Archive for the 'Outsourcing Related News' Category

Outlook for 2007 finance and accounting outsourcing

Sunday, January 14th, 2007

Everest Research Institute’s finance and accounting outsourcing report mentions that the outsourcing trend in this sector continues.

In addition a large percentage of the finance and accounting contracts include offshore components. Europe is increasingly playing in this area as well as they start to realize the savings through offshore operations.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry, book keeping and outsourcing solutions company.

More Canadian companies are outsourcing business processes

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

The Ottawa Business journal published an article that more Canadian companies are outsourcing business processes and not just information technology projects.

As more companies start to realize the value of outsourcing other business activities other than outsourcing the IT work this trend will probably accelarate and catch up to US levels.

The companies not only get the advantages of utilizing services that are not core to their business, but they also get the expertise from the outsourcing company who has been doing the same or similar service for other companies. This can tremendously benefit the businesses in terms of operational efficiency and quickness.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry, book keeping and outsourcing solutions company.

Extreme outsourcing

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

SKyvalue airlines, a leisure start up company mentions that they will outsource their planes, flight crew and reservations center.

This would be an interesting case of extreme outsourcing where everything other than management is outsourced.

It would also be interesting to see how they fare in the market and if this outsourcing model will work to the benefit of the traveller.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry services, book keeping and outsourcing solutions company.

Ohio and California newspapers to outsource their ad production

Tuesday, November 14th, 2006

Contra Costa (Calif.) Times in their paper mention that an outsourcing company with operations in India will take over their ad production work.

The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) also mentioned that it would turn over production to a firm that uses Indian staff to process their advertising.

The outsourcing trend is catching along with other areas other than IT as companies realize the quality and the work that can be done offshore for different areas.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry services, book keeping and outsourcing solutions company.

Outsourcing good for economy

Thursday, November 9th, 2006

Steve Ballmer in a lecture speech in India mentioned that outsourcing is good for the U.S. economy and is here to stay.

He also notes that immigration hurdles cause a problem in finding the right talent in the U.S. Also that a third of engineering graduates in the world are from India and that is a pool that had to be tapped.

Coming from a software giant obviously this has implications on how outsourcing is perceived among the top companies and how it can benefit the economy.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry outsourcing services and book keeping company

Increase in outsourcing.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006

Hackett group, a strategic advisory group mentiones that Fortune 500 companies could potentially save $58 billion or $116 million per company by outsourcing. The company also notes that these jobs are in the general and administrative area. The skill level of the staff, the quality and labor cost savings could drive this trend.

The company also notes that the cost savings could be as much as 70% in some areas.

Our services are targeted towards small and medium size companies where we can provide the same cost benefits the Fortune 500 companies enjoy. We have done this successfully with businesses in the US, Canada and the UK.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry outsourcing services and book keeping company.

Several Indian cities are in the top outsourcing cities

Thursday, November 2nd, 2006

The Global City Competitiveness report mentions that several Indian cities such as Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune are top spots for outsourcing.

The growth allows India to have a large labor pool of trained labor force who are trained in how the international businesses operate. This in itself provides a competitive advantage over other countries.

By International Commerce Alliance, a offshore data entry services and book keeping company.

Outsourcing growth plans for Tier2 cities in Tamil Nadu

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

The Tamil Nadu government announced that IT parks would be set up in Coimbatore, Tiruchy, Madurai, Salem, Hosur and Tirunelveli.

The first second tier city to be developed is Coimbatore with one million square feet of office space. This move is done in order to reduce the congestion and to reduce infrastructure problems in the Tier I city such as Chennai.

This move is definite to bring in a fresh set of talented individuals to Coimbatore and is a welcome move.

By International Commerce Alliance, a data entry services and book keeping outsourcing company