Business Process Outsourcing For Strategic Advantage

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is becoming the new revolutionas company's of all sizes are seeking to take advantage of thissource of competitive advantage. This book provides a step-by-step approach to understanding theapplication of Business Process Outsourcing, assessing the BPOopportunity in the company, and then managing the transition toBPO. It serves as a guide to implementing BPO and as a referencesource to solving the variety of issues that may arise during a BPOinitiative. Each chapter features a case study, insight from apractitioner, focus on how BPO affects people, and ethicalconsiderations. * Discusses both the how and why of business process outsourcingwith a straightforward "how to" approach. * Provides managers with the tools to analyse the BPO opportunitiesfor their own firms, as well as techniques and strategies formanaging a BPO initiative. * Empowers businesses of all sizes to take advantage of thisall-encompassing business revolution.

This book is a comprehensive presentation of the fundamental concepts of business process outsourcing (BPO) and its applications in the Indian industrial context. It offers a strategic framework for BPO management, which is crucial for creating competitive advantage for a business enterprise. The book is designed for MBA and PGDM students as well as students in BPO training schools and executives in BPO sector. The text, organized into sixteen chapters, contains a wealth of useful and practical information on the following facets of the BPO industry : Strategic, tactical, control and operational aspects of BPO administration BPO business models Regulatory and legal framework of the BPO industry Terms, conditions, responsibilities and obligations involved in the BPO contract and service level agreement Service issues regarding supplier selection and process quality Criteria for performance evaluation of service providers Challenges involving upward shift in service value chain as well as human resource management Chapter-end review questions help in easy comprehension of the underlying principles. The appendices contain important additional information about the BPO industry.

This book will provide the fundamentals of business process outsourcing for the busy executive who needs to get up to speed. It will have such features as checklists, tips and techniques, and case studies. * Written in a user friendly style that allows senior level financial executives to get a solid foundation of what business process outsourcing is and how it can benefit their companies. * Provides managers with the tools to analyse the BPO opportunities for their own firms, as well as techniques and strategies for managing a BPO initiative. * Shows managers how a BPO strategy can save the company money and create jobs domestically. * Both authors are consultants and advisers to industry-leading companies and frequent speakers at business forums and conferences.

Master's Thesis from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: 1,0, University of Bradford (Bradford Institute of Management), language: English, abstract: Focus strategies that seek to leverage company skills, capabilities and resources have become a dominant paradigm in business strategy planning and implementation. As a consequence, firms increasingly seek to reduce investments in non-core business processes and functions while freeing up resources and management attention for core competency development to achieve competitive advantage and provide unique value for customers. Activities for which companies do not have critical strategic needs or special capabilities are considered for external sourcing. Combining the two approaches can yield significant benefits. Outsourcing business processes can give access to provider economies of scale and learning thereby reducing operating costs and enhancing the quality of the activities outputs. The expected value of an outsourcing initiative is constituted by the aggregate projected benefits – both efficiency and effectiveness gains within the externalised process and strategic rewards – that flow from the exercise of the option. Strategic fit of the sourcing strategy with the current competency profile of the firm plays a key role in securing the success of vertical dis-integration policies and to obtain the highest value contribution from outsourcing initiatives. Corporate planners who are involved in firm boundary and competitive business policy decisions have to understand the market and service characteristics of outsourcing service provision, the relevant strategic linkages between non-core and core processes as well as the various types of interaction and governance models that are available to fulfil the needs of the organisation. Empirical evidence suggests that corporate planning procedures and externalisation strategies could be integrated more comprehensively. KEYWORDS Outsourcing, value contribution, corporate planning, core competencies, make-or-buy decision, interaction costs, business process re-engineering, interconnected value system, information technology, activity costs, standardisation, relative cost differentials, strategic sourcing, total cost of ownership

Many corporations are currently restructuring their business processes in order to become more competitive and cost effective. Once the decision has been made to outsource, a corporation must structure the deal. This book will show them how to request proposals and negotiate and close the agreement--creating the outsourcing strategy.

Business Process Orientation: Gaining the E-Business Competitive Advantage provides the "why" and the "how" for building the "horizontal" organization - an essential component of the "e" in e-commerce and business. This book shows you how to weave your business processes into hard-to-imitate strategic capabilities that distinguish you from your competition. The book explores the impact that well-defined and carefully integrated processes have on organizational performance. Using the results of extensive research conducted among consumer, business-to-business, and services-based companies, the authors demonstrate that adopting a business process orientation (BPO) has a positive impact on the organizational culture and business performance. The resulting process oriented e-corporation is now positioned as a necessity not only to thrive but also to survive. The old ways of conducting business are out: pushing costs and compromising quality in order to achieve the lowest possible price. The emerging paradigm focuses on the core processes. The hallmarks of a great business still include high customer relevance, internally consistent decisions about scope and value chain activities performed, value capture mechanisms, a source of differentiation and strategic control, a sound operational system, and carefully designed processes. Business Process Orientation: Gaining the E-Business Competitive Advantage shows you how to balance your functional and horizontal orientation to create and maintain a healthy organization.

Since 2007, South Africa has been one of the world's upcoming Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) offshore destinations. This book is based on the authors' most recent research into high performance BPO globally and new research streams specifically on South Africa.