Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Partners in the Chicago, London, Sydney, and Hong Kong offices of Baker & McKenzie share their observations about trends in their regions and their industries, including their thoughts on offshoring. Is outsourcing the legal department the next BPO process?
Stephen Dunn, Principal, Everest Group
Everest’s Todd Furniss and Stephen Dunn discuss the explosive growth of the offshore industry, describing the new players and predicting where the work will go this year.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The biggest event in outsourcing last year — and the biggest event since outsourcing’s inception — was the growing use of offshoring. Both buyers and suppliers realized the profound power of labor arbitrage. The move to offshore work to take advantage of low cost labor is affecting every area of outsourcing. In the IT space, …
Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer
Buyers who outsource their call centers are discovering they can reduce cost and increase their customers’ satisfaction even when call volumes are increasing. New studies show using a mix of offshore and domestic agents is sparking double-digit growth in Europe.
John Harney, Business Writer
Offshore outsourcing is taking away jobs from Americans; politicians don’t like it. But there are many positive benefits.
John Harney, Business Writer
Unfortunately, many people are out of work in today’s economy. The state of New Mexico outsourced its IT to update its unemployment benefits system, making the already painful process much easier.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Intense competition and a weak economy are forcing financial institutions to radically alter the way they do business. A new Deloitte Research study of global leaders discovered 75 percent are outsourcing offshore to save as much as 50 percent. Analyst Chris Gentle details how this trend is developing.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Buyers wonder how offshore service providers keep their data safe. OPI uses armed guards and a no-pencil policy, among other things, to protect U.S. data in India.
Katherine Swarts, Business Writer
After 9/ll, people from all over the world sent contributions to the Twin Towers Fund to help the families of the fallen. Outsourcing was the fastest way to handle non-core aspects of disaster relief. OPI, a Manhattan-based service provider, volunteered to provide the fund’s accounting.
John Harney, Business Writer
MetLife needed to improve its claims processing. ACS now does the job up to nine times faster, up to 75 percent cheaper and with 40 percent more accuracy using offshore labor.
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