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 Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
When Catapult entered the scene, the GSA had 39 vendors, 12 versions of its e-mail client, and 15 help desks. Each of the 11 regional offices provided its own IT infrastructure services with differing data security standards. Today, GSA has one IT contract and a consolidated infrastructure. Plus, outsourcing has saved American taxpayers $15 million a year.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
ABB Inc., a technology manufacturer, grew by acquisitions. In 1995 ABB wanted to create a single culture with centralized processes and policies. It decided the best way to do this was outsource. Its first step: centralizing its 401(k) plan. Today, 13 years later, ABB has outsourced many of its HR processes to its original supplier: Fidelity HR Services.
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, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The story of how to change it can’t be done to dream come true using outsourcing.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Total integration after mergers/acquisitions is difficult to achieve…but IBM knows how to do it, no matter how complex it appears to be.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
ELearning is more than applying technology to the learning process. If done effectively, it changes several business processes, and outsourcing is the best catalyst for those changes.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Companies work with their suppliers to aggressively reduce costs.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
From Vision to Victory – In August 1999, Pennsylvania signed an outsourcing agreement with Unisys for the operation of its mainframe and a number of its midrange computer systems. Curt Haines, Director of the Bureau of Consolidated Computer Services in the Governor’s Office of Administration for the Commonwealth, says they selected Unisys because it was clearly a premier company relative to mainframe computers. He points out that IBM is a major subcontractor for Unisys in this outsourcing agreement but that Unisys is the prime vendor and has ultimate responsibility to make sure it works.
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