Outsourcing to India

Data Entry Services Outsourcing Is A Must For Web-Based Businesses

2008-10-31T11:00:00.000-07:00

The data entry services outsourcing industry may have a diverse client list, but the ones that need it the most are apparently web-based businesses. Web-based businesses such as software development firms, online shopping portals, etc., need to update their databases on a daily basis, something that is often an onerous task requiring heavy investments in manpower costs, time and effort. This can

Call Center Services Outsourcing – Upselling Can Help Maximize Benefits

2008-10-20T02:14:00.000-07:00

Just a few years back, call center services outsourcing was all about reducing operational costs and increasing efficiency. Things however have changed and now that innovative concepts such as upselling are being readily accepted, both clients and call center services outsourcing firms can hope to achieve a lot more than what might have been possible earlier. The primary beneficiaries will be

Back Office Services Outsourcing Helps Sustain High Growth Rates

2008-10-02T00:01:00.000-07:00

For achieving and sustaining high-growth rates, it is necessary that businesses focus all efforts and divert all available resources towards core processes such as production, sales and business expansion plans. This however does not come easy. There are many variables that restrict businesses and one of the main factors is often the enormity of back office operations. Back office operations are

Why Offshore Accounting Services Have Become Hugely Popular?

2008-09-19T21:42:00.000-07:00

Well, there are many reasons as to why offshore accounting services have become hugely popular and if all of them are described in detail, it would provide enough content to fill hundreds of pages. One of the most prominent reasons is apparently the ability of offshore accounting services to achieve and deliver cost savings. Reducing operational costs is not difficult for offshore accounting

Offshore Insurance Process Outsourcing – Technology Aiding Growth

2008-09-02T23:03:00.000-07:00

The offshore insurance process outsourcing domain may have lagged behind other outsourcing domains for many years. However, it appears that offshore insurance process outsourcing now has a savior and that it is all set to outwit others in terms of growth and business volumes. Offshore insurance process outsourcing now has technology on its side, something that is allowing it to provide high-end

Is Accounts Receivable Outsourcing Right For Your Business?

2008-08-19T22:34:00.000-07:00

Of course it is. And you may not have to work hard in order to understand that. It is common knowledge that maintaining a regular cash flow is vitally important for businesses and that accounts receivable outsourcing allows you to achieve just that. Be it operational costs, administrative costs, business expansion, or day-to-day business operations, it's cash that's basically required for all

Why Outsourcing Has Become An Unavoidable Necessity

2008-06-26T02:09:00.000-07:00

Over the last few years, outsourcing has been one of the most debated topics worldwide. With outsourcing resulting in the transfer of jobs from our country to low-cost service hubs located in developing countries, it's only natural for the general populace to voice their concerns against this entire business of outsourcing. We might be right in our own unique way, but until we look at the bigger

Technology Driven Offshore Outsourcing Services – The New Growth Drivers

2008-05-12T21:11:00.000-07:00

During the fledging years of the offshore outsourcing industry, 24/7 phone lines were the most widely used technology tools for carrying out outsourcing operations. Phone lines may still be considered the primary service delivery channel, but their contribution levels have certainly come down, because many new technologies have emerged over the years. Most of these emerging technologies are

Know your customers better with our Market Surveys

2008-03-17T08:58:00.000-07:00

Customer buying behavior has undergone a sea change, so much so that customer tastes and preferences hardly ever remain the same. This can pose a challenge, especially if you are trying to sell a new product or service or a new version of an existing product or service. In such cases, the success of your product or service will depend on how well you have incorporated the needs and expectations

Fast and secure accounting services, tailor made for your specific needs

2008-03-14T06:34:00.000-07:00

Businesses are generally reluctant to outsource their accounting works to offshore outsourcing companies since it involves processing of confidential data that cannot be compromised. However, such presumptions are uncalled for because outsourcing companies can hardly afford to mismanage confidential data and let it slip away into public domain. Businesses that wish to outsource should never

