According to new report, first time, UK has become leading market for outsourcing. The UK has overtaken US to become the top national market for new outsourcing contracts. According to TPI, UK represented 37% of the market for major outsourcing contracts awarded worldwide in
Is your business growing and expanding? Do you find that you are offering more products and services? Do you feel the need to hire other people to do certain tasks that you simply can't do yourself due to the lack of time and experience in that particular field? Well if you have answered yes t
In today’s climate of business, CEOs and executives are cautiously optimistic about the economy and their company’s future growth. They realize that they still need to market to drive profitable growth and increase the company’s value, but the financial strings are being tightened. However, there
Outsourcing. It's a big economic boom for some and a big nightmare for others. Outsourcing has been a hot topic of debate among politicians for a long time. Turn on your TV and you'll see many a show, especially "The West Wing" tackle the issue of outsourcing.
Businesses compete in the real world with core competency. The core competency can be, for instance, excellence in design and low cost manufacturing. The purpose of businesses is to satisfy customers. Businesses, with its number of functions and process flows, have to add value to the product in
During the past few years, we have heard a lot of whining in the media about outsourcing and offshoring. Let’s look for the opportunities in these irreversible trends (and ignore the whiners!).
By fully leveraging offshore talent (a strategic view of global sourcing) we can improve producti
General Motors Corp. announced in late November 2005 that it will close 9 of its United States auto manufacturing plants as well as three assembly-related plants which includes one location in Canada. Ford Motor Co. followed suit in early December 2005 announcing it is considering the shutdown of
For once, Apple Computers has been thinking inside the box rather than outside, and following the lead of its fellow global technology majors, it has also decided to set up a large scale technical support centre in India.
Sources confirm Apple is gearing up to hire as many as 1,500 people f
The trend of outsourcing inbound and outbound contact centers the past few years have become a billion dollar industry, the main issue here however are the growing acceptance by companies to move their outsourced contact center offshore. The large numbers of Filipino English speaking personnel, I
BPO or Business Process Outsourcing is a very common and mushrooming phenomenon these days. BPO can be defined as the accomplishment of a business task from some outside agency. For instance a company can ask or hire an external agency to maintain its old records and accounts. The phenomenon of