BPO

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is the contracting of a specific business operation or process, such as customer service, finance & accounting, HR, recruiting, payroll or any other non-IT business function, to a third-party service provider, typically for a non-core competency to a provider with more specialized expertise, allowing the customer organization to focus on their main business or cut costs and maintain their position in the marketplace. BPO is often divided into two categories: back office outsourcing which includes internal business functions such as billing or purchasing, and front office outsourcing which includes customer-related services such as marketing or tech support.

Business Process Outsourcing

Why Sourcing Speed is Critical

In today’s world of rapid technological development and fastpaced transformation, the year-long RFP cycle is outdated. Companies need the flexibility to move in and out of sourcing agreements rapidly to keep up with changing demands and new capabilities

By- WGroup

The Challenge of Achieving Customer-Driven Shared Services

The Impact of Disruptive Business Trends are Causing a Rethink of Shared Services. The concept and use of shared services have been around for almost 30 years. However, shared services have matured to a level of organizational standard practice for support services across multiple business units. Despite this evolution, the penetration of shared services that […]

By- WGroup

Next Generation Outsourcing and the Global Enterprise Model (GEM)

When Outsourcing Can Create Value through Fundamentally Changing the Way You do Business. This is an unparalleled time of transformation. Disruptive technologies such as cloud computing and the “as-a-service” model for software, infrastructure and platforms have led to fundamental changes in how IT services are organized, managed and delivered—whether they are outsourced, insourced or a […]

By- WGroup

Digital – The Key to Unlocking Operational Transformation: Using Analytics & AI to Increase Process Intelligence

Today’s companies are no longer satisfied with traditional slow-burn outsourcing models. To achieve improvements in business outcomes as well as step changes in process costs, they must match skills with new “digital” competitors, with the following objectives: Greater automation and digitalization of both front- and back-office activity resulting in a step change in both cost […]

By- The Outsourcing Institute

OI Executive Interview with Former Xerox CPO Gregory North

In this Executive Interview, Outsourcing Institute President Daniel Goodstein sits down with former Xerox Chief Process Officer Gregory North to discuss the new face of BPO, digital disruption and transformation and advice for both BPO clients and providers, as well as a preview of the upcoming Digital BPO Innovations conference. The interview examines: Industry perspectives […]

By- The Outsourcing Institute

Digital BPO Webinar Series: Bringing Agility to Governance & Pricing

Today’s companies are no longer satisfied with traditional slow-burn outsourcing models. To achieve improvements in business outcomes as well as step changes in process costs, they must match skills with new “digital” competitors, with the following objectives: Greater automation and digitalization of both front- and back-office activity resulting in a step change in both cost […]

By- The Outsourcing Institute
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