Research: Designing Solutions  Research RSS Feed Page 1 2 3 4 01/09/12Bundling: Outsourcing Multiple Business FunctionsCould bundling be a sensible strategy for your organisation? Whether services will be performed by third party service providers or a shared services centre, you should know the bundling options for your processes and the pros and cons of each potential arrangement. 02/28/11The Value of Using External Advisors in Outsourcing TransactionsHow can a sourcing advisor specifically help you along your improvement journey? Organizations often assume an advisor is unnecessary and that they can successfully go it alone. In reality, a third-party advisor will help ensure a value-sustaining internal optimization effort or outsourced deal. These specialized consultancies assist in shaping and fine-tuning the right solution with an eye toward the desired future state. And by doing so, many help clients realize significant organizational run-rate savings. 12/14/10Is Green the New Black? How Implementing a Green IT Strategy Can Help You Keep Your IT Organisation Out of the RedRenewed interest in environmenally responsible information technology (IT) is fueled by an increasing recognition that a green IT strategy can be an effective vehicle for driving cost savings and optimising IT investment. Which initiatives should your organisation consider? 12/09/10Defining New Business Models for 21st Century Competitive DifferentiationGlobal Integration and the Ascendance of Competency-based Models: The need to cut costs has spurred organizations to narrow the focus of the activities they perform internally. It is increasingly clear that legacy Western business models across many industries (e.g., media, public sector, retail, pharma) are unsustainable in their historical form necessitating more aggressive cost-cutting, partnering and specialization of offerings. 09/13/10Sustain Competitive Advantage by Rethinking Your Business Services ModelsAs the global economy strengthens, will companies lose focus on cost competitiveness, relaxing cost control policies and hiring back staff into old models? Or will they instead fundamentally shift their business models to take advantage of the robust offerings of the market place? Those who do the latter will truly have competitive differentiation. 06/18/10How to Champion Sustainability, Reduce Costs and Consumption and Win Friends in High Places... Without Increasing Your SpendTiming is everything in business. Just as green initiatives were gaining momentum with real estate executives and facilities managers, along came the worst recession in 60 years. Sustainability quietly became an unfunded mandate. Here's how to use outsourced facilities management service providers to regain momentum, achieve your sustainability goals and move toward LEED certification. 02/23/10Eradicating the Innovation Dearth in Business Process Outsourcing: Practical Advice on how to Achieve itSophisticated outsourcing buyers recognize the need to achieve innovation when they enter into an outsourcing agreement. This article addresses measures that must be taken to achieve real progress in getting beyond the "operational" state of outsourcing. 02/10/10Thinking HR Outsourcing? Custom versus Standard - the Next DilemmaWill a HR buyer gain the most value from a fully custom-built solution or from a provider’s standard, but configurable, service offering? In this paper, EquaTerra lays out how to best match your business needs to market offerings. 06/05/09Assessing the Opportunities for Document Services Outsourcing in the Healthcare IndustryDocument services, especially those related to print, mail and related outbound patient and client communications, represent a costly and labor-intensive operational area in any healthcare organization. There are outsourcing options that healthcare organizations should evaluate as a potential means to reduce cost, improve process performance and provide a stepping stone for electronic health records management. 05/14/09Top Five Ways to Help Optimize Operations and Outsourcing During Mergers, Acquisitions, Divestitures, or DownsizingOrganizational changes of a large magnitude involve significant opportunity for improving profitability and cash flow through the effective delivery of internal operations. Yet many organizations become overwhelmed with the amount of data, decisions and deadlines they face during mergers, divestitures, or layoffs. How can operations be optimized in times of organizational turmoil? 02/24/09Cloud Computing: The Marketplace is Getting Ready. Are You?Got your head in the clouds? For once in business, that might be a good thing. That's because cloud computing -- essentially the use of the Internet to deliver business applications and data storage -- is emerging as the next big wave for IT organizations. 08/01/08It's a Question of Balance - How Professional Advisors can Add Value to the ProcessThis EquaTerra Position explores the need for sourcing advisors and the role they can play in ensuring your strategic decisions are based on a balanced perspective. Every sustainable sourcing strategy is a question of balance. It's rare that a business will outsource every part of an existing internal process - much may go, but some things will almost certainly stay. That begs three major questions: 1. What should stay and what should go? 2. When bits need to go, where should they go to? 3. How should you manage those bits after they've gone? Page 1 2 3 4