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In NelsonHall’s recently published Payroll Services market analysis report, the payroll outsourcing market is forecasted to grow from $17.4 bn in 2016 to $21.8 bn by 2020. Growth is across all regions, with the greatest growth coming from multi-country payroll contracts. The multi-country payroll market is growing at three times the rate of the overall […]

The End of Outsourcing or a “New Digitally-fueled Outsourcing? Outsourcing Institute President Daniel Goodstein Speaks to Founder Frank Casale About the Shift in How Work is Getting Done Daniel Goodstein: Isn’t Outsourcing dead? Recent reports are that Outsourcing contract values are down 50% and there are many analysts out there that insist that Outsourcing is […]

Gregory North is a Principal Advisor to the Outsourcing Institute on Digital Transformation and an Avasant Distinguished Fellow.  He founded Globe North LLC, which provides advisory services in strategy, business transformation and business process outsourcing.  Prior to launching Globe North, he was Chief Process Officer for Xerox Services responsible for strategy execution and transformation of […]

Making Digital Transformation Work for You and Your Customers Digital transformation is dramatically transforming the landscape of business process outsourcing.  Automating out manual work in services the way manufacturing automated assembly lines offers the prospect of reducing variation, increasing velocity, reducing cost and improving quality – all at the same time. The “robots” here are […]

Like many people who are part of the Outsourcing Institute’s community, I have spent my entire career focused on process improvement, automation and outsourcing. These are concepts which I have studied and applied for decades, and their use has been key to my professional success.  However, if you’re like me, you may have noticed that […]

Trends and Best Practices. Major Levers of Digital Transformation at Utilities.

Introduction to Strategic Cost Optimization Overview. Cost reduction can be achieved with four different programs.

Register to attend a live webinar on robotic process automation Analysts called 2016 “the year of the robot.” Now that we’re into 2017, what can we expect? As more organizations make robotic process automation (RPA) a key digital transformation strategy, many questions have arisen regarding the best use cases, the use cases to avoid, and […]

In recent industry discussions around talent acquisition, we have identified a number of interconnected trends that are having a significant impact on talent acquisition markets. Here, we take a look at three key trends, and at how HRO vendors in the talent acquisition space are responding.

The insurance outsourcing industry is moving at a fast pace in response to the need for rapid deployment of digital platforms and offerings, as well as advancements in new distribution models that are emerging via ‘insurtech’ start-ups. Here I take a look at some of the key trends driving the insurance BPO market in 2017, […]