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FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 |
What Happened to FAO Deals in 2007? Let's catch up with the top finance and accounting outsourcing deals of 2007 to see how they are going now. |
Global Services October 9, 2007 |
Accenture: Customers' Favorite for FAO Sept. '07 has gone well for Accenture specially in the finance and accounting space. Customers like Microsoft and BT Group both selected Accenture to provide F&A and procurement services |
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Russ Banham |
Let's Give 'em Something to Cluck About WNS takes Church's Chicken's F&A offshore all the way, with results that make the restaurant retailer crow. |
CFO May 1, 2007 Randy Myers |
Going Away The doubts that finance executives once had about offshoring are quickly disappearing as savings and process improvements become too good to pass up. |
Global Services May 28, 2008 Lisa Ross |
FAO to Achieve Strategic Objectives The No.1 reason for companies to consider outsourcing finance back-office functions is the need for cost reductions; however, there are a myriad of additional drivers compelling companies to consider this option. |
FAO Today Jan/Feb 2008 |
The Baker's Dozen: Enterprise Whether it's service scope, deal size, or customer satisfaction, these players in the FAO space all turned in outstanding performances for 2007. |
IndustryWeek April 1, 2005 |
Finance -- On Balance Senior executives, especially in this Sarbanes-Oxley era, remain hesitant to outsource finance functions. Done selectively, however, such outsourcing might actually benefit governance and compliance. A recent survey of 203 senior executives reinforces this premise. |
Global Services May 27, 2007 Fersht & Sappenfield |
F&A BPO: Beyond Labor Arbitrage While traditionally it has not been easy to convince CFOs of the business benefits of Finance and Accounting BPO, the effectiveness of some early deployments has boosted their confidence. |
Global Services September 6, 2007 |
Aug.'s Top Outsourcing Partnerships: Reuters-Fujitsu; Allianz-Xchanging The month saw a string of new IT outsourcing contracts being announced -- some of which were expected in the first half of the year |
Global Services May 8, 2007 Imrana Khan |
Compliance Inhibits F&A Outsourcing A recent study finds that the increasing compliance burden of financial execs is the biggest obstacle to finance and accounting outsourcing. |
CFO March 1, 2008 Kate O'Sullivan |
Offshoring Spreads Its Wings From East Asia to Eastern Europe, offshore outsourcing is taking off. |
ONLINE Jul/Aug 2008 Ginsburg & Noorlander |
Investigating Outsourcing and Offshoring Research For 15 years, there have been discussions on whether or not to outsource research. You would think the issue would be resolved by now, but today we have more questions than answers. |
CFO March 1, 2011 Janet Kersnar |
Outsourcing Matures, Slowly To make outsourcing deals succeed, CFOs still need to ask plenty of questions -- and demand more flexibility in contracts. |
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Peggy Cope |
Globalization and the Future At the ONE Conference in Atlanta, experts tackled the cutting-edge questions of finance and procurement globalization. Here are some highlights from the presentations and panels. |
Pharmaceutical Executive October 1, 2010 |
Knowledge-Based Outsourcing: Driving Deeper Insights Outsourcing is fairly commonplace in the world of pharma. Tracking, monitoring, and trend evaluation is not enough. Companies must now do more than assess what happened and why. |
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Lisa Ross |
Department Procurement: Try Adding Procurement By outsourcing finance & accounting and procurement together, you can fan the flames of powerful synergies that will go straight to the bottom line -- while helping to improve operations. |
Bank Systems & Technology August 1, 2007 Nancy Feig |
New Rules for Bank Outsourcing and Offshoring New deal models and business imperatives, as well as opportunities in emerging markets, are inspiring banks to reevaluate the types of outsourcing and offshoring arrangements they make. |
HRO Today Jan/Feb 2008 Russ Banham |
Driver's Ed Toyota Financial Services builds an effective learning program aimed at keeping internal talent 'moving forward' in their careers. |
Global Services February 4, 2008 Imrana Khan |
34% Buyers Axe Their BPO Deals One of three customers of Business Process Outsourcing services ended their offshoring deals prematurely in 2007, reveals a recent study. |
Bank Technology News December 2004 Jeremy Quittner |
A Reversal of Fortune? What may look like a reversal of fortune for providers of outsourcing services in financial services, appears to be something of an anomaly. |
HRO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Andy Teng |
The European Market Update Taking on HR outsourcing in a more measured way than North American counterparts, European HR leaders seem careful to make their outsourcing effort a more successful experience. |
Knowledge@Wharton May 7, 2003 |
How Warburg Pincus Views Prospects and Perils in Outsourcing Deals What opportunities do private equity firms like Warburg Pincus see in the business process outsourcing business? What risks do venture capitalists weigh when making such investments? |
CFO November 17, 2003 Polly Schneider Traylor |
Outsourcing More work is being sent packing, often far away. To make it pay off, management must adapt. |
Global Services December 7, 2008 Neeraja Kandala |
Global Legal-Services Market: Crisis Creates New opportunities Offshore legal services industry has been reporting over 40 percent growth annually and we can expect an even higher than average growth over the next two years. |
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Peggy Cope |
Department Statistics & Studies: 2007: Was it a Good Year for FAO? Some Say Yes. Nelson-Hall's business process outsourcing Index reported gains for the industry overall, with some good news for the finance and accounting segment. |
Global Services November 5, 2007 Singh & Puryear |
