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EVEREST VOICE
You've Outsourced Procurement. Now What?: Selecting a supplier and signing the contract are just the beginning. Knut Meyer lists eight steps to ensure the success of a procurement outsourcing effort.
FOCUS ON: Offshoring
How Offshoring Can Create Jobs For Americans: The media reports how offshoring is putting Americans out of work. This is certainly happening. But David Andersen, a partner at Bryan Cave LLP, describes how offshoring not only saved jobs but also created them for his high tech clients.
FOCUS ON: India
India Sees Performance-Linked Salary Hikes for Outsourcing Staffers in 2005: Employees of India's BPO suppliers enjoyed a 14.5 percent pay hike last year, according to a Hewitt Associates study. And this year will be even better for India's top-performing employees.
FOCUS ON: Nicaragua
Nicaragua Wants to Become A Nearshore Hot Spot: Many of us remember watching the Iran-Contra hearings on TV. Over 400,000 nationals fled Nicaragua during the civil war; many settled in the US. Today they have returned home with an affinity for America and good English skills. Sounds like a good base for offshoring.
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FOCUS ON: Captives
Should Commercial Software Companies Create A Captive Or Outsource?: Should commercial software companies create a captive organization or outsource that work to an offshore provider? Sean Walsh of Symphony Services crunched the numbers and came up with an answer.
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