Navy is Outsourcing, Wal-Mart? The Outsourcing Weblog

According to Bob Cringley, the U.S. navy is busy outsourcing its IT offshore. He also compared it with Wal-Mart, which is three times larger. Source: Wal-Mart.com [...] Read More


Outsourcing: What it Means to Outsourcing Employees The Outsourcing Weblog

People who are now working with call centers or other types of BPO-related business are the ones who are currently reaping the advantage of outsourcing. Before, these people were unsure of their future because their country's economy was not stable thus causing them to fear their stability over their work. Aside from that, fresh graduates from these countries also believed that they have no future because of the lack of [...] Read More


Unilever Signs 7 Year Contract with IBM for financial transactional services outsourcing The Outsourcing Weblog

Unilever has signed a seven-year contract to outsource key parts of its financial transactional services to IBM. Under the agreement, IBM will provide financial services such as Purchase to Pay, General Accounting and Bill to Cash. These services will be delivered from IBM centers in Portugal, Poland and India. The outsourcing deal covers over 20 European countries and will be implemented over two years beginning 2006. Cost savings from this [...] Read More


Wal-Mart CEO says US contagion spreading Sox First

Is this the canary in the coal mine?In another sign that the effects of the US subprime crisis have spread globally, Bloomberg reports that global business air traffic fell 0.4 percent in June, the biggest number in 13 months.Adding to that are the thoughts of Wal-Mart chief executive officer, Lee Scott, who told the Financial Times that there are signs the US contagion is spreading into global markets.""It started in [...] Read More


Wal-Mart Promises to Promote Women. Do you Believe Them? Bizinformer

BusinessWeek had an article last week on Wal-Mart CEO Mike Duke's promise to promote women.Seeking to counter Wal-Mart's image as a company that sells mostly to women yet is overwhelmingly run by men, new Wal-Mart (WMT) CEO Mike Duke pledged at the company's annual shareholder conference on Friday, June 5, to boost the retailer's commitment to developing female leaders by launching a "global women's council."Just 27% of Wal-Mart's senior managers [...] Read More