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Brewing Up IT Success: Outsource Your Network Globally

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

InBev, which brews 204 brands of beer including four global brands--Stella Artois, Beck's, Leffe, and Brahma--had specific criteria for its network supplier. It needed someone willing to work together to open new markets like China and Russia. It also wanted

Yes You Can Predict the Future of BPO

Phil Fersht, VP Research

Paul Nowacki analyzes the BPO trend line. His findings: GDP growth inversely impacts BPO growth. That means buyers should consider entering the market when the economy is strong to avoid the crowd. Suppliers should focus their business development efforts in

E-Sourcing Technology Solution Provides High Value

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

The lower middle market manufacturers ($30 - $200 million in sales) tend not to use strategic sourcing solutions. But there's an outsourcing provider achieving value for them with e-sourcing technology available in a Software-as-a-Service model. Read how it works for

Editor’s Corner: Berndt-Uwe Pagel of SAP

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Berndt-Uwe Pagel, Senior Vice President of BPO for SAP, discusses the software company's role in BPO. He explains why IT agendas have to change, standardization is important, and suppliers have to become profitable. And he shares the most important lesson

2007 FAO Predictions: How Changes in the Market Will Affect Buyers and Suppliers

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Supplier consolidation. The arrival of a buyer's market. Multi-vendor strategies gain the upper hand. Read about 17 things that will shape the FAO market next year.

Aberdeen Group Study: Procurement Outsourcing Becomes More Strategic

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Every two years Aberdeen Group studies corporate plans for procurement outsourcing for the next two years. This year cost still remained the No. 1 reason to outsource. But reason No. 2 changed: today companies want their personnel to focus on

Outsourced Travel Management: Value-Added Services Becoming Key Differentiator

John Harney, Business Writer

With competition intensifying, outsourced travel management providers are analyzing spend and integrating their tools with their buyers' back end systems to stand out from the pack, which now includes traditional procurement service providers.

How to Outsource Everything in HR

Outsourcing Center, Beth Ellyn Rosenthal, Senior Writer

Danka has an HR solution others may want to copy: It outsourced its entire HR function to Gevity. Here's how it works.

Trends Point to Far-Reaching Changes in Government Outsourcing

Outsourcing Center, Kathleen Goolsby, Senior Writer

Government outsourcing deals in the US have taken on significant new characteristics. Here are the big changes that put government deals on a par with commercial deals.

Outsourcing Brings Better Service to Clients and an Award to the Program

Outsourcing Center, Bruce McCracken, Business Writer

Many parents in El Paso County, Colorado, don't want to pay child support; the county has the second largest case load in the state. Outsourcing enforcement improved collections when the supplier offered performance awards to its staffers. And the kids

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Yes You Can Predict the Future of BPO

E-Sourcing Technology Solution Provides High Value

Editor’s Corner: Berndt-Uwe Pagel of SAP

2007 FAO Predictions: How Changes in the Market Will Affect Buyers and Suppliers

Aberdeen Group Study: Procurement Outsourcing Becomes More Strategic

Outsourced Travel Management: Value-Added Services Becoming Key Differentiator

How to Outsource Everything in HR

Trends Point to Far-Reaching Changes in Government Outsourcing

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