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

Adopting the IT as a Service Model: A Utility Computing Approach

Adopting HP as a service model.

Analytics are the Key to Disruptive Customer Experience

Over the last few months, I have held discussions with a number of leading customer management services (CMS) vendors and their clients regarding the increasing need for advanced analytics to drive step changes in customer experience (CX). Here, I reflect on the changing role of analytics as they take centre stage as the key to […]

By- NelsonHall

Application Management Services a Key Gateway to HR BPaaS

With many organizations turning to cloud-based ERP and HR systems to replace legacy, on premise systems, and more importantly as a means to enable organizational transformation, the demand for cloud-based HR services continues to grow. NelsonHall’s Targeting Cloud Based HR Services market analysis estimates the market to be ~$15bn in 2016, growing to ~21bn in […]

By- NelsonHall

Ask the Experts- Vendor selection considerations: Part 2

Ask the Experts series with discussion of best practices for outsourcing.

Avoiding the “Ditch”: Making an effective transition to outsourcing

Mike Whilton, Deloitte Consulting speaks about the common pitfalls of transition, transition lifecycles & impacts, leading practices for transition planning & execution, and important factors for transition completion.

Booming Global Payroll Market Driven by Multi-Country Contracts

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 […]

By- NelsonHall

Digital Services

10 principles for winning the game of digital disruption

A high-stakes global game of digital disruption is currently underway. It is enabled by the latest wave of technology: advances in artificial intelligence, data, robotics, the internet of things, and new software-enabled platforms. As a result, the prevailing business models in every industry could drastically change. For every company, this is an immense opportunity to […]

By- PwC

3 Strategies to Digitize Your Shared Service Center

Introduction Shared Service Centers (SSC) continue to deliver greater value year over year. In Deloitte’s 2017 Global Shared Services Survey, 3 out of 4 respondents saw productivity increases of 5% or more in the past year. Due to the success of SSCs, companies tend to expand the scope of shared service initiatives, integrating increasingly more knowledge-based […]

By- Celonis

Anupam Govil

Anupam Govil is a Partner with Avasant, a leading management consulting firm focusing on Sourcing Advisory, Digital Transformation and Globalization services. He is also the President of Avasense (wholly owned subsidiary of Avasant), which provides a SaaS based Managed Governance service. At Avasant, Anupam manages corporate initiatives such as Digital practice, Partner alliances and Marketing. […]

By- Anupam - Avasant

Crossroads of the Utilities Sector Business Model

These are very interesting times for the Utilities sector. The business model, which has served the industry and their customers so well in the last fifty years or more, now seems at risk in the long run, especially in developed economies. With unprecedented technology shifts, new regulations and evolving customer expectations, the utilities players need […]

By- Avasant

Customer experience as competitive advantage

Your brand is only as strong as the experiences you create for your customers. The experience is the message. The effectiveness of traditional marketing strategies continues to diminish in the face of new technologies, changing customer behavior, and rising customer expectations. The impact of marketing communications has been trumped by the real-life experiences consumers enjoy […]

By- PWC

De-mystifying Robotic Process Automation

Why do we need RPA? Traditionally, the outsourcing industry has operated under a “lift & shift” business model, wherein business processes from high-cost markets have been sent to low-cost destinations. However, this has led to a variety of issues such as poor quality of services, difficulties in vendor management, and loss of operational control. Reporting […]

By- Avasant

Automation

2017 and Automation: My Predictions

Well, just when you thought that all 2017 predictions were behind you, here I am with the ones that will likely have the most impact on your industry, your company, and your career. Read More Here

2017 Travel Tech Trends – Insights to Surf a Changeable and Competitive Environment

The travel industry is increasingly fragmented, full of different players in a very competitive environment; this situation leads to massive restructuring at all levels, disruption of vertical value chains, and “friend-enemies” environments.

By- Avasant

5 Steps to More Effective Change Management When Implementing Automation Solutions

Change management is often the most difficult part of an IT project, regardless of the technology that’s being implemented. Many companies struggle with getting buy in from key stakeholders and encouraging adoption when end users have been doing things a particular way for years and are resistant to change. This is especially true when implementing […]

By- Hyland

An “Ask Me Anything” Webcast on Intelligent Automation

The Institute for Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence (IRPA AI) hosted a unique “Ask Me Anything” webcast in which you the viewer could ask questions directly to IRPA AI founder and CEO Frank Casale and Jennifer Valenti, the head of client strategy and transformation at Workfusion. Jen discussed the process of planning, evaluating, and selecting intelligent […]

By- IRPA AI

AT&T Employees Automate Repetitive Tasks with Software Bots

Over the past year, some workers at AT&T have begun to automate the boring, repetitive parts of their jobs by using software bots. View entire article here

By- The Wall Street Journal

Automated work force

Robots are no longer just speeding up processes on assembly lines; they are making inroads into offices around the world. Intelligent software is set to supplant a number of white-collar jobs, which is a cause for excitement and apprehension. Frank Casale, founder and chairman emeritus of the Institute for Robot Processing Automation (IRPA) and president of arago US, explains […]

BPaaS

Video: OI’s Dan Goodstein discusses Digital Supply Chain with Mike Small of CapGemini

In this recent video interview, Outsourcing Institute’s Daniel Goodstein sits down with Mike Small, Global Sales Officer at Capgemini, to discuss client benefits and challenges of the digital enterprise, implementation of Automation and Capgemini’s Digital Supply Chain approach.

By- Outsourcing Institute

Vendor Management

Application Management Services a Key Gateway to HR BPaaS

By- NelsonHall

Ask the Experts- Vendor selection considerations: Part 3

Vendor selection considerations with Frank Casale, OI and Ram Ariyur, SLK Global.

Best in Class Vendor Management Office

Vendor Management Should be a Core Competency of the IT Function With the growing role of vendors in the delivery of IT services WGroup has long held that vendor management should be considered a core competency of the IT function, as well across the entire organization. This subsequently requires a management process and staffing commensurate […]

By- WGroup

Building a Foundation: The Role of the VMO in Regulatory Compliance Planning, Due Diligence and Contract Negotiation

Complying with regulations on third-party oversight represents an urgent imperative for banks and financial services firms. Oversight of any given third-party provider involves a number of functions and business units with widely varying priorities and areas of focus, and requires clearly delineating lines of responsibility and ownership. A Vendor Management Office (VMO) can play a […]

Compliance & VMS Technology: Clients Identify Areas Where MSP Vendors Need to Improve

NelsonHall recently published its 2017 Managed Services Programs (MSP)1 market analysis and NEAT vendor assessment, as part of which we interviewed the clients of leading MSP vendors to ascertain satisfaction levels across a range of MSP service criteria. And while we found that MSP is largely meeting or exceeding client expectations, there are a few […]

By- NelsonHall

Contractual Discipline – a Financial Services Imperative

David England, Director “The best contract is the one you never have to pull out of the drawer.” That adage describes the idyllic sourcing relationship of old – one built on trust, open communication and aligned objectives. In such an environment, specific contractual terms and obligations rarely need to be called upon, since both sides […]

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Business Process Outsourcing

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Digital Services

By- PwC

By- Celonis

By- Anupam - Avasant

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By- PWC

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Automation

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By- Hyland

By- IRPA AI

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BPaaS

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Vendor Management

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