November 2011 Blog Posts (9)

Offshoring has emerged as a very powerful business helping the economy of many countries. Several countries are realizing its importance after the success of India and China and are developing infrastructure and technology to attract foreign investors. Offshoring is basically a relocation of business processes of a certain company from one country to another. Cost reduction is usually the primary objective but there can be other reasons also. After the liberalization and globalization…

In a session straight out of SSON China - Suzhou Conference, Langdon Wu, Head of Sourcing & Procurement, Asia for Thomson Reuters explains the common challenges in process re-engineering & outsourcing. He also talks about the untapped opportunities and tells us why shared services and outsourcing in China is only going to get bigger.

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BPO stands for business process outsourcing and the service providers often deals in a wide range of services, to cater to, as many clients as possible in their bid to maximize their profits. Call centers are usually a heavy duty investment in terms of office area, technology, human resource etc. and it order to get maximum ROI (return on investment) one has to offer wide array of expertise to recover the costs.

As the market is known for intense cut throat competition, every…

China is definitely a critical piece in the global strategies of most multinational companies.The amount of investments into China is growing rapidly and with it, the need for cost-effective shared-services networks to ensure seamless operations across offices in different regions and boundaries.

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The budget and infrastructure of IT companies is reducing day by day because of the increase in competition  from new tech companies  and cost cutting measures adopted in order to increase profits. Programs like Remote Assistance prove to be vital in such a scenario in many ways. Basically, Remote Assistance software is powerful package suite that helps a person to control the computer, applications, database, files, software and hardware at a place from any…

Undeniably, outsourcing has really benefited the receiving countries. Countries like India, China, Bulgaria, etc have developed their infrastructure tremendously to match up with the outsourced projects. The employment scenario has also been better for these countries. However, it is not that only these countries have benefited from outsourcing, the foreign investors are also very happy to outsource and work. It is a mutual thing which has benefited both the provider and receiver. There may…

India remains one of the most favored outsourcing destinations in the world. The western countries are increasingly willing to outsource jobs to countries like India, Indonesia, China and Bulgaria. The reasons are very clear, companies get cost benefits and control over the project. But the most important question is: Why India? And How India managed to top the list of outsourcing locations for western giants? Actually, India offers quality, a better infrastructure, liberal policies for…