Jul
9
Outsourcing: Promised Land
July 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
As outsourcing and information technology (IT) has made the world’s human resources merely a mouseclick away, the small-to-medium business entrepreneur can choose from of regions such as Southeast Asia whose are cost-effective, competent and creative when it comes to manufacturing products or providing services.
There is one country in Southeast Asia that’s fast in standing out from the rest in the region as the new “Promised Land” of off-shore outsourcing: the Philippines.
Jul
3
Outsourcing : Open Doors
July 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We’re a very small company that outsources work to computer programmers and artists in remote offices throughout the world. The major problem with having workers in far-flung locations is that when you’re paying people by the hour, you really need to know that they’re working, not surfing the Internet.
When you’re all in one office in the same country, communication flows much more naturally. You can easily tap someone on the shoulder and ask him a question. But when you’re all over the place, you tend not to want to bother people with minor questions.
Ken Scharen, then CEO of One Remote Systems, a software company in Delray Beach, Florida.
Your company and your business process outsourcing (BPO) partner want to open that door towards mutual success; the key factor is constant and receptive communication.
Jul
1
Outsourcing : Made in the World Trademark
July 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There is a change to the way how outsourcing is being done, and this new change is improving how companies manufacture products and provide services all around the world.
Erik Bethke went on a business trip to South Korea and had a startling revelation.
Making sandwiches is fun.
Jun
27
Outsourcing : IT Catalyst to the Philippines
June 27, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Financial Times Group, comprised of experts in foreign investment, gave notice to the Philippines’ potential as a hub for business, trade and finance and ranked three of the country’s cities in its list of Top 10 Asian Cities of the Future 2007-2008. The list was published by the group’s affiliate Finance Direct Investment (fDi) magazine.
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