2019

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The Ultimate Guide To Outsourcing – What You Need To Know

Magellan Solutions

“Outsourcing is inevitable, and I do not think it’s necessarily treating people like things.”. This quote came from the American educator, author, businessman, and keynote speaker Stephen Covey. Business process outsourcing, or simply called as BPO, is a term deemed outlandish, absurd, and even crazy a decade or two ago. Nobody back then will believe that BPOs can generally help businesses grow and become successful.

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Software is - and will remain - eating the world – win with global delivery teams

Plixos

Indeed, Software is becoming an inevitable part of our world with everything becoming digitized from homes, transport to business. The above saying “Software is and will remain eating the world”, will always strike a chord with the pace at which technology is touching our lives. Read More.

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Your global expansion strategy: checkers or chess?

Safeguard Global

Do you have the right expansion plans in place to position your organization for success? “Your global expansion strategy: checkers or chess?” explores the various pathways and pitfalls of entering new international markets—and what you should be considering as you evaluate your next move. Read the ebook now to learn how your growth strategy can help you best the competition in the game of international expansion.

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Comment on There’s no Participation Trophy for Showing up to Work by invertedlogicblog

Ms Category Management

Definitely a faulty concept. Beyond how participation trophies influence performance and achievement later on in life there are other considerations. Guilt would be one of the more oblique considerations. Anyone with a conscience feels guilt when they obtain something they didn’t earn. That can run the gambit from verbal praises to promotes, etc. Kids are no different.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Trazando tus Destinos: A conference for those who dream of seeing the world

Intugo

Alan Estrada is a mexican actor with experience in theater, television and film, but it is. not his career that has made him famous, but an unusual, yet interesting hobby: traveling around the world. Alan has visited forty three countries in five different continents; for each place he’s. been to, there is more than fascinating anecdotes to tell and helpful travel tips to give: there is a series of videos that take us through the experience of visiting new sites, learning about different culture

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Middle PHP Developer

TrendLine Global

ABOUT PROJECT. Our company is looking for PHP programmers. Splynx is a developer of telecommunication billing and management software, in particular Internet providers. QUALIFICATION. — Experience with PHP; — Knowledge of Linux; — Experience with JavaScript; — Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3; — Experience with GIT. WILL BE A PLUS. — Knowledge of Yii2; — Experience with Nginx; — Experience with the Codeception auto-testing system; — Experience with Jira, Confluence.

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Philippine BPO to Keep Growing Despite AI

SourceFit

The Philippine BPO (business process outsourcing) sector is expected to keep growing in the next 10 years despite the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). BPOs have already started to upskill and retrain their employees for high-skilled jobs in order to reduce the impact of AI. AI can also create more opportunities for higher level services in BPO, according to IT and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) president Rey Untal.

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Onshoring vs. Offshoring: 4 Indications the Tide is Turning in Manufacturing

Future of Sourcing

Uncertainty over the future of the ongoing trade war between the U.S. and China continues to take its toll on supply chains worldwide. While some companies and manufacturers are setting their sights on alternative foreign factories, such as Vietnam and Thailand, others are looking to make parts closer to home. In fact, one report claims more than 50 manufacturers have already left China, most of which are technology hardware suppliers.

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What’s the True Cost of Your In-House Contact Center? (And How Does It Compare to Outsourcing?)

Blue Ocean

It’s a question we get asked a lot, and it’s one of the hardest ones to answer because it’s rare and challenging to determine a true apples-to-apples comparison, especially when there are intangible impacts like damage to brand when things go sideways. That said, we know you’re trying to make a business case here, and the hard numbers do matter after all.

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VCH’s Collaborative Mutual Value Solution

Future of Digital Sourcing Outsourcing

Canadian healthcare has seen sweeping changes over the years, especially with respect to compliance with the 1987 Canada Health Act. Delivery of medical services is provided by the Canadian government, but execution remains in the hands of individual provinces. The roles of the provincial and territorial governments in healthcare include: administration of their health insurance plans; planning and funding of care in hospitals and other health facilities; services provided by doctors and other h

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Global Hiring Guide for Startups

Grow your startup beyond borders and boundaries. Global expansion is the ultimate goal for many startup founders. However, to successfully enter new markets and grow internationally, you need a sound and scalable global recruitment strategy. In this eBook, you’ll discover how you can gain a competitive edge over your business rivals through the latest technology, harnessing global contractors, and using a global employment platform.

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Magellan Solutions Participates In Asia’s Mega Tech Event

Magellan Solutions

To further enhance its business processes and technology solutions, Magellan Solutions participated in ConnecTech Asia 2019 , a technology trade show held in Singapore. This mega technology event presents “technologies that help ICT companies evolve and maintain a competitive edge in the communications and digital world,” the description on their website read.

