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The Rise of Global Business Services: The Future of Shared Services

Zinnov

” – Peter Drucker In the 1980s, Shared Service Centers (SSCs) and third-party Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) significantly changed how American organizations managed essential functions by providing access to global talent. This evolving landscape prompts a re-evaluation of how services can be optimally delivered.

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The Conference Board’s Global Business Services Conference | Event

Everest Group

The Conference Board's Global Business Services Conference. Everest Group is a lead sponsor of The Conference Board’s renowned Global Business Services Conference, which is scheduled to be held in New York on October 27-28, 2022. In-person event. October 27 - 28, 2022 |.

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The Importance of Strategy and Governance for Global Business Services

AH Anderson Consulting

Welcome to my third article in a series focused on insights, experience and practical advice on an operating model called Global Business Services (GBS). The GBS operating model is the latest step in the evolution of shared services (SS). to be leveraged across an entire organization, resulting in lower service costs.

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Five Actions GBS Organizations Must Take to Address the Global Business Services Trends and Challenges of 2022 | Blog

Everest Group

2021 was a milestone year for Global Business Services (GBS) with most enterprises reporting the model exceeded expectations for global business services solutions and delivery. GBS provided the needed strength and agility to seamlessly supply value without disruption from the pandemic.

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Moving from Shared Services to Global Business Services

AH Anderson Consulting

The concept of corporate Shared Services (SS) has been around a long time, with the private sector credited with starting this concept in the late 1980’s, and the public sector about a decade later. Personally, and not trying to date myself, I came across this business model at a former employer around 2005. HR, IT, Finance, etc.)

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Taking Global Business Services to the Next Level

AH Anderson Consulting

For those who have not read my previous post, “Moving from Shared Services to Global Business Services,” let me provide a quick summary. Shared Services (SS) is an operating model that has been around for decades. It enables function-specific resources (i.e., HR, IT, Finance, etc.) ROI Shortfall. Improvement Areas.

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New Everest Group Research on Change Management Reveals the Huge Chasm Between ‘We Should’ and ‘We Do’ in Global Business Services Centers

Everest Group

How are change management teams governed? Everest Group is a research firm focused on strategic IT, business services, engineering services, and sourcing. Our clients include leading global companies, service and technology providers, and investors. What is the formula to fund change management?