Category: Business Process Outsourcing (BPO)
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So what on earth does the future hold for sourcing advisors?
Last week's outsourcing advisory bombshell wedding between KPMG and EquaTerra may well prove to be a turning point in the way buyers are serviced in the future. Management consultants need to have deep experience, knowledge and data on the operational guts of outsourcing, while boutique advisors need to offer a much broader consultative value proposition for clients who are tackling global operational issues. So what on earth does the future hold for sourcing advisors?Read More
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EquaTerra + KPMG – a new era, or a new error for outsourcing advisory?
So... has KPMG made a wise move purchasing EquaTerra, and how will this impact the industry?Read More
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Outsourcing your leadership team: build it… or buy it?
There are similarities between good companies and good football teams: solid staff employees that consistently make the right decisions at the right time. So if you are the helm of a flagging enterprise, should you nurture management talent internally or go to market for it?Read More
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Industry-specific analytics: where providers can differentiate or disappoint
As data analysis techniques have gotten smarter over the years, analytics have emerged as a specialized function of business employed broadly across industries and functions. Our new HfS Report, imaginatively titled Where offshore analytics is heading in 2011 investigates...Read More
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Bill grills the Madonna of HRO herself: Mary Sue Rogers
Mary Sue Rogers will share her insights into why full-service HRO has had a mixed scorecard in its first 10 years; what she will be doing differently in the next 10; the unique technologies used in HRO not usually found in a traditional HR environment; and the critical role of third parties and what they do in successful HRO engagements. Read More
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“Cloud BPO”? C’mon… stop talking cobblers
"Cloud BPO" is, simply put, a load of nonsense. The core fulcrum processes of BPO are the toughest to move into the Cloud, and only the small-to-medium business sector is going to enjoy any modicum of success of moving genuine "BPO" processes, such as finance and HR, into the Cloud in the near-term.Read More
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HfS Research announces two new analyst additions to boost data analytics and strategic research acumen
We're excited to announce a couple of terrific new additions to the core research team at HfS. Our goal is to provide our research clients with a unique blend of "real world" sourcing expertise, backed up with real-time research, market data and analytics. Read More
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Phil Hassey gets on his horse to pony-up unbridled Asia/Pac BPO coverage for HfS
We're thrilled that Phil Hassey has thrown hit hat in the horse's ring to pony up a couple of BPO appraisals of the region for us in 2011Read More
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Egypt’s crisis: where social media threatens global outsourcing
When the first response of the government, in times of political crisis, is to shut down the Web, this has a massive impact on the nation's global sourcing infrastructure to support global businesses.Read More
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Procurement BPO: Be careful before sharing your proverbial corporate bedroom with another party
In Part II of our Procurement BPO market appraisal with SpendMatters' Jason Busch, we get straight to the heart of the issues that buyers need to watch out for when evaluating a Procurement BPO endeavour. Essentially, you're going to be sharing your proverbial corporate bedroom with a service provider, so you may be wise to read this firstRead More