience in prioritizing the new era customer-experience sentiment(s)? Furthermore, how can a BPO provider manage HR activities on a global scale without losing control …

BPO for the Next Generation

Outsourcing Center

How analytics, insights and innovation are revolutionizing the outsourcing industry. Take a look at the next generation of BPO! Since its mainstream inception in the 1990s, a comprehensive and successful business process outsourcing (BPO) program has consisted of three main elements: cost reduction, transaction processing of non-core functions (such as human resources and finance and …

Five Reasons Why Non-US Providers Are Beefing Up Their US Centers

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Non-US-based outsourcing service providers are currently beefing up their US operations. A constellation of events are making this beneficial for both outsourcing buyers and providers. “Every provider wants a US presence,” observes Denis Winkler, Director at Alsbridge. “And if they already have a presence, it’s growing.” Some of the factors creating this new geographical attitude …

Latin America Growing As an Outsourcing Market- Especially for Real Estate

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Outsourcing buyers and service providers are now shining a spotlight on Latin America. “It’s been a slow-growing industry over the last 10 years. But interest has picked up in the last year or two,” reports Mark Melas, regional director, Jones Lang LaSalle, a professional services and investment management company offering specialized real estate services, including …

Six Ways BPO Looks Different

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

  The BPO industry landscape is changing as fast as the colors on the leaves as summer turns into fall. Why now? Professor Ilan Oshri, Professor of Technology and Globalization at the University of Loughborough, says the maturity of the BPO industry, experienced buyers gained with both captives and third-party service providers, and the providers …

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