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The growth of the developing world will likely require as many mineral resources over the next 25 years as have been used since the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. But those scarce minerals will become increasingly difficult to recover from the earth. It’s a basic problem of supply and demand, but the solutions are anything [...]
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Outsourcing is a growing industry. From big companies to small private businesses, it has become the most commonly used marketing strategy today. It assigns a person or a company to take charge of the process for a certain business. When a company goes against the edge of employment issues or improves sections of the business, [...]
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The supplier selection phase of the sourcing lifecycle is dominated by negotiations and characterised by tactical measures. Contract negotiation starts with the request for proposal (RFP), which prepares the main prerequisites and is finalised with the contract signature. Negotiate and agree to as much as possible before the contract is signed, because renegotiating during an [...]
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It’s the hottest of hot-button issues this electoral season. Small wonder. Along with “the 99%” and “entitlements,” it’s a loaded, often misrepresented or misunderstood term that encapsulates many of the political, economic, and social issues of the day–including class, foreign policy, immigration, employment, and national security. Critics lambaste outsourcing as a way for big corporations [...]
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As more companies look to external IT service providers to help them both innovate and optimize, many are initially surprised by the amount of change required for a relationship to work successfully — issues that extend well beyond onboarding supplemental, temporary staff. Many companies think that the key to outsourcing success is selecting the right [...]
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Everybody is talking about mobile today. Smartphones are being bought at an alarming rate. Mobile phones now outnumber people. This in turn is making businesses speed up their plans when it comes to offering customers mobile services and interaction via mobile networks. Add to this the fact that businesses are trying to enable more flexible [...]
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The IT outsourcing market is growing, according to a new survey of 200 IT executives released by Bluewolf. That’s because companies are increasingly relying on outsourcers for IT talent needs. The survey finds 48% of companies will hire more contractors, rather than seek full-time staff, to meet growing IT needs in the next 12-18 months. [...]
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There is a quiet revolution in the technology corridors of some of the world’s largest corporations. Traditional five-year, outsourcing mega-deals – whereby companies delegate the running of information technology (IT) functions to a third party – look set for extinction. The reason is a pressing need for more flexible, short-term arrangements from newer, nimbler players [...]
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Over the past few months, the popularity and growth of cloud services has increased exponentially as consumers start to realize that the cloud is their only solution to their ever-increasing demand for both computing power and storage space. Companies, therefore, need to prioritize new cloud-based service offerings in order to take advantage of consumers’ expectations. [...]
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With the invention and expansion of Internet and digital technology in recent years, the services provided by developing countries such as India and the Philippines have become accessible to multinational companies based in Western countries such as Canada and the United States. Moving to the Future Outsourcing statistics revealed that the entire industry will probably [...]
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