Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Finance and accounting outsourcing has gone beyond transaction processing to enter the realm of business transformation. Today, chief financial officers require data to help them make better financial decision.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
When 2002 dawned, there was a dearth of credible service providers. Then three different kinds of providers stepped into the breach. The result: broader offerings for today’s buyers.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
Suppliers are moving the back office to the four corners of the globe. At the same time, buyers, now firmly committed to offshore solutions, are wrestling with the decision to select a near shore or farshore provider. Here’s what’s going on in offshore outsourcing.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
With competition on all sides, banks have to invest in enabling technologies to stay current. Yet this economy dictates that they cut costs, too. The only way to do both is to outsource.
Stephen Dunn, Principal, Everest Group
Using an offshore service provider can be a daunting task. Stephen Dunn describes the options for both buyers and service providers.
Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer
The cost of human capital is so large that it stymies some companies from being able to achieve their growth initiatives. Outsourcing truly makes a difference, as in this story of how a medical billing company handled the challenge and ensured HIPAA compliance at the same time.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Is offshore outsourcing safe in today’s warring world? Here’s what’s happening in India, Russia and the Philippines.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Dental offices in Great Britain often are equipped with the newest technology to make dental care as painless as possible. However, dentists were waiting a painfully long time to get paid by the Dental Practice Board (DPB), a governmental agency covering England and Wales.
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
The buyer and the supplier are just five hours apart by car. But from a business standpoint, they couldn’t be farther apart. The customer’s management grew up in capitalist western Europe. The suppliers’ formative years were spent in Communist eastern Europe. How do you fashion an outsourcing relationship that works?
Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer
Cost reduction often is the primary push to outsource a non-core area. And when the savings are significant, slashing the costs almost in half, more and more American companies are taking advantage of the lower price, even if the supplier is half way around the world.
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