Records Retrieval Services for safe, reliable and fast document processing

2008-03-12T05:57:00.000-07:00

With technological advancements, initiating and completing complex business processes has certainly become a lot easier. However, there still remain some processes that businesses are finding difficult to carry out, mainly due to their time-consuming and repetitive nature. For instance, there is this records retrieval process, which if done directly by insurance companies, law firms and TPAs (

Content Outsourcing – The Realm of New Age Information Marketing

2008-02-20T03:17:00.000-08:00

Although call centre services form an integral part of the BPO industry in India, content outsourcing is something that is soon catching up on to BPO industries. Content outsourcing is one field that handles all the important aspects that online companies strive to achieve. They would include aspects such as generating content for websites, creative writing, search engine optimising, editing,

Outsource your Business without Losing Control

2008-02-01T00:10:00.000-08:00

One of the greatest fears of call centres in India is to lose control and the worst part is losing control when you are half way through the project. It could get a lot frustrating on the CIOs as well as the gents because the duties delegated to the agents may just be meaningless and this has happened to quite a few BPO companies for that matter. However, there are some ways, or lets call them

What exactly Can you Outsource to India?

2008-01-23T04:34:00.000-08:00

It certainly is high time that large organisations are waking up to the trends of adopting a holistic approach towards sectors like IT services which come real handy when it comes to expanding and diversifying the existing business processes. Since availing all of these IT services in the organization itself would prove to be a costly factor, companies approach outsourcing companies in India for

The Smartworking Resort – Outsourcing to India

2008-01-20T21:54:00.000-08:00

Providing outsourcing services to companies based in US, UK and Australia is something that India is good at and the best thing is that the entire world knows about this. Everybody knows that the work force that is recruited in India is way better than the ones recruited in China, especially when it comes to business process outsourcing. As a top outsourcing service provider, India capitalizes on

Trends in Outsourcing: Strong, Sustainable and Growing

2008-01-17T03:53:00.000-08:00

It is time that business process outsourcing companies tighten their straps because analysts have predicted that business service providers are going to meet up with more challenges and this time it’s because of the newly emerging markets. However, it’s not just that, even the emergence of new market functions and the evolution in the technology used amounts as a factor adding more to the

Why big tycoons outsource in India?

2005-04-04T03:43:00.000-07:00

In recent years outsourcers, consultants, site selectors, economic development services, IT industries have been touting India like a shadow following an object. There might be myriad reasons to it but the foundation has been laid in the sector of business process outsourcing in India and no one can deny it!Site Selector experts report that they have been busy seeking a location/country that

Dell set to expand its wings in India.

2005-04-04T03:40:00.000-07:00

One of the world’s largest PC maker have recently announced that they would push deeper in the low-cost countries by hiring another 1,200 staff for a call center in India. Texas based Michael Dell, founder and chairman of Dell Company said, “I am expecting around 1,500 employees in a year as compared to 300 to start with this recently inaugurated call center.”This lately opened call center is

Outsourcing to India – Borg Warner drives into Outsourcing Arena

2005-03-15T23:33:00.000-08:00

The low-cost country advantage continues. BorgWarner, the over $3 billion engine and drive train components manufacturer, is looking at Outsourcing more business, both in its core areas of manufacture and in the services field.The company has identified three countries for conducting their Outsourcing business namely, Korea, China and India. “We will set up, in the next six to 24 months, new

Outsourcing to India: GECIS bags a $24m order from global auto manufacturer

2005-03-14T23:33:00.000-08:00

Pramod Bhasin, president and CEO of Gecis Global, the biggest Outsourcing firm in the country, announced at an investor conference recently that the company had bagged a $24m order from a global auto manufacturer.In a bid to maintain its margins in a fiercely competitive business environment, Gecis Global, needs many more such deals. The company wants non-GE revenue to contribute 25-30% of the

