Sourcing Models/Strategy
The Moreira Chronicles: Bangemann and Zabel on Pushing Shared Services Out Across Smaller Enterprises [Part 7]
October 25 by Pedro MoreiraSmall and Medium-sized EntitiesOver the past year, Pedro Moreira has written a series of columns for SSON summarizing his experience in rolling out an enterprise SSO model to a subsidiary, emphasizing...
Are DACH-based Enterprises Ready to Step Outside their Comfort Zone?
October 25 by SSONDACH-headquartered companies tend to operate differently. This is most obvious in the more stringent approach to labor regulations, which impacts organizational agility in terms of reacting to global...
The Moreira Chronicles: Bangemann and Zabel on Scope, Offshoring and Automation [Part 6]
October 18 by Pedro MoreiraOver the past year, Pedro Moreira has written a series of columns for SSON summarizing his experience in rolling out an enterprise SSO model to a subsidiary, emphasizing the pros and cons of this appr...
Zut Alors! Bangalore Head of FSSC Earns Same as Parisian Counterpart!
October 18 by SSONSSON’s data analytics center, Dart Institute, recently expanded its offerings via the newly launched City Cube, an interactive data tool that compares cities around the world across a variety of metri...
Where is Your Next Shared Services Center?
October 12 by The Shared Services & Outsourcing Network EditorSSON’s data analytics center, Dart Institute, recently expanded its offerings via the newly launched City Cube, an interactive data tool that compares cities around the world across a variety of metri...
The Moreira Chronicles: Bangemann and Zabel on Shared Services Implementation and Operations [Part 5]
October 05 by Pedro MoreiraOver the past year, Pedro Moreira has written a series of columns for SSON summarizing his experience in rolling out an enterprise SSO model to a subsidiary, emphasizing the pros and cons of this appr...
Playing Off Your Strengths: Internal Best Practices Close Gaps on Laggards
October 05 by Tim SheridanBreaking the Mold in Conventional ThinkingPerformance improvement is one of the key items on shared services leaders’ agendas and, as such, deeply embedded in their job descriptions. Most service leve...
2016 Annual State of the Industry Report: Shared Services in Asia
September 23 by SSO NetworkAs innovations around technology and increasingly global footprints have released shared services from the traditional transactional focus of their role, more and more are reporting improved performan...
New Opportunities, Challenges and Technology Continue to Transform Shared Services Landscape
September 22 by Patsy Van HoveEach year IBM publishes its Global Location Trends report, which provides the latest insights in corporate location selection and the extent to which today’s global dynamics influence where companies...
After Years, Growth Trend in Global Shared Services – But Still Far Below Average
September 22 by SSONFor the first time in six years the number of shared services announcements globally has grown again, according to IBM PLI’s annual locations report. We are proud to bring you an extract of this repor...
Driving Performance in Shared Services: 7 Practical Requirements for Moving from 1st Gear to 5th Gear
August 30 by SSO NetworkIn these times of slow growth and economic turbulence shared services are increasingly expected to act as engines for efficiency. Some are choosing to outsourcing to get there – but why outsource, if...
RPA in the Nordics: Realistic Performance Advancement? Or Clever Tagline?
August 24 by SSO NetworkAcross Europe, businesses are vaulting up the Shared Services “value” trajectory. New developments in robotics are proving a key performance driver.A review of how Nordics enterprises are taking advan...