Category: Sourcing Best Practises
Innovation in F&A BPO? We have it all right here folks…
This new HfS report dives into the experiences and expectations of a selection of today’s most experienced enterprise Finance and Accounting (F&A) BPO buyers, when it comes to achieving innovation. We spoke to a collection of major F&A BPO customers which have achieved some form of innovation as they went through the F&A BPO experience with a major service provider. Read More
Up in the air with Ritesh Idnani… Part II
In Part II, Ritesh explains the changes in the BPO industry from his perspective - especially the inherent need for providers to align their BPO service offerings with an industry-verticalized approach. Read More
Sole sourcing and the Lindsay Lohan experience
When a customer decides it has already found its provider-to-be, and wants to avoid the conflicting emotions of exploring what might-have-been with its competitors, it can inadvertently offset a spiral of sanity-losing issues for both parties, as they prepare to walk down the aisleRead More
Outsourcing marriage counselling… with Liz Campbell Evans
If your outsourcing relationship is on the rocks, one person who can provide some tried-and-trusted therapy is EquaTerra's Liz Campbell EvansRead More
New HfS Market Landscape: Is insurance BPO ready to grow up?
The global insurance industry faces a challenging and unprecedented market environment; insurance premiums are falling, and insurance firms' profitability is nowhere near the pre-recession era. Added to this, insurers in the US and Europe need to battle several regulatory and compliance requirements in the next few years. HfS Research's new market landscape report entitled "Is Global Insurance BPO ready to grow up?" discusses these issues at length.Read More
Sal-sourcing in the real world, Part I
Mike Salvino - or simply "Sal" to his friends and colleagues, has brought a real air or pragmatism to Accenture, where he now leads the firm's global BPO business. Read Part I of his interview with Horses for Sources.Read More
Horses for Sources and the London School of Economics Launch Groundbreaking Study into Cloud Business Services
Horses for Sources and the London School of Economics Launch Groundbreaking Study into Cloud Business Services Read More
Esteban Herrera: why I joined the Horses
Esteban Herrera, Research VP for HfS' buy-side enterprise sourcing practice, explains why he joined the "Horses"Read More
Renowned outsourcing advisor Esteban Herrera joins HfS as Research Vice President
Esteban Herrera joins HfS’ executive management team as Research Vice President for the firm’s strategic sourcing practice for buy-side enterprises. Herrera will drive a definitive research agenda that encompasses strategic advice, best practices and governance support across all aspects of IT outsourcing, BPO and shared services.Read More
Finding a needle in 20 million haystacks: CERN’s Computing Grid creates a vision for Cloud Business Services
In order to understand the business potential of Cloud-esque environments to drive innovation, you could do a lot worse than have a look at the scientists who've been using their own version of Cloud for years: Grid Computing. When you get into areas such as particle physics, these folks need all the computing grunt and pooled brain-power they can muster to succeed.Read More