Vendor Analysis Reports

SSON partners with leading analysts NelsonHall to bring you detailed reports on global Business Process Outsource vendor capabilities. If you are considering entering into an outsourcing contract, or moving from one provider to another, these reports will form an indispensable part of your decision-making process.

Networking

This is your SSON resource center. Expand your network of contacts by setting up your profile, joining groups and networking with industry colleagues.

Profile

Personalize your membership to gain maximum advantage of the resources on offer. MYIQ allows you to identify the functional areas, topics, and strategies that are most applicable to your job, and easily access all relevant resources. It will also help you to easily connect with the right people at other organizations. We've taken the best of social media and applied it to SSON. Get started now.

Contacts

Connecting with the right people in the industry will make all the difference. Find folks who have already implemented the HR services you are currently grappling with; see who has successfully transformed their finance function; stay ahead of the curve by preparing your shared services to widen its scope; you can do all this and more if you connect with the right people online. Collect your personal database on SSON and start networking now.

Groups

Just like LinkedIn, SSON has developed functional-, topic-, or job-title-related groups that will help you to determine the right strategy to follow. Start a group or join one that already exists. Here is where the networking can really yield results.

Messages

Send and receive messages and notifications through your personal account at SSON. Join today.

Invite your Colleagues

Letting your colleagues know about SSON is the fastest and most effective way to find peers and grow your network. By inviting your colleagues today, they will gain access to the growing library of multimedia content and networking tools available to you today.

Events

8th Shared Services Exchange

HRSSC Transformation und Performance Improvement

SSONs C-Suite Series

SSON’s Shared Services and Business Transformation Forum NZ 2013

4th Annual Shared Services and BPO Philippines

Online Events

The SSON Team realizes that you are not always able to attend our events in person or on site. To support your needs, nevertheless, we have devised a number of online learning opportunities: we present regular webinars on specific topics that may be proving a challenge to you. These webinars are hosted by experts in the field, and you are able to pose questions to them during their presentation. This means that you never need to miss an opportunity to learn from the best about some of the trends impacting your operations. Learn more here.

Shared Services & Outsourcing Excellence Awards

SSON's annual Shared Services Excellence Awards honor, recognize and promote both captive and outsourced shared services that demonstrate winning practices.

These Awards form the industry's benchmark in terms of best practice and business excellence. Open to all captive and outsourced shared services organizations from all countries, the awards are judged by a panel of leading industry experts. They provide an opportunity for shared services and outsourcing professionals to gain recognition for excellence and initiative – and, this year, for YOU to nominate those peers you believe to be most worthy of that recognition. Learn more here.

G6 Visionaries

G6 is a panel made up of 6 individuals from the consulting/BPO/provider markets, voted in by SSON's readers, and debating – live – the trends and tools that are shaping business services delivery today. There is no forum more up to date nor one with more impact than this one.

Hear from global industry leaders how they are tackling controversial sticking points; find out where they agree and where they disagree – and why; and get to the real, non-fluffy answers. G6 helps you understand where we are heading, and why; and makes sense of the often mixed-messages received from the market. Learn more here.

Meet SSON IQ

SSON is your one—stop shop for all questions and information needs regarding your shared services operations. SSON has been supporting the global shared services and outsourcing community for over 10 years. We provide a forum for the international services delivery community, in which practitioners can exchange knowledge, make connections, learn from case studies, and stay up-to-date with the latest news to impact the industry. SSON runs conferences around the world, offering you an opportunity to connect with experts on a face-to-face basis. We also offer a multitude of online learning opportunities, including webinars, online training courses, and question-and-answer forums. Learn more here.

Membership

The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network (SSON) is the largest and most established global community of shared services and outsourcing professionals. SSON has as an active member base of over 40,000 shared services practitioners, providers and advisors with a presence in over 95 countries.

Members benefit from our extensive and comprehensive online content (articles, interviews, case studies, news, surveys, profiles, whitepapers, etc). We present valuable information through a number of mediums: online articles, podcasts, videos, and webinars.

SSON offers two levels of membership: Associate Membership (free), and a more comprehensive Premium Membership. Learn more about SSON here or get started today by becoming a member today. Learn more here.

Steering Committee

SSON is grateful for the support and guidance provided by an international group of shared services and outsourcing professionals, widely recognized as experts in this industry. This committee supports our conference producers as they research and develop agendas that reflect both the challenges and the very best in current successes and learnings. Our steering committee is grouped according to "regions". Their time is valuable, and we extend a sincere "thank you" to them for the time that they dedicate to supporting and providing input to SSON. Learn more here.

Partners

SSON operates across global markets, and works with leading operators in the shared services and outsourcing industry. As such, we are able to leverage our partnerships to promote and source all relevant information. If you are interested in discussing collaboration opportunities please contact us.

Contact Us

The SSON team would be delighted to hear from you and help you with any questions or concerns you may have — whether editorial, conference related, sponsorship related, or membership related. Contact us here.

Become a Contributor

If you would like to become a contributor, SSON is currently accepting unsolicited manuscripts. To Find out more details, visit our contributor's guidelines.

Contributors

SSON has an extensive network of practitioners from around the world, that are involved with operational shared services and outsourcing models. These practitioners generously share their learnings with our membership by posting articles on our website. Our contributors represent all industries, all countries, and all functions. We vet the expertise of any contributor before posting a comment or an article online. Learn more here.

Editorial Calendar

SSON's online resources aim to cover the most important trends and topics within the global Shared Services & Outsourcing industry. If you would like to contribute to one of our monthly themes, or to sponsor our content, please
contact us.

And if there are areas you'd like to suggest we cover for you ­ please let us know.