Posted on March 24th, 2010 by
M. Ali Nasim
Can your outsourcing vendor really add value and bring insights and agility in to your business?… OR are you dead sure that they just need to be a sweat-shop enslaved in a tight contract and trained to follow the commands and deliver accordingly? My take on this: Just like some employees end up becoming strategic [...]
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Filed under: Agile Project Management, Enterprise Agility, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice
Posted on January 19th, 2010 by
Zohaib
Peace everyone. An established ‘dogma’ – If (outsourcing IT) then {Territory= South Asia}. India undoubtedly stands as the undisputed giant when it comes to IT resource outsourcing. Emerging markets like Pakistan, Bangladesh (and certain middle eastern countries) have yet to come anywhere near its exploits. While we all know these things, we seldom come across [...]
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Filed under: financial crisis, Global Technology Market, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, World Economics
Posted on November 4th, 2009 by
Zohaib
“But the XML in the layout is not allow the product to display in the left bar widget, as the right bar widget is a better bar widget, and I am personally in right bar widget. I work hard for right bar widget, and hard work is best for the company image” – Mr. X- [...]
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Filed under: Client Relations, Global Technology Market, Human Resource Management, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, Relationship management
Posted on May 21st, 2009 by
salima.nasir
Since Mid 2008, global economies have been severely hit by one of the greatest recessions since the great depression (1929). Though incepted by a number of causes, one cannot help but think about the possibilities and countermeasures that can be taken to rectify the prevailing economic crisis all over the world. This crisis has increased [...]
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Filed under: financial crisis, Global Technology Market, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, World Economics
Posted on April 29th, 2009 by
Zohaib
Peace everyone. This one is a departure from my usual questions, but important nevertheless. How many times have we heard ourselves saying “Yes sir” to a client? Is the client always right (which indirectly implies that all clients are flawless gods)? Or do we just say so to placate our endless frustration, caused by treating [...]
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Filed under: Client Relations, Outsourcing Advice, Relationship management, Requirement Analysis, Vendor Relationship
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by
M. Ali Nasim
I came across a nice comprehensive comparison of the Captive and Outsourced business model in an article from Graham Russell, who leads Global Transaction Processing for pharma giant AstraZeneca. He has compared the pros and cons of each model as applicable to different indsutries, processes and business scenarios. My stance on the topic is: Based on how things have changed [...]
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Filed under: Commercial Models for Agile Outsourcing, IT/BPO Bundled Services, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, Vendor Relationship
Posted on June 24th, 2008 by
admin
Relationship… Respect… Competence… Attitude… Agility… During the selection process while building up any global outsourcing relationship put respect, competence and leadership attitude on top of the list. Usually while offshoring, companies expect and ultimately end up getting in the shape of offshore partner – a bunch of low-IQ people with limited intelligence levels and leadership [...]
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Filed under: Enterprise Agility, Outsourcing & Agility, Outsourcing Advice, Vendor Relationship
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