2005-03-07T11:00:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India – Reliance gears up for Outsourcing to other clientsThe Reliance group is moving into business process Outsourcing in a big way. Reliance Infocomm, its telecommunications arm, is charting the strategy.Reliance Infocomm has a captive Center, however, it now plans to extend Outsourcing services to customers outside the group. It intends to leverage its expertise and provide

2005-02-27T21:55:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India -- Federal Mogul spins plans to outsource auto ancillaries from India Michigan-based auto parts maker Federal Mogul is all set to make a roaring entry into the Indian automobile Industry, with its plans to outsource auto ancillaries from India through the existing joint venture business with Goetze India.“Discussions have reached fairly advanced stages for an outsource

2005-02-15T22:08:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India –Indian Animation Industry steps inIn the face of stiff competition from more established animation firms in the Philippines, South Korea, China and Taiwan, the Indian animation industry is on a roll with its growing market share. Hollywood companies are increasingly Outsourcing cartoon characters and special effects to India because of lower costs and an English-speaking

2005-02-13T23:48:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India – Goa organizes two-day Outsourcing ConventionA two-day convention based on the theme "Outsourcing: Challenges Ahead" was recently organized by Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry.The third IT convention, in the series under the banner of Goa Agenda, was addressed by number of nationally acclaimed IT leaders and attended by distinguished crowds drawn from industry, academics

2005-02-04T02:22:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India -- Tricom to set up Outsourcing firm in Pune & Mumbai Cashing in on the booming Outsourcing Industry, Non-voice business process outsourcing company Tricom India Ltd has decided to invest Rs. 20 crore (Rs 200 million) expansion programme, which includes a 600-seat facility in Mumbai and 1,500-2,000

2005-01-13T06:44:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India -- Infosys makes headway in the Outsourcing arenaRobust customer interest; increased interest in Infosys' technology and consulting practices have resulted in 51 per cent rise in software major Infosys’ net profits being placed at Rs 497.34 crore. There was sustained demand for Outsourcing, according to Mr. Basab Pradhan, Head, Worldwide Sales and Senior V-P, who added, “

2005-01-13T05:07:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India -- Orange adds color to Indian Outsourcing IndustryOrange, Britain's largest mobile phone operator is all set to add color to the Indian Outsourcing Industry with, its plans to Outsource 1,500 jobs, or 12 percent of its British workforce, to India. Cost cutting is said to be the reason behind Orange Outsourcing its jobs to India The British Telecom major is beginning trials

2005-01-03T21:39:00.000-08:00

Year 2005 -- Outsourcing to India opens new vistas with Health Care & Technical ServicesStarting the New Year on a good note, The Indian Outsourcing Industry has finally matured. Moving beyond the yuppy image, and following the instant success of the Payroll and transaction processing – Outsourcing to India has opened up new vistas in the arenas of HealthCare, investment management, engineering

2004-12-21T21:50:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India -- U.S legal Claims to be Outsourced to India The Outsourcing Industry sure seems to be on a roll with the U.S. Legal Claims processing being eager to be processed in India. The legal work would be a significant departure from mere data capturing and imaging. Half a billion dollars worth of money is to be made in this business, believes one of the largest legal firms in the

2004-12-07T20:34:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India : Debt Collectors on the prowl!!! Debt defaulters beware!! India has entered the new arena of debt collection and recovery in terms of Outsourcing. It comes complete with assurances of reducing debt recovery cost and the time needed for the process. General Electric Co, Citigroup, HSBC Holdings and American Express are some of the Outsourcing companies that are using their

2004-11-04T02:28:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India: Japanese Companies to touch base India Japanese Companies are all set to touch base with India where, Outsourcing is concerned. India, which has made a name for itself in the IT Outsourcing business, could also stand to benefit from Outsourcing in the manufacturing sector notably from Japanese companies. “The Japanese manufacturing sector is strong and big and could look at

