Companies Flock to Outsourcing Consultants as World’s Economy Spirals
As businesses reel from layoffs, delete technology budgets and process disruptions, the hot commodity in structuring internal recoveries are being found in external outsourcing advisors, according to The Black Book of Outsourcing’s research division.
Ghana to be re-branded business outsourcing destination
The Ministry of Communications, has hired a US-based Business Processes Outsourcing (BPO) advisory company, Avasant, to re-brand and market Ghana as a preferred BPO destination.
African Countries Look to Build on India’s Outsourcing Story
Emerging African nations of Ghana, Egypt and Nigeria among several others are emulating India’s offshoring success in order to attract outsourcing ustomers for niche projects by working closely with Indian tech firms and consultants
Stradling Global Sourcing Ranked Top Ten Globally Among Sourcing Advisory Firms
Stradling Global Sourcing today announced it was named among the top ten full service sourcing advisory firms globally in the newly released Black Book of Outsourcing, the definitive source on quality performance in the industry.
FAO Research Announces 2007 Awards of Distinction Winners
FAO Research, Inc., the only research firm focused exclusively on the Finance & Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) market, today announced the winners of its 2007 FAO Awards of Distinction, a unique initiative that applauds the efforts of companies and their outsourcing suppliers in meeting business objectives through team work, best practices and thought leadership.
FAO Research Launches 2007
FAO Research, Inc., the only research firm focused exclusively on the Finance & Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) market, today announced that it has opened nominations for its first “FAO Research Awards of Distinction” to recognize and applaud organizations and suppliers that have teamed up to demonstrate best practices in meeting finance & accounting (F&A) operational and business objectives.
Times of India: Avasant’s CEO Speaks on Global Trends
Avasant Global CEO, Kevin S. Parikh speaks on Global Trends in ICT in Africa to Times of India.
Stradling Global Sourcing changes name to Avasant
Stradling Global Sourcing today announced that it has changed the company’s name to Avasant to more accurately reflect its focus on providing global management advisory services.
Workday Increasingly Relying on Partners to Provide HCM Implementation and Managed Services
In 2020, the UK faced its worst recession over the last three centuries, with its worst quarterly GDP contraction of approximately 20% in Q2 2020. Its economy shrunk twice as much as any other G7 nation. However, despite the deep recession, a combination of government investments and enterprise commitment toward digital adoption pushed the economy farther along in the recovery curve. Digitally mature businesses are addressing rapidly evolving customer behavior by creating personalized experiences using artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced analytics and enhancing customer engagement by deploying virtual agents/chatbots to assist customers and resolve queries. Alternate business and operating models are gaining traction in the region. Global service providers are increasing market penetration through acquisitions and hiring. These emerging trends are covered in Avasant’s United Kingdom (UK) Digital Services 2021–2022 RadarView™.
Avasant: Global Trends 2009
Year 2008 was an unprecedented year in recent business history. Businesses and national economies underwent severe pain and are still not completely out of it, with most economists predicting a slow start to 2009 as well