Beyond Single Site, Single Provider As companies measure their offshore presence, they grapple with two large challenges. First, the increasing imbalance between workforce supply and demand, and second, where to site their offshore activities. |
CFO June 1, 2004 Durfee & O'Sullivan |
Offshoring by the Numbers Results of our survey of 275 finance executives at a broad range of companies. |
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Ross & Madden |
New Dynamics Emerging In the Mid-market FAO Landscape Outsourcing companies are increasingly seeking new business opportunities in what is called the "mid-market." |
Global Services December 2, 2008 Imrana Khan |
What'll the New Year Bring for Outsourcers? Outsourcing will continue to be a lever for transformation. Adding business value will become the norm. Services providers will be pressed to drive business transformation that creates sustainable value for their customers |
Wall Street & Technology June 13, 2006 Paul Allen |
CIO Challenge Lately, it seems that one investment management firm after another is outsourcing back-office functions. But as providers expand their service offerings beyond the back office, how do CIOs determine which functions to keep in-house? |
Global Services October 1, 2008 Avinash Vashistha |
Top 50 Emerging Global Outsourcing Cities They are not Bangalores or Makatis yet; but they could get there sooner. There are nine new entrants and six dropouts from the 2007 list of the top 50 global outsourcing cities. |
Bank Technology News June 2007 Geeta Sankappanavar |
Financial Services Outsourcing: Not If, But When BPO companies now offer a way to achieve the cost and quality advantages of strategic global outsourcing without the risks of losing control of the operation and without the investment costs of setting up their own offshore centers. |
Bank Systems & Technology June 26, 2006 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Outsourcing Questions and answers about bank outsourcing. |
Bank Technology News February 2002 Joseph McKendrick |
Leave Computing to Us Outsourcing hits its stride in banking... |
Global Services July 11, 2008 Mukherji & Singh |
The Next Wave of Outsourcing: Remote Infrastructure Management The rapid evolution in remote server-management technologies and IT architectures, changes in customer behaviors and demand patterns, and developments in the provider and offshore supply environment is propelling the industry toward accelerated adoption of RIM |
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Rachael Stormonth |
Are Vendors Contributing To the Slowdown in New Procurement BPO? Mismatches between buy-side requirements and vendors' services and capabilities prove challenging. |
Insurance & Technology June 16, 2004 Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Gaining the Outsourcing Edge Whether they consider outsourcing applications, infrastructure or business processes, insurers have a myriad of reasons to contract out portions of their operations. |
CIO May 1, 2012 Stephanie Overby |
Outsourcing Declines, Are IT Jobs Coming Back? IT leaders and CIOs are reexamining their outsourcing mix and bringing some -- but not all -- IT back in-house |
Insurance & Technology December 6, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell |
Insurance Outsourcing Reaches New Levels of Maturity While many insurers are still struggling with the management of offshore resources, industry leaders are crafting long-term global sourcing strategies for strategic competitive advantage. |
Insurance & Technology August 31, 2010 Matt Gunn |
5 Hot Outsourcing Markets While India remains a favorite destination for financial services IT outsourcing, five up-and-coming global regions are competing for business. |
CFO June 1, 2004 Roy Harris |
Making It Work How to avoid some common offshoring blunders -- and what to do when you can't. |
Wall Street & Technology December 28, 2009 Michael Lobosco |
Evaluating Outsourcing Options The technology and capabilities of outsourced portfolio management systems offer functionality that is comparable to their installed counterparts. But not all outsourced solutions are created equal. |
Global Services September 24, 2007 |
Top 50 Emerging Outsourcing Cities-I Global Services and Tholons identify the best 50 emerging outsourcing cities. The study also lists the best cities for outsourcing specific functions. |
HRO Today May 2008 Russ Banham |
Slow Going With Uncle Sam Whether on a state or federal level, interest in outsourcing human resource functions is growing. Buoyed by a desire to upgrade services and fears of a tax revenue shortfall, government agencies are taking another look at HR outsourcing. |
Global Services June 1, 2008 Imrana Khan |
Five Most Popular Outsourcing Risks As the practice of outsourcing matures, new risks emerge. Some call it next generation outsourcing risks. Let's take a look at the topic of managing risks in an outsourcing engagement. |
CFO February 22, 2005 Anne Stuart |
Same Caller, New Message Farming out HR has yet to yield the promised savings. So why haven't CFOs hung up on outsourcers? |
Global Services October 31, 2008 Mike Beals |
Governance Tools Can be a Game Changer A successful outsourcing initiative requires the implementation of a disciplined outsourcing lifecycle methodology. To make this methodology work, both the customer and the service provider must together design an approach to govern the relationship using the right governance tools and guidelines |
Global Services December 7, 2008 Chris Osentowski |
Global Sourcing Strategies Customers are conferring with their global sourcing providers to revisit their outsourcing strategies, procurement processes, transition and delivery commitments for what is expected to be a soft year. |
Global Services September 4, 2008 |
Govt. Defense Contracts Rule the Top 10 Chart July '08 saw government defense contracts dominating the top 10, with Lockheed Martin winning the biggest of the bunch -- a $1,200 million eight-year deal from the Transportation Security Administration to manage its integrated hiring operations and personnel program. |
Global Services December 4, 2008 Andrew Efstathiou |
Revisiting Bank Sourcing in Troubled Times Can banks aggressively reduce cost with limited investment funds, managerial time, and limited growth prospects? |