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Start-ups can decrease time-to-market & costs in mobile app development – with pliXos a trusted partner

Plixos

The start-up world is expanding, burgeoning & prospering each year to become one of the most promising sectors of the global economy. According to the Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2019 , the global start-up economy is booming and is said to have created a value of 2.8 trillion US$ between 2016-2018. This is a massive 20% rise compared to the previous term and more than two times what it was just five years ago.

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Legal entity or GEO?

Safeguard Global

Deciding the right execution strategy for global expansion is complex, as there are many costs and risks to carefully consider. Before deciding how your organization should proceed, make sure you conduct a thorough analysis of the many tax laws, employer obligations, cultural nuances and other quirks that might apply in your target countries. You may find that creating a legal entity will be much more complex, risky and costly than you expected—especially with regard to your global tax strategy

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Comment on More RFP Mistakes, Mishaps and Mayhem! by Why SRM - Supplier Relationship Management Matters

Ms Category Management

[…] Okay – Rant Over. You can always check out my other blogs, so you don’t make any other type of mistake: Gone with the RFP, the Prequel and RFP Mistakes. […].

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The 2023 Supply Chain Crystal Ball: Challenges and Solutions

Speaker: Olivia Montgomery, Associate Principal Supply Chain Analyst

Curious to know how your peers are navigating ongoing disruption? The supply chain management techniques that dominated the last 30 years are no longer supporting consumer behavior or logistics and manufacturing capabilities. So what’s working now? What should your plans for 2023 include? By researching the supply chain challenges and solutions that businesses – especially small and midsize businesses – are currently experiencing, we’ve learned what’s working and what’s not.

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Near Shoring May Be Gaining Traction With Some Supply Chain Managers

Intugo

Global trade flowing from manufacturers in the East to consumers in the West is shifting towards shorter inter-regional routes. Bringing sourcing closer to home—also commonly referred to as near shoring—a practice used by shippers to reduce distance, production, and delivery of their products, may be again gaining some momentum. What’s more global trade flows from manufacturers in the East to consumers in the West are subsequently experiencing a shift towards shorter inter-regional routes, too.

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Outsourcing can give you a leg up on AI development – but what’s the right way forward?

Future of Digital Sourcing Nearshoring

The p ros and c ons of o nshoring, o ffshoring and n earshoring. AI is taking the market by storm. It’s everywhere. When you call customer service and end up “speaking” with chatbots or get recommendations based on past buying habits, it’s AI at work. In financial services it’s helping specialists run risk models; enabling telecom to build Self-Optimizing Networks (SONs) that automatically improve network quality based on traffic information; and helping manufacture

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Wargaming for the War on Talent

Aspirant

When the job market is tight and employees have their pick of companies, we often find ourselves with a heightened need to better understand how we stack up in their eyes. That is currently the case in the marketplace, and we see this trend continuing into 2030. (For more on trends impacting the workplace of 2030, see our eBook , Organization Effectiveness for 2030 — Are You Ready?

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Philippine Call Centers to Create 80,000 Jobs

SourceFit

Philippine call centers are expected to generate 80,000 to 100,0000 jobs this year despite a slowdown in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector in 2018, according to the Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP). Call Center Growth. The BPO sector posted 3-4 percent growth in 2018 and CCAP predicts 7 percent growth this year. CCAP chairman Benedict Hernandez said the contact center sub-segment will continue to expand because the country remains a leader in customer experience s

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Building A Superstar Global Workforce: What We Aren’t Talking About Enough

Companies are turning inclusive by breaking conventional hiring practices and expanding their talent pools. But there are important questions that still are not being addressed. Read this eBook to understand how taking the following seriously can help you build a superstar global workforce: The importance of the new-age manager. Maintaining social capital.

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Stop Faking Cultural Understanding: 5 Tips for Building Effective Relationships Overseas

Future of Sourcing

As the world continues to shrink and the global supply chain grows, it’s not enough to invest minimally in your international relationships—it means truly understanding the people and culture you’re working with. These relationships can become a valuable asset to your business, giving you an advantage over competitors. For companies preparing to manage global relationships, the bar is higher than merely basic knowledge of the language and a calendar of local holidays and festiv

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How Outstaffing Helps Save up to €40.000 on a Developer

TrendLine Global

In the last time, demand on outstaffing has boomed. Developers work remotely from offshore offices for European companies. See what the hype is about. We conducted a research to compare outstaffing from Kyiv with in-house development in Munich, and discovered that outstaffing helps German companies save up to €40.000 per year on one software developer.

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Chazey Partners and Shared Services & Outsourcing Network Publish State of Global Shared Services Report

Chazey Partners

CAMPBELL, CALIF. APRIL 14, 2019 Chazey Partners, a global management consulting firm specializing in Shared Services, Business Transformation and Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and the … Chazey Partners and Shared Services & Outsourcing Network Publish State of Global Shared Services Report Read More ». The post Chazey Partners and Shared Services & Outsourcing Network Publish State of Global Shared Services Report appeared first on Chazey Partners.

