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ALSO CALLED: Outsourcing, Offshore, Global Sourcing, and Offshore Development Services DEFINITION: Offshore outsourcing, a type of business process outsourcing (BPO), is the exporting of IT-related work from the United States and other developed countries to areas of the world where there is both political stability and lower labor costs or tax savings. Outsourcing is an arrangement in which one company provides services for another company that could also be or usually have been provided in-house. … Definition continues below.
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Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies sponsored by SAP AG WHITE PAPER: Maintain operational efficiency while cutting supply chain costs with new approaches, technologies, and methodologies. Third party logistics providers, radio frequency identification rentals, and attribute-based demand planning can help you reduce supply chain costs and boost customer satisfaction. Posted: 26 Oct 2009 \| Published: 26 Oct 2009 TOPICS: Customer Satisfaction \| Demand Chains \| ERP \| Outsourcing \| RFID \| SMBs \| Supply Chain Collaboration \| Supply Chain Event Management \| Supply Chain Management

Back Office Outsourcing and Investment Reporting - A Guide for Investment Advisors sponsored by Advent Software, Inc WHITE PAPER: In investment reporting, customers expect detailed reports of irreproachable accuracy, delivered with no delay or excuses. This whitepaper will serve as as a guide for Investment Advisors. Posted: 10 Aug 2009 \| Published: 10 Aug 2009 TOPICS: Budgeting \| Financial Applications Software \| Financial Services Industry \| Investments \| Outsourcing \| Reporting Software \| Systems Management

Cloud Computing - Latest Buzzword or a Glimpse of the Future? sponsored by Google Apps WHITE PAPER: This paper provides a snapshot of what is happening in the arena of cloud computing. What are the benefits? Why are businesses embracing it? What does it mean to a business owner or executive? How does it affect the workplace? What are the payoffs and the pitfalls? Is it really ready for "prime time"? Posted: 11 Jun 2009 \| Published: 11 Jun 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| Cloud Computing \| Hybrid clouds \| Outsourcing \| Private cloud computing \| Public cloud computing \| SaaS ERP \| Software as a Service \| VMware \| VMware Server

10 Hot Skills for 2009 sponsored by Global Knowledge WHITE PAPER: With spending on cost-saving technologies such as virtualization rising, and the maintenance of networking and enterprise Microsoft software keeping IT professionals constantly in demand, here's our top 10 hot skills that will take us from a down economy and beyond. Posted: 01 May 2009 \| Published: 01 May 2009 TOPICS: CIOs \| ITIL \| Outsourcing \| Programming Languages \| Project Management \| Server Virtualization \| Telecommunications Systems

The Future Carrier Network: Adopting New Outsourcing Business Models sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent WHITE PAPER: This paper is meant to help operators embrace a new strategy for differentiating and competing successfully in a market characterized by flux. Posted: 17 Nov 2008 \| Published: 17 Nov 2008 TOPICS: Business Models \| Capacity Planning \| Collaboration \| IP \| Outsourcing \| Telecommunications Carrier Systems \| Telecommunications Services \| Telephony Systems

Supply Chain Collaboration: The Key to Success in a Global Economy sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: Learn how you can transform traditional supply chains from linear, sequential processes into adaptive supply chain networks. Posted: 06 Aug 2008 \| Published: 06 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Collaboration \| Globalization \| Manufacturing \| Outsourcing \| Supply Chain Management

Service Delivery Innovation: Creating Client Value and Enhancing Profitability sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: This paper reviews the forces that affect the professional services market today, defines and explains the main pillars of service delivery innovation, and reviews the benefits firms derive from service delivery innovation. Posted: 06 Aug 2008 \| Published: 06 Aug 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Globalization \| Outsourcing \| Professional Services Industries \| SOA \| Software as a Service

Enable Project-Centric Manufacturing with Business Software sponsored by IFS WHITE PAPER: Project-centric manufacturing business models that involve outsourcing and short product lifecycles expose manufacturers to a number of risks they were not vulnerable to previously. Posted: 01 Jul 2008 \| Published: 01 Jul 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Business Models \| ERP \| Outsourcing \| Productivity \| Risk Management \| Supply Chain Management

BusinessWeek Research: Talent Management - The New Business Imperative sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: Read this report to discover the views of senior human resource (HR) and information technology (IT) executives and CEOs at large and midsize companies about the talent shortage and how workforce planning can help executives address this coming crisis. Posted: 26 Apr 2008 \| Published: 26 Apr 2008 TOPICS: Enterprise Resource Management \| Human Resources Services \| Human Resources Software \| Integration Testing \| Outsourcing \| Workforce Planning

Taking Control of Your Business: Growing Profitably in the Professional Services Market sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: This paper details how professional services firms can grow and thrive in a difficult market by enhancing project visibility, maximizing resource utilization, improving operational efficiency, and successfully acquiring more customers. Posted: 01 Feb 2008 \| Published: 01 Feb 2008 TOPICS: Business Process Management \| Market Trends \| Outsourcing \| Professional Services Industries \| Risk Management \| ROI

Human Capital Management: How Top Organizations Drive Company Profits Efficiently sponsored by SAP America Inc WHITE PAPER: The study finds that the best human capital management organizations constantly reassess their processes to strike a balance in the drive to optimize efficiency, cost, and service delivery in a continually changing environment. Posted: 01 Feb 2008 \| Published: 01 Feb 2008 TOPICS: Business Intelligence \| Financial Management \| Human Resources Management \| Outsourcing \| Productivity \| Systems Operations

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OFFSHORE OUTSOURCING DEFINITION (continued): … Offshore simply means "any country other than your own." The Internet and high-speed Internet connections make it possible for outsourcing to be carried out anywhere in the world, a business trend economists call globalization. In general, domestic companies interested in offshore outsourcing are not only trying to save money in order to be more price-competitive against each other, but also to enable them to compete with businesses in other countries.Critics of offshore outsourcing worry that if too much IT-related work is farmed out to other countries, home-grown IT talent will "dry up." They …
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