2004-10-14T02:37:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing to India : U.K. Companies set sights on India After the United Stated the Nation laying its bets on the Outsourcing Industry in India, it is now the turn of United Kingdom (U.K.) --- British Companies from diverse backgrounds such as Life Insurance to Communication as well as Publishers of Science, Technical and Medical Books have set sights on Outsourcing jobs to India. To commence

2004-09-25T03:27:00.000-07:00

Security a High Priority while Outsourcing - Experts Date: 25th September 2004 Outsourcing in recent times has gained high grounds due to the success factors such as slashed prices, around-the-clock operations and 24/7 production cycle that adds to overall productivity. India being in the forefront where Outsourcing to other regions is concerned. However, it has been noticed that when it comes

2004-09-17T09:03:00.000-07:00

Insurance Outsourcing Gaining Ground India has become one of the most popular destinations for outsourcing insurance processes and top insurance companies in the US and Europe—Cox Insurance Holdings, Aviva Life Insurance, AXA Sun Life have moved their processes to India based captive or third party outsourcing firms. According to the Global Insurance Outsourcing report released by the Value

2004-09-13T09:58:00.000-07:00

U.S Study Sings Praises Of Outsourcing To India It might be touted as the next best thing that ever happened to the IT industry, but lending credence to all the brouhaha surrounding outsourcing, especially to India, is a new study conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan Business School and the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School. The study has estimated that the average

2004-08-12T03:27:00.000-07:00

Indian IT Firms Treading Towards Smaller Cities Smaller Indian cities, which offer better prospects, are likely to witness Indian software makers and outsourcing firms queuing up before them. This changeover can be noticed due to the overcrowding and crumbling infrastructure in the metros. The smaller cities are attracting IT firms and outsourcing firms like never before, as a large pool of

2004-08-11T01:09:00.000-07:00

The New Mantra- ‘Outsource Your Job To Earn More’! The recent mantra doing the rounds in the US IT sector is ‘outsourcing one’s job to earn more’! Programmers are outsourcing their software modules to cheap and efficient labour in India. In this manner, they get more time as well as more money. In fact, they earn doubly, one from the outsourced job and other from the new job that they undertake.

2004-08-10T06:18:00.000-07:00

China Fast Rising As a Service Outsourcing Hub China is fast emerging as a service-outsourcing hub and is likely to catch up with India by 2007. Connect IT China, a Shanghai-based consultancy, has estimated that China’s software outsourcing revenue would double to $5 billion by 2005. China is joining English-speaking countries such as India and the Philippines as a key destination for outsourced

2004-08-05T10:23:00.000-07:00

Offshore Outsourcing Is Not Just About Cost One should understand the need for offshore outsourcing better before making a decision. Cost is definitely one of the main reasons for offshore outsourcing to India, but one should realize that this cost advantage might not be seen immediately. Initial investment in infrastructure, training, and other such preliminaries may make one believe that the

2004-08-03T07:11:00.000-07:00

India To Ease Tax On Outsourcing Units India is set to ease the tax burden on multinationals outsourcing work to units in India, to bring them into line with local outsourcing firms that enjoy a tax break. The change in the rule removes the distinction that had meant the outsourcing units of multinationals were taxed more heavily than other parts of their business in India. The government had

2004-07-14T05:09:00.000-07:00

Is Clinical Test Outsourcing the new venture for India? Looking back at the number of new avenues in the world of outsourcing, the latest question, which seems to be raising its head is-“ Is clinical test outsourcing the prospective new venture for India?” The question came into picture when Fortis Healthcare, a Ranbaxy Promoter group company is already known to be supplying clinical test

2004-07-13T01:38:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing Teleradiology To India Outsourcing healthcare services like medical billing, coding and transcription has been common for some time now. As offshore outsourcing continues to grow and evolve there are an increasing number of services that are being outsourced. Services like teleradiology-the outsourcing of radiology reading, are on the rise as an acute shortage of radiologists has