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The Ultimate List Of Call Center Services In The Philippines

Magellan Solutions

Call center services in the Philippines cater to different business needs. There are common services such as customer service, technical support, sales, and lead generation. Meanwhile, some services are more unusual than the others but might be the specific support that you need for your business. Fundamentally, call center services are divided into two categories: the inbound and the outbound.

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Reshoring – The Future of Supply Chains

Speaker: Rosemary Coates - Board Member & Founder at Reshoring Institute, Best-selling Author, Host of the Frictionless Supply Chain podcast

Supply chain disruptions create uncertainty and unpredictability for both businesses and consumers. These disruptions bring to light an organization's supply chain dependencies, which they were often unaware of when everything was running smoothly. Re-shoring is one solution that is gaining popularity as a result of pandemic-related issues. Companies can lower the risk of disruptions by shortening the supply chain and moving manufacturing close to the points of sale to reduce the need for expens

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Germany: The New Rising Silicon Valley of Europe?

Plixos

Business life is all about growth and that’s all true in case of Germany’s tech Startup ecosystem. Tech Startup companies in Germany alone have crossed a significant value mark of more than €100 billion. Read More.

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What is international PEO?

Safeguard Global

If global expansion is on your radar, then you’ve likely come across something called international PEO as a potential avenue for adding employees in new locations around the world. Let’s get right to the point: Much of the information circulating about international PEO is mistaken. That’s because the term “international PEO” largely has been co-opted to describe a practice that, when employed on the global scale, doesn’t actually fall within the realm of a professional employer organization, o

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Comment on Paying Doctors and Nurses – Can be a GOOD Thing #Change My Mind by Pharmaceutical Marketing - Where Do We Draw The Line?

Ms Category Management

[…] you may know from one of my blogs, “Why Paying Doctors and Nurses Good Thing,” I am in support of the marketing efforts we have for Physicians. Because in short, if […].

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Intugo recently launched the “Proud of what I do” campaign

Intugo

Second to none talent being recognized for their work they do for our clients. These people are a good example of how the talent available can help you grow your business, while you help them realize their dreams. Susana Salazar. Database Administrator. Ramon Mayoral. Facilities Management. Natali Molina. Lead Marketing Strategist. Marco Delgado. Project Manager.

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Addressing the Global Talent War

Speaker: Jason Ciment - Get Visible | Mark Wald - SPRCHRGR | Leo Gestetner - Thankz | Michael S. Kraus - Expak Logistics

Remote work has helped future-proof organizations and increased their flexibility. However, sourcing candidates nationally poses new challenges and is proving difficult. The global sourcing industry seems to be in a state of war. DEI, attracting qualified candidates, and physical demographics are just a few of the issues that organizations face. Many companies are failing to win in this new landscape due to the intersectionality of problems in global sourcing.

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Whatever You Call It, Outsourcing to Puerto Rico Is a “Shore” Thing for U.S. Businesses

Future of Digital Sourcing Nearshoring

Puerto Rico may suffer a severe identity crisis when it comes to naming its category of outsourcing. It’s not really offshoring from the U.S.…nearshoring may be a better term. But as a U.S. territory, is it technically onshoring? When one thinks of that term, an image of open spaces in Oklahoma or Michigan come to mind – and that’s definitely not Puerto Rico.

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Competition Makes You Better

Aspirant

It’s easy for us to view competition as “the reason we can’t charge more.” However, if you only view competition through this lens, you will continue slashing your prices until you’re unprofitable. We must recognize that competition doesn’t only force companies to cut their prices (and profits). Competition drives companies to be better , and thus serve their customers better.

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Philippines Remains a Global Outsourcing Leader

SourceFit

The Philippines remains a global outsourcing leader despite a global slowdown, with the industry projected to grow by 7 percent in 2019, according to Contact Center Association of the Philippines (CCAP) chairman Benedict Hernandez. Continued Growth. A report from Texas-based consulting firm Everest Group showed that the 2018 global growth in IT and business process outsourcing (BPO) has dropped to 3 to 4 percent.

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Three Reasons Organisations Should Look to Ukraine for Outsourcing Expertise

Future of Sourcing

As technology advances in this digital age, with exciting developments coming thick and fast, many associate the forefront of innovation with Silicon Valley and the tech giants that dominate the global headlines. There are innovations happening around the world, but, when it comes to outsourcing, many of these hubs are overlooked. One such tech ecosystem is Ukraine.

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Build a Mentorship Experience That Drives Engagement, Promotion, and Retention

Retain, engage and support a diverse workforce with an effective mentorship program. Companies with mentorship programs can see a boost in minority representation at management levels of up to 24%, with higher employee engagement. The 10KC Mentorship Solution provides the tools & resources to create a scalable, centralized and measurable program that will help you achieve your goals.