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State of Outsourcing 2011 (Webinar)

Coverage of the Ultimate State of Outsourcing webinar series including: Key trends and dynamics, “Next” Outsourcing Practices, Demystifying the Value of

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The Pharmaceutical Industry Sourcing Landscape in 2011: Pharmaceutical Outsourcing Expands To Include

The most prolific recent changes in the pharmaceutical industry have been the expansion of focus from R&D to sales and marketing and process re-engineering. Our

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Surviving Beyond The Outsourcing Contract: How to devise an Evolution Plan to match your pace of change

Governance meetings and gainsharing metrics are rarely enough to keep contracts on track. Faced with the tidal waves of change, governance actions can drive or

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Defining the Service Integrator

Service integrators are providers that marshal and manage a network of IT providers on your behalf. The trigger to using one centers on how well firms can as to

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ManpowerGroup – A Whole Lot More Than A Staffing Company

HfS attended ManpowerGroup’s debut analyst and influencer day on June 9 at its headquarters in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This RAPIDInsight provides a summary of

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Trapped by Procurement BPO? How to Pull Your Organization Out of the Mire

We’ve been holding our collective breaths since 2005, waiting for a barrage of giant Procurement BPO deals. Big engagements are still few and far between, a

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Acrede: Karen Paterson’s New Global Payroll Venture

Karen Paterson's Acrede has a vision of being a leading international payroll service business. Acrede is built around a new technology platform designed to the

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The Banking Industry BPO Landscape in 2011: Getting Back To Basics

Banking has gone through some very rough years. It will continue to encounter considerable uphill battles over the unforeseeable future. Rebuilding customer and

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SIG Comes To London

Sourcing Interests Group held its inaugural meeting in London focusing on the issues relevant to sourcing and procurement professionals in the UK and HfS is for

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The Oil & Gas Industry Sourcing Landscape in 2011

Oil and gas companies face challenges: declining production, rising consumption, and low reserves. With a focus on cost savings, there are opportunities for to

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ADP: Beyond Payroll

ADP held its annual analyst day May 4, 2011 in New York. Two days earlier, the company had reported a solid fiscal third quarter 2011 earnings report and raised

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New Frontiers In Outsourcing: Digital Media Advertising Management Illustrates The Potential

We explore the way ad agencies and third-party digital media buyers can work together for a smarter output. Outsourcing such marketing processes offers the of

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The State of Change in a Change of State

"This databook presents results of the groundbreaking HfS Research/Sourcing Change survey on the implication of change mangement for sourcing success. The is on

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NorthgateArinso: Is it ready to give the HRO market a boost?

NorthgateArinso’s HR and payroll outsourcing roots stem back to its days as a UK payroll service provider called Rebus Human Resources Services. Northgate in

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Global Utilities Outsourcing

Service providers are ramping up their expertise to offer smart grid related offerings as part of an end to end solution to utilities clients. HfS presents a

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The F&A BPO Market Landscape in 2011: Re-emerging from the Recession, Re-focusing on Business Outcomes

HfS believes the market for finance and accounting business process outsourcing (F&A BPO) services is poised for a new phase of growth. In this report, we an

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The HfS Research BPO Price-benchmarking tool: Introducing the HfS BPO PriceIndicator™

The HfS PriceIndicator™ shares HfS Research’s latest thoughts on how to approach, develop and benchmark your BPO pricing strategy for Finance and and Human

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HfS Live and Unfiltered, Part 1 (Webinar)  

"It's time for next practices, not best practices. How can we move outsourcing beyond a cost savings vehicle?" In this coverage of our heated webinar, 4 and 4

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Knowledge is Power: IBM Delivers Business Value Via Analytics

IBM’s new BPO offerings are set to capitalize on a US $14bn investment in analytics. This document includes valuable information for buyers as they evaluate

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Infosys Bets Big On Business Platforms

HfS attended Infosys Connect 2011 where over 1000 attendees came together to share perspectives, learn from customers and understand Infosys’s growing We and

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