2004-07-06T00:46:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing To India To Rise Further Offshore outsourcing to India will grow by at least 30 percent during 2004 keeping in mind the criteria of increased offshoring by bigwigs like IBM, EDS and Accenture, according to information technology research firm Giga. These companies are likely to increase their presence in India to compete against the major Indian vendors. Using India as an offshore

2004-07-05T01:14:00.000-07:00

Britain Extends Full Support to India On The Issue of Outsourcing Unlike the U.S., Britain has recently assured India that it would extend full support to India on the issue of outsourcing. Unlike in the U.S., they have taken a different stand on the debate revolving around job losses and outsourcing to India. They have attempted to bring together trade unions and businesses to highlight that

2004-06-23T04:39:00.000-07:00

IT Outsourcing Proves To Be Cost Effective Companies outsourcing back office work to India save as much as 60% of their cost every year, the National Association of Software and Service Companies reports. The difference in wages between the parent location in the U.S. OR U.K. and India is more than 70-80% for offshorable processes. However, interaction costs increase by 10-20% because India is

2004-06-03T08:25:00.000-07:00

India’s Animators Ride Outsourcing Wave Cute cartoon characters and sleek special effects may not seem obvious candidates for outsourcing, but Indian studios are popping up alongside software firms and call centers that do work for firms in the west. Late comer India has started to gain favour over more established animation centers such as Taiwan, Singapore, South Korea and the Philippines, in

2004-06-01T00:40:00.000-07:00

New Hot Spot In the BPO Map: Pune Mumbai’s cousin, Pune, has seen a sea change and has emerged as a hot spot for companies outsourcing to India. At the moment, the Maharashtrian city is playing host to a whole range of visitors outsourcing to it. The city is now emerging as one of the most favourite outsourcing hubs of the country after Mumbai, Gurgaon and Bangalore. According to experts, the

2004-05-26T08:51:00.000-07:00

New Tax Rules Expected For Companies Outsourcing to India The Finance Ministry of the Congress led coalition government, is likely to come up with a comprehensive rule for companies outsourcing to India. This will be in response to Nasscom’s representation on taxing companies outsourcing to India. The Central Board of Direct Taxes may come up with a clarification on the taxation of foreign

2004-05-21T09:53:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing To India To Rise 50% in 05 American companies have decided outsourcing to India 50% more work next year, despite the backlash in U.S. against job losses. A study conducted by global consulting major Ernst & Young says that while protests against outsourcing to India and offshoring as well, have reached a fever pitch amongst workers unions and politicians with the US presidential

2004-05-19T00:32:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing To India & China make the US Silver Screen Sizzle The controversy surrounding outsourcing to India is all set to make the silver screen sizzle. With the advent of September, theatres in U.S. will be narrating a saga on the outsourcing of American jobs to low cost countries like India and China. The initiative has been undertaken by Santa Monica based leading television software

2004-05-11T07:30:00.000-07:00

Jobs Not Likely To Be Outsourced Everyone has been hearing about the jobs that are being outsourced to India and other low wage destinations. However, there are some jobs that will never step into the outsourcing world. It is a known fact that after the low end jobs, more and more high tech jobs are getting outsourced. But one job that no one is willing in outsourcing is software architects.

2004-05-10T07:19:00.000-07:00

BPOs Giving Scope to Part-timers At last BPO companies have found the perfect antidote to cope with the high attrition rate that had become a major headache. The solution is by hiring older employees on a part time basis. Nasscom forecasts the ratio of part-timers and middle-aged employees to fresh graduate full timers in the BPO sector is likely to increase. Companies like GE,

2004-05-04T06:23:00.000-07:00

Is Outsourcing To India Always Cost Effective Despite the fact that more and more US companies flock to take advantage of India’s ample supply of cheap yet highly trained workers, some of the most motivated US companies have arrived at the conclusion that outsourcing to India is not very cost effective. The problem arises when many entrepreneurs choose outsourcing partners without matching their

