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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.
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Global Services August 1, 2008 Imrana Khan	34% More FAO Contracts to Be Inked in 2008 The global finance and accounting outsourcing market will engage in an estimated 456 multiprocess, three plus year FAO deals, with a combined annual growth rate of 30.7 percent
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Menzigian et al.	Outsourcing Order-to-Cash & Procure-to-Pay For finance and accounting outsourcing, an understanding of Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay unlocks new opportunities to create business impact.
Global Services July 11, 2008 Lisa Ross	Trends in Pricing of FAO Contracts Finance and accounting outsourcing contract pricing is less standard and more case-by-case. Thus pricing is the most debatable part of such contract discussions.
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 August 26, 2008 Lisa Ross	Choosing the Best Outsourcing Approach One of the latest trends in finance outsourcing is that CFOs are seeking an integrated service delivery approach to outsourcing, instead of a piecemeal approach, to gain greater efficiency, effectiveness, and control and compliance of their finance and accounting (F&A) business process
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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 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.
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.
National Real Estate Investor July 1, 2005 John C. Maher	It's a Brand New Ballgame for Outsourcing Real Estate Outsourcing is certainly not a new concept to real estate. What is new is the extent to which outsourcing is being used by Global 1000 companies to improve the performance of key internal business functions such as finance and accounting, supply-chain management, human resources and real estate.
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.
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.
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.
FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008	2008 FAO Superstars Our Annual finance and accounting Superstars listing.
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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.
FAO Today Nov/Dec 2007 Elliot Clark	Time to Confer A look at the recent FAO Today One Conference, the formation of the industry association, Finance Forum, and why it is meaningful.
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.
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Global Services May 12, 2008 Imrana Khan	The Sourcing Advisor Caveat Third-party advisors assistance may be one of the good reasons behind the overall satisfaction with the sourcing engagements you are involved in, but in many instances external advisors can hit hard on your pockets.
HBS Working Knowledge July 4, 2005 Poping Lin	Should You Outsource Your Marketing? Most companies already outsource a portion of their marketing function -- advertising. But what about direct-mail management, lead management, or customer analytics?
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FAO Today Mar/Apr 2008 Phil Fersht	Judgment Calls The worst mistakes companies make when they evaluate outsourcing -- and how to avoid them.
Global Services October 29, 2007 Deborah Kops	If the Shoe Fits, Wear it Is there a predictive fit between such characteristics as culture, measurement systems, ways of working, procurement strategy and the type of global services solutions specific companies should implement?
Global Services August 29, 2007 Deborah Kops	It's Greek to Me One company's multitower contract is another's bundled deal. Are process and functional outsourcing synonymous? Whats the difference between shared services and captives? Why can't the industry use the same terminology?
Bank Technology News December 2004 Holly Sraeel	Outsourcing Gets a Closer Look. But is It Different? The strategic value of outsourcing has always been the source of some debate in banking. The question is, "Is it different than in years past?" Good question, and the answer depends on the size of institution.
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Global Services December 2, 2008 Phil Fersht	How to Structure and Execute Your Outsourcing Strategy Entering into an outsourcing engagement is not a decision that should be hurried. Here's how to take an organized approach to designing your global outsourcing strategy.
Global Services October 27, 2008 Imrana Khan	The Uncertain Global Economy A recent survey conducted by AMR Research with support from Global Services reveals that outsourcing sector will see minimal impact of the financial turmoil.
InternetNews January 9, 2008 Larry Barrett	Outsourcing Market Will Remain Robust in 2008 Gartner predicts an 8.1 percent increase in outsourcing spending this year.
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Wall Street & Technology March 22, 2005 Paul Allen	The Evolution of Outsourcing Though most trends in the financial services industry tend to be U.S.-led, fund management outsourcing has been more of a U.K. and continental European phenomenon to date, with a raft of high-profile deals hitting the headlines in the past two years.
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