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 […]
RPA & AI in HRO Taking Off
Robotic process automation and artificial intelligence (RPA & AI) in HR are at an early stage, though the clear signs are that vendors are beginning to make investments that are paying off for their clients. Here I take a look at recent RPA & AI initiatives in three areas of HR outsourcing: payroll services, recruitment […]
The Journey to Digital Singularity: A Case for Humanity
Avasant’s CEO, Kevin Parikh shares a case study for the humanity at the Empowering Beyond Summit
Executive Interview: Outsourcing vs. Automation with Ian Barkin, Chief Strategy Officer at Symphony Ventures
Join Outsourcing Institute president Daniel Goodstein as he discusses the changes to the Outsourcing business, the shift to automation and the successes and failures involved in RPA and automating Enterprises. The interview explores: The New Outsourcing and what is broken- Shift to Digital Benefits of RPA vs. Unrealiatic Expectations Best Practices for digital implentation: Build, […]
Process Led Automation
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 […]
Not Your Parent’s Outsourcing: How Digital Transformation is Changing the BPO Game
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 […]
Digital Business Transformation for Utilities Trends and Best Practices
Trends and Best Practices. Major Levers of Digital Transformation at Utilities.
Digital and Cloud Solutions – Impact of OpEx Solutions on a CapEx Centric Utilities Industry
Global CapEx growth is projected to surmount global GDP growth over the next decade as capital intensive industries strive to meet the world’s demand for energy, resources, information, mobility, and connectivity. As such, CapEx optimization is on the top priority list of most corporate leaders worldwide. Owning to its practice of providing a rate of […]
The Cloud Shift: The rapid adoption of cloud services for business organizations
The increased uptake of cloud services is reflected in global IT spending trends that have been steadily shifting from traditional IT offerings to cloud, otherwise known as “cloud shift”. Rapid improvement in cloud platforms, security, network reliability and cloud-based applications has led to the adoption of cloud in ways that were hitherto unprecedented. The industry […]
Digital Transformation: Does It Require A New Kind Of Leadership?
Sitting in Silicon Valley last month, listening to start-ups and tech evangelists while looking at this story on the European Commission’s plans for free WiFi in public spaces, it felt as if the rest of the world – and far away Europe – was very dated. Is that an inevitable perspective from that unique vantage point […]