2004-05-03T08:39:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing With a Difference In case you are wondering as to what is so novel about outsourcing, then you have probably missed out a probable new entry in the arena of outsourcing- ‘religion’! Sounding to be unbelievable, a shortage of priests in the United States and the United Kingdom has led to outsourcing of prayers to India. However, religious outsourcing is not absolutely an alien

2004-04-27T23:31:00.000-07:00

HR Outsourcing Human Resource Outsourcing (HRO) is enjoying healthy growth, because buyers are reaping significant benefits. HRO has long been the vanguard of Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and is by far the most outsourced business process. Estimates of industry growth vary but seem to average a healthy compound annual growth rate. Suppliers involved in different

2004-04-24T00:37:00.000-07:00

India- Dealing with the Labour Crunch Despite the fact that hiring and retaining software engineers at salaries considered to be reasonable, for Indian IT outsourcing service providers, has become difficult, multinational companies are still keen on outsourcing to the same. Large multinational technology services companies like Acenture Ltd., Electronic Data Systems Corp and IBM Global Services

2004-04-21T00:21:00.000-07:00

The Global Offshore Outsourcing Summit The Indo American Chamber of Commerce is organizing The Global Offshore Outsourcing Summit, which begins on April 21st in Grand Hyatt, Mumbai The two day summit will serve as the ideal meeting ground for all audiences with a stake in the outsourcing space and will create a perfect environment for both in-depth learning and conducting of business. An

2004-01-28T15:19:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India Global Outsourcing and consulting firms like IBM, EDS and Accenture will continue their presence in India, hence Outsourcing to India will increase. In fact Outsourcing to India is set to grow by a minimum 30 percent. India will dominate the proceedings in the Outsourcing arena and continue to be the preferred destination for Outsourcing. Using India as an Outsourcing

2004-01-17T22:09:00.000-08:00

The Outsourcing firms in India need to set quality benchmarks: NASSCOM Outsourcing to India has been gaining heat at the global level. But some multinationals have complained in the recent past that, though Outsourcing to India has proved beneficial, the service standards have been constantly falling. In fact some of them like Lehmann Brothers and Dell have stopped Outsourcing to India, some of

2004-01-16T10:15:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India: Seems to be the mantra the west wants to keep chanting Every industry wants to resort to Outsourcing to India. There is no limit as to which industry would come next. Like the most recent example would be US based company, Global Brand Marketing inc., fashion footwear and apparel market leader, has decided that it will start Outsourcing to India, and it will go be in product

2004-01-15T10:15:00.000-08:00

Backlash against Outsourcing to India blown out of proportion Minister Arun Shourie in a bid to take the edge off the backlash against Outsourcing to India in US and other countries said that such fears are uncalled for. India is far superior and has nothing to worry. The campaign that is on against Outsourcing to India is a very temporary thing and will surely subside, said the minister. The

2004-01-13T10:03:00.000-08:00

Good news for Outsourcing players in India British Minister of State for Trade, Investment and Foreign Affairs, Mike O'Brien, told in an interview that although the backlash against Outsourcing to India is still on, Britain would not take any protectionist measure for its domestic industry. He said that it’s a free market economy and India is not the only one, which, benefits from Outsourcing,

2004-01-12T13:59:00.000-08:00

Even auto industry shows its interest in Outsourcing to India Outsourcing India is to happen in a big way. The Outsourcing India will be in pharmaceuticals research, automobile manufacturing and what not. Every industry is looking forward to Outsource from India. Now two automobile giants are coming to India to look at Outsourcing automotive components. Auto part giants $10 billion Textron Inc

2004-01-10T21:19:00.000-08:00

UK engulfed in an unemployment wave due to Outsourcing UK is struggling with unemployment, and seems that it can’t do a thing about it. And Outsourcing of jobs to India is what is giving fuel to this state of unemployment. The job growth rate has been virtually been zero in the month of December. The main reasons cited for this current scenario are changes in technology, productivity growth and

