By Phil Fersht on April 19, 2013
Why is it always the Americans at the head of the queue when it comes to increasing quarterly profit margins? But, even more intriguingly, why are they also leading the way when it comes to attempting to improve their capabilities when they outsource? Our recent State of Outsourcing Study 2013, conducted with the support of [...]
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By Phil Fersht on March 25, 2013
After three years of hard labor, we, at HfS, are proud to launch our first “HfS Blueprint” that we believe is the a revolutionary crowdsourced methodology for evaluating business and IT service providers.
Posted in Featured Posts, Trends & Concepts | Tagged Blueprint, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Current Affairs, Finance & Accounting BPO, HfS, Innovation in Outsourcing, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, The Future of Outsourcing, The HfS Blueprint |
By Phil Fersht on December 2, 2012
For a long while now, I have privately been concerned about the negative impact the modern work culture is having on the disintegration of work ethics within many of today’s firms. Many workers, whose jobs once forced them to think and focus, have today become reactive, easily-distracted and operational. It first dawned on me [...]
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged analytics, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Enterprise Irregulars, Finance & Accounting BPO, Global Business Services, HfS, HfSResearch.com Homepage, HR Outsourcing, HR Strategy, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing Research, Phil Fersht, social networking, Sourcing Change Management, Talent in Sourcing, talent management, The Future of Outsourcing |
By Phil Fersht on November 16, 2012
Today, we’re proud to announce the unveiling of what promises to be the ultimate sourcing showdown of leading enterprise buyers and providers… in Westchester County, New York, next Spring
Posted in Business | Tagged Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, dreamsource, enterprise social networking, Finance & Accounting BPO, Global Business Services, Healthcare and Outsourcing, HfS, HfS Research Company News, Industry-specific Outsourcing, innovation, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing, Outsourcing Events, social networking, Sourcing, Sourcing Change Management, talent, Talent in Sourcing, The Future of Outsourcing |
By Phil Fersht on November 9, 2012
Welcome back to the Captain Cliff chronicles. And since Part II, we have actually witnessed Cliff speak for a whole hour at an outsourcing conference and manage not to mention the “O” word once. That’s quite a feat, so let’s find out why…
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By Phil Fersht on October 16, 2012
And welcome back to our interview with KPMG’s Captain Cliff who has proclaimed the Death of Outsourcing in a recent white paper
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By Phil Fersht on October 15, 2012
allow us to introduce Cliff Justice, KPMG’s very own kingpin of the extended enterprise, who’s calmly building out one of the most impressive collections of experienced sourcing operators and thinkers in the global shared services and outsourcing industry
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By Phil Fersht on September 5, 2012
HfS Research has reached out to its unique community of services and operations professionals, and can finally reveal the answers we have long been searching for – that it’s time to re-brand the industry formerly known as outsourcing, with 61% of the industry stakeholders voting to drop the term
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By Phil Fersht on May 22, 2012
With its $4.3 billion cash offer, SAP answered every procurement technologist’s question, “Who is going to buy Ariba?” While this acquisition will rupture the procurement technology universe, HfS believes the real question that supply chain and finance professionals must ask is, “Now that SAP finally has a credible commerce network, can I eliminate and automate processes I’ve been busily outsourcing?”
Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Ariba, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Buyers' Sourcing Best Practices, Cloud Computing, Current Affairs, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, Enterprise Irregulars, filippone, HfS, IaaS and BPaaS, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing & Analytics, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Vendors, PaaS, procurement, SaaS, sap, sapariba |
By Phil Fersht on January 17, 2012
The BPO industry has been going though an incredible evolution since the first major deals was cast, barely more than a decade ago, that it’s high time we took stock and take a good look at the phases – or generations – through which our industry has progressed. And there are few people who have lived and breathed these generational shifts more closely that Accenture’s BPO leader, Mike Salvino.
Posted in Business | Tagged Accenture, BPO, Current Affairs, Engineering & Supply Chain Outsourcing, fersht, HfS, HR Outsourcing, Industry-specific Outsourcing, Innovation in Outsourcing, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, Knowledge Process Outsourcing, michael salvino, Outsourcing and Technology, Outsourcing Heros, Outsourcing Research, Outsourcing Vendors, procurement, SaaS, Sourcing Best Practises, Sourcing Change Management, The Future of Outsourcing |
