Reetika Joshi cranks up our BPO coverage
We're delighted to announce that Reetika Joshi has joined our full-time team to crank up our already cranky BPO and analytics coverageRead More
Genpact drives a Nissan into HRO
Genpact has been working with Nissan for more than six years, providing finance and accounting, procurement, customer service, supply chain and analytics services. So adding HR services seems a natural extension of these services - even though Genpact has limited client experience of multi-process HRO.Read More
Genpact looks for added bite with Tiger
After 14 years, the effervescent Pramod Bhasin, now in his 60th year, is handing the reins to “Tiger” Tyagarajan, the company's current COO, and long-serving member of the leadership teamRead More
“Cloud BPO”? C’mon… stop talking cobblers
"Cloud BPO" is, simply put, a load of nonsense. The core fulcrum processes of BPO are the toughest to move into the Cloud, and only the small-to-medium business sector is going to enjoy any modicum of success of moving genuine "BPO" processes, such as finance and HR, into the Cloud in the near-term.Read More
Latin America: The Next Sourcing Frontier or an Afterthought?
We've been encouraged to see many providers paying more than lip service to Latin America as a region for growth and business opportunity. Previously the un-loved stepchild of the outsourcing geographies, Latin America does hold promise for those who approach it the right way—and there is more than one right way to approach it.Read More
HfS Podcast: 2011 Outsourcing Predictions
Join us as HfS Research discusses our predictions for 2011.Read More
Everything you ever needed to know about today’s Finance and Accounting Outsourcing industry… but were afraid to ask
Phil Fersht will reveal new HfS Research industry findings from its 2010 FAO deal review and present the views and intentions of several hundred HfS research subscribers. Stan Lepeak, Claudio Altini and Rick Bertheaud will give you the low-down from their client discussions, in addition to revealing some snippets from their brand new FAO service provider performance study.Read More
Learn how to assemble an airplane in mid-air… and become a Shared Services Outsourcing Professional
It's time to learn-up and sign-on to the SSON Managed Certification® and Online Learning Program, which kicks off its second session next Monday 29th November. And we've arranged for HfS subscribers to enjoy a 10% discountRead More
Esteban Herrera: why I joined the Horses
Esteban Herrera, Research VP for HfS' buy-side enterprise sourcing practice, explains why he joined the "Horses"Read More
Bidding on BPO with Abid, Part I
We've seen a significant shift in in the competitive landscape for BPO providers in the last two years - some of the leading Indian providers have taken advantage of the recession to steal a march on several of the incumbents, pushing their own tenacious brand of offshore service delivery, that has evolved from their IT heritage. We managed to grab some time with TCS's head BPO honcho, Abid Ali Neemuchwala to talk about TCS's development and his views for the future nature and development of global BPO service delivery.Read More