2004-01-09T12:37:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India to become the hot topic of the coming elections in U.S After turning the US job market upside down, now Outsourcing to India is to become a keenly debated issue this election in the U.S. As the elections near, the politicians are going hoarse over the issue of Outsourcing.Despite the apparent backlash, companies have not ceased Outsourcing to India as yet. They continue to

2004-01-08T13:39:00.000-08:00

India a low-cost Outsourcing destination: Not that true India has been beating the drums over being a low-cost Outsourcing destination, but that is not quite true. Because there are certain hidden costs embedded in the Outsourcing deals with . Many companies fall into the trap thinking that by Outsourcing to India they will be raking in some huge profits, but that is not often the case. In fact

2004-01-05T10:18:00.000-08:00

Cyberabad outraces Bangalore: emerges as the new Outsourcing destination As the topic, Outsourcing to India catches more and more fire, there is a growing competition within Indian states themselves, as to which will become the preference of the multinationals. Hyderabad is slowly rising to the fore as a hip & happening Outsourcing hub. It has slowly edged Bangalore and become the preferred

2004-01-03T23:06:00.000-08:00

Product development is the future, NASSCOM tells Indian outsourcing firms If the Indian outsourcing firms want to rake in more moolah then collaborative product development is the way to go, which is fast emerging as a money-spinner, according to a report by NASSCOM. And so Indian outsourcing firms must embark on product development and high-end research activities and explore this yet

2004-01-02T10:44:00.000-08:00

Backlash against outsourcing Although India strongly feels that there is a strong backlash against outsourcing to India, U.S. experts feel that India is reading too much in to it and shouldn't worry about it. The two American experts who attended the ITES-BPO summit surely felt so. Michel Janssen, president, supplier solutions, Everest group, said that, " this backlash against India is not all

2004-01-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing: to do it or not Suddenly outsourcing is the in thing. The year 2003 was a great year for the IT industry and the 2004 promises to be even bigger. The pressure to stay ahead of competition and the need to cut costs has forced multinationals to look at outsourcing. It is unbelievable to actually know how many millions of job opportunities it has created. It has become a viable career

2003-12-30T13:40:00.000-08:00

The Human Factor: India losing out on HR outsourcing Human resource (HR) outsourcing has been the fastest growing BPO segment in the world in recent years. In fact its set to become a $ 51 billion market worldwide in 2004, representing 39 per cent of the total business process outsourcing (BPO) revenue. But India seems to be losing its way. 'India is barely skimming the surface of the HR

2003-12-29T11:55:00.000-08:00

Reliance India looking to boost Outsourcing A Reliance company official said that the group is all set to recruit 2,000 call center workers in expectation of bagging new outsourcing deals. Reliance’s Mumbai call center already has 4500 employees who primarily work on domestic assignments of servicing the six million mobile facility subscribers. Reliance Infocomm president V.S. Chandrasekar

2003-12-27T21:41:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing: You win; I win deal for consumers, firms A few years ago if you had talked about off shoring, people would've probably said that you are crazy. But now the term outsourcing or off shoring is so common, that even a child now will be able to tell you the meaning of it. The debate is on fire ever since a study by Forrester, a research group, in 2002 claimed that 3.3 million

2003-12-26T13:16:00.000-08:00

Offshore outsourcing: Little effect on U.S. jobs? Overall U.S. job market has been little affected by IT and manufacturing companies outsourcing jobs to other countries. With most estimates saying 500,000 or fewer U.S. jobs have moved offshore to countries like India, offshore outsourcing has had little impact on the U.S. unemployment rate, which stood at 5.9 percent in November. The U.S. has a

