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on July 25, 2010
Outsourcing is still a smart way to manage business processes regardless of the frequent backlash that it gets in the media.
In order to make outsourcing successful, a contract should be in place...
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on February 28, 2010
How much of your time do you want to spend rifling through papers and looking at lists of potential clients? That used to be the doorway to generating leads (and then sales). But time is money.
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on May 19, 2009
In a recent Computerworld article, EquaTerra highlighted its "Speed Sourcing" concept - an accelerated process to complete outsourcing deals. The practice, whereby the entire procurement and...
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on March 10, 2009
While an article like this shows up in the outsourcing press on a regular basis, this one, in GlobalServices, is a good, succinct summary of eight of the mistakes that are often made in outsourcing de...
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on January 19, 2009
In a recent article published in InformationWeek, Bob Evans offers 10 tips on outsourcing.
None of these are new - in fact, they represent perennial advice that is given by lawyers and consultants to...
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on September 22, 2008
Jeff Burk, the CIO of NeatReceipts (the folks that sell receipt scanners in airport kiosks and electronics retailers) has this interesting perspective about going to China for development expertise.
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on July 21, 2008
In a recent posting, Cathy Tombohm of Gartner is quoted as saying "[w]e strongly advocate a joint approach by finance leaders and their CIO to ensure that BPO deals are successful." To those...
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on July 1, 2008
In a recent article, Zach Church described how difficult it is for CIO's to get disaster recovery funding, particularly in these difficult economic times. That certainly has been my experience. Th...
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on May 8, 2008
Many companies go astray when it comes to IT outsourcing simply because they do not know what direction to take. In this article written by Gemma Simpson, the author shares 3 basic steps in IT outsou...
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on October 31, 2007
As I've mentioned before and even on my previous posts, strategy in outsourcing is important because it keeps you above your game. In manufacturing, this kind of thinking is also applicable thus t...
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