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Prudential Relocation Relocates Work to EMR in India to Create 24-Hour Operation to Please Clients

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Many companies outsource relocation, a complicated and detail-ridden process, to experts like Prudential Real Estate and Relocation Services. What makes relocations tricky is keeping track of every company’s distinct relocation policy. To cut costs and improve efficiency, Prudential outsourced the process to EMR in India. But first, it had to explain to Indians what relocation was.

Mortgage Lender Saves 50 Percent on Staffing by Outsourcing Rekeying to India

John Harney, Business Writer

In 2005 the housing market was hot. Mortgage lenders received more applications than they could handle. But in Miami they were not getting motivated, dependable, high-quality staff to process mortgage applications and the attendant materials that accompanies them. Outsourcing to India expedited loans and eliminated mistakes.

Hosted ERP Suites Improve Front- and Back-Office Operations, Yield Dramatic Cost Savings for Smaller Manufacturers

John Harney, Business Writer

Since installed ERP systems are expensive, complex to deploy, and require dedicated IT resources to maintain, automating mission-critical systems for small manufacturers is a challenge. ProSoap found itself concentrating so much on our servers that we couldn’t get on the phone enough to make sales calls. Outsourcing a hosted ERP solution solved the problem.

Evaluating Success in an Outsourcing Relationship

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Many companies don’t achieve the anticipated outcomes in their outsourcing initiatives because they don’t take the right steps up front. Here’s how the fifth-largest homebuilder in the United States built an outstanding outsourcing relationship that produced the outcomes the client wanted.

Outsourcing Facilitates Airline’s Cash Flow for Staying Competitive

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Investing in innovation is critical to business success, especially in highly competitive industries such as the airline industry, which was hit hard with cost constraints after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Yet, British Midland Airways has been innovating and achieved many firsts in service quality. Outsourcing the highly specialized area of revenue accounting had a major impact on cash flow.

RPO Supplier Helps BloodCenter of Wisconsin Find Hard-to-Find Talent Faster, Cheaper

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The applicant pool at BloodCenter of Wisconsin was too small and the quality of candidates was poor. Additionally, it took too long to fill a position–up to 100 days when it should have taken just 45. Outsourcing solved its recruitment problems and cut costs–an RPO reduced the cost per hire 57 percent.

Engine Performance Monitoring Drives Down Costs and Improves Customer Service For Southwest Airlines

John Harney, Business Writer

Premium customer service is goal one for Southwest Airlines. Top-flight fleet maintenance makes high-flying customer service would simply possible. Southwest outsources the maintenance of its 450 planes. Its lower maintenance costs help it compete on price.

RPO Improves In-House Processes While Meeting Aggressive Hiring Deadlines

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Historically, Unisys’s HR department did all its recruiting internally. But then the outsourcing supplier won three major outsourcing engagements at once and had to staff them in just 60 days. One required 600 people. It turned to an RPO, The RightThing, to fill those slots.

Outsourcing Manages Risk While Transforming Processes for Canada’s Central Bank

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

As Canada’s central bank, the Bank of Canada works to preserve the value of money by keeping inflation low. It also acts as the government’s fiscal agent. More than 400 employees worked on the retail debt program, consuming 85 percent of the bank’s IT capacity while not a core activity. Outsourcing to EDS was the answer. However, this assignment had some extra requirements.

Outsourcing Made More IT Initiatives Benefiting Citizens and Government Possible for Minneapolis

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

The City of Minneapolis and Unisys won the Best First Steps Outsourcing Excellence Awards in 2004. We went back to see how the relationship has progressed. Did outsourcing really help the citizens of Minneapolis?

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Prudential Relocation Relocates Work to EMR in India to Create 24-Hour Operation to Please Clients

Mortgage Lender Saves 50 Percent on Staffing by Outsourcing Rekeying to India

Hosted ERP Suites Improve Front- and Back-Office Operations, Yield Dramatic Cost Savings for Smaller Manufacturers

RPO Supplier Helps BloodCenter of Wisconsin Find Hard-to-Find Talent Faster, Cheaper

Engine Performance Monitoring Drives Down Costs and Improves Customer Service For Southwest Airlines

RPO Improves In-House Processes While Meeting Aggressive Hiring Deadlines

Outsourcing Manages Risk While Transforming Processes for Canada’s Central Bank

Outsourcing Made More IT Initiatives Benefiting Citizens and Government Possible for Minneapolis

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