{"id":1587,"date":"2010-11-25T08:43:00","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T08:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/projects\/horsesforsources\/ssop-promo-112510\/"},"modified":"2010-11-25T08:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T08:43:00","slug":"ssop-promo-112510","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/ssop-promo-112510\/","title":{"rendered":"Learn how to assemble an airplane in mid-air&#8230; and become a Shared Services Outsourcing Professional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_5520\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ssonetwork.com\/topic_detail.aspx?id=9748&amp;ekfrm=6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5520 \" title=\"SSON_M'ged-cert-prgm\" src=\"http:\/\/www.horsesforsources.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/SSON_Mged-cert-prgm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"94\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Learn to assemble a plane in mid-air like Coca-Cola&#39;s Bill Johnson (click for more info)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to our buddy Bill Johnson, who runs global finance Finance Shared Services for Coca-Cola Refreshments:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>&#8220;Launching a Shared Services organization more than a decade ago was a bit like assembling an airplane in mid-air.&#8221; <\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>And to add to the experience, try on-sourcing some of these processes to an F&amp;A BPO provider&#8230; \u00a0Bill is very involved with our conference partner, SSON, and he adds, &#8220;We ultimately prevailed thanks to knowledge sharing on the part of our fellow practitioners, many of whom with which we connected at SSON events. 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