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Presentation:Make Change or Wreak Havoc

A fail proof guide to approaching change managemnet in your sourcing model

7 Procurement Outsourcing Myths, Demystified

Genpact dispels 7 common myths when it comes to procurement outsourcing (PO) initiatives.

Employee Engagement challenges for Start-Ups

The customer is always right - Distinguishing the internal customer from the external

Services Delivery Model to suit your Global Operations

BP opts for a mix of business co-located, captive near-shore, and outsourced.

Top Ten Tips for Optimal System Implementation

Smoothing your pathway to technology perfection

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Q & A: Wim Hoogedeure, Foster's Group

At the 12th Annual Shared Services & Outsourcing Week, APAC 2009; SSON spoke to Wim Hoongedeure, Program Director, Foster's Group on strategies to overcome the economic downturn in your SSC

Q&A: Brad Siler, CFO, Graebel Companies

Taken From Shared Services News - May 2009

Q&A: Graham Russell, AstraZeneca

Looking at how transformation can enhance the performance of a captive shared service center or a BPO provider.

Q&A: How BPO Providers Bring Innovation to Customer Relationships?

Each month, SSON is putting a BPO provider under the spotlight, asking them to explain how they are bringing innovation to their clients—a frequent criticism from the buy-side

Q&A:Tobias Kuehr, VP HR Services, Deutsche Telekom

In the turbulent times we are facing today, we as a delivery organization for internal services focus on two value adding factors: flexibility and time to market

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Roundtable: Offshore Outsourcing - Can We Have Our Cake And Eat It?

An investigation into the global impact, consequences and future of the offshore outsourcing trend

Roundtable: UK Public Sector Shared Services - Where Now and Where Next?

Looking at current and future drivers behind the move towards shared services in national and local government

Roundtable: Building the Case for HR Transformation

For HR Transformation to be successful, an organization needs to be very comfortable with the current model in place. SSON explored the attitudes of senior HR professionals at the 13th Annual Shared Services Week in Orlando

Roundtable: Improving the First Time Match in P2P

As part of the P2P series SSON explores ways that Shared Service Centers can improve the first-time match while developng clever ways to deal with mis-matches

Roundtable: Talent Management in Shared Services

Shared Services Summit, September 2008, Las Vegas

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Building an Efficient Global Payroll Service: Outsourced or Captive

SSON hosts a roundtable session on Global Payroll solutions, looking at both the captive and outsourced options

Making the Link Between P2P and Working Capital to Create a Robust Governance Framework

How changes made to cope with adversity can prove advantageous in other areas of the organization

Roundtable: Improving the First Time Match in P2P

As part of the P2P series SSON explores ways that Shared Service Centers can improve the first-time match while developng clever ways to deal with mis-matches

Q&A: Patrick Taylor, CEO. Oversight Systems

Understanding customer needs for operational governance

Rent-A-Center Automates Invoice Processing with Kofax

Rent-A-Center Leverages Kofax Intelligent Capture & Exchange to Automate Invoice Processing for 2,600 Stores Nationwide

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Metrics used to measure the benefits of SSC?

Can someone share the quantitative benefits realized by establishing Shared Services unit in your organization (it could be Finance, HR or IT).Would like to know the metrics that were used to measure the benefits along with the actual numbers.. Thanks in advance.

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Shared Services News
JUNE 2009

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"Services Delivery Models"

We hear a lot of talk about services delivery models - usually in a "somewhat simplistic and binary nature". However, these terms 
are not reflective of the intricate
reality of shared services organizations.

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Special offer for SSON members – Everest Market Vista

Monitor the pulse of the offshoring developments. Locations, costs, risks, and more. Click here to learn more.

Q3 highlights: Asia location costs, financial sector crisis, and key captive developments

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Guide to Use of BPO in a Recessionary Environment: New Approaches to Outsourcing Support Functions in 2009

Guide to Use of BPO in a Recessionary Environment: New Approaches to Outsourcing Support Functions in 2009 January 2009, The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) announced its strategic alliance with analyst and advisory firm NelsonHall. As part of the new value adding partnership, SSON and

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The Hackett Group and SSON Service Center Benchmark Study

The Hackett Group and SSON Service Center Benchmark Study     The Hackett Group and SSON are offering a Service Center Benchmark that assists executives in objectively assessing how well their service center(s) are p

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Interview

Presentation

Governance and Stakeholder Management
John Comisky, Vice President, Verizon

Webcast

Webinar

Kofax Webinar: Achieving Rapid ROI with Kofax-Enabled BPO
Driving down your BPO's costs and improving efficiency couldn't be more important in today's economic environment. How do you achieve cost reductions without letting client SLAs slip?

Podcast

Podcast

Q & A: Michael Colicchio, Celanese, Hungary
Michael Colicchio, Director for Global Financial Shared Services, Celanese

JobsNew Job Listings
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Insight, advice, wit and charm from our regular bloggers

Outsourcing drivers in today's climate: large companies want to globalize, mid-sized companies seek expertise

  Iwanted to share some recent dynamics from our new survey of outsourcing adoption intentions in mid 2009. While the onus on firms today is to drive out as much cost as they can from their businesses (close to four fifths view

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Events IconUpcoming Events
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Shared Services for Finance and Accounting BEAT THE ECONOMY: Exceed business expectations – Measure results – Achieve cost efficiency, service and operational excellence |  July 20 - 22, 2009

7th Procure-to-Pay Summit Leveraging Current Opportunities around Corporate Spend Management whilst Minimizing the Impact on A/P |  July 27 - 29, 2009

Knowledge Management for Service & Support Transforming Customer and Product Support Data Into Revenue |  August 17 - 19, 2009

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Testimonials

The new digital Shared Services News looks quite instrumental & helpful in creating awareness, sharing and gaining a lot about shared services & related fields.

I participated in SSON 7th Asian HRSS conference in Singapore as a Speaker and since then, I have been witnessing a great visibility of SSON through various means.

I truly appreciate the dedication & hard work of SSON team by the way of various initiatives & inventions around shared services.

Keep up the great work. Best wishes to the entire INHOUSE TEAM.


Deepak Mendiratta , HR Shared Services , Aricent