2003-12-25T13:19:00.000-08:00

Financial times sponsors Outsourcing to India Outsourcing to India is the last thing the workers in the U.S. and Western Europe want to hear about. And what could be more hurting than to see a major financial newspaper sponsoring a conference, which encourages companies to relocate jobs to India. But Financial Times is doing exactly that. "India has been on the frontline of global outsourcing

2003-12-24T11:03:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing the only way out for the U.S. No matter what U.S. does they cannot take a step back now. Outsourcing is inevitable. Pressured by the necessities to cut costs and to stay competitive on a global basis, U.S. firms have to resort to offshore outsourcing, according to the latest issue of U.S. magazine Forbes. Offshore outsourcing simply exploded into the mainstream in 2003. There is now

2003-12-23T11:48:00.000-08:00

Re: Viewing 2003: Outsourcing and …India Although the rest of the IT industry has not had a bright year, the continued need for businesses to look at ways of reducing or cutting IT costs has seen a relative boom in the demand for outsourcing services. India has overshadowed everybody else with gigantic low-cost offshore deals both for call centers and development work and, along with many of the

2003-12-22T10:54:00.000-08:00

U.S. not opposed to outsourcing to India: Arun Jaitley Good news ceases to stop for the Indian BPO industry. The U.S. today assured that it would not approve of the opposition to business outsourcing bill brought in through legislations by New Jersey and some other states of the country, to stop the work flowing to low cost countries like India and China. Commerce and Industries Minister Arun

2003-12-20T22:32:00.000-08:00

IBM escalates outsourcing to India and China As many as 4,370 programming jobs are supposedly to be relocated outside U.S. by the software giant IBM. A recent report by the Wall Street Journal has hinted that IBM has in fact told its managers to plan on shifting the work of thousands of programmers to foreign countries. IBM, which employed a total of nearly 316,000 workers at the end of 2002,

2003-12-19T13:35:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing to India British companies outsourcing to India, is not a surprise. But what is surprising is those who don’t. It is infact, “The Thing”, to do in Britain. Those who are not following this trend are the one’s who are making some news. Such companies are now being questioned on their decision to stick to Britain. Companies such as HBOS- owned telenet insurer, Esure, have just expanded

2003-12-16T15:18:00.000-08:00

Technical flaws create mess in Call Centers: Wipro Spectra mind loses its mega-project US-based Lehman Brothers has decided to stop using Wipro Spectra mind as an outsourcing partner for technical help. Interestingly, while IT services outsourcing and off shoring is okay with MNCs, when it comes to BPOit is a different story. In the fast growing BFSI segment, MNC companies like GE, American

2003-12-14T00:50:00.000-08:00

Outsourcing business now outsourcing itself! The outsourcing business is now outsourcing itself. US-based Cedar says it's more economical than building more capacity. The outsourcing business is now outsourcing itself! US-based management and IT consulting firm, Cedar, which has a 250 seater call centre in Mumbai, wants to tie up with a bangalore based call centre. That's because the

2003-12-04T12:08:00.000-08:00

Insurance giant to outsource to India British insurance giant Norwich Union is the latest to join the list of companies to outsource to India: it has told staff that it will cut 2,350 jobs and export them to India. The move once again sparked protests from trade unions. The Amicus trade union termed the decision as "despicable" and vowed to fight it. Parent firm Aviva said operating costs in

2003-12-02T12:14:00.000-08:00

50,000 jobs moved to India RESEARCH has revealed that 28 firms have outsourced more than 50,000 jobs serving UK customers to India over the past two years. More and more firms are planning to 'remote source' call centre work to India, making savings of around 40%. Recent announcements have included plans by the national rail enquiry service to move 600 jobs to India as part of cost cutting

2003-12-01T13:00:00.000-08:00

Bush Government encouraging outsourcing to India: Expert The Government of US President George W Bush is encouraging rather than discouraging the process of job outsourcing to India, particularly in the software sector, feels an information systems expert. In an online statement quoted by the Daily Times, Douglas Chick claimed that at all American Government levels, there is "every indication

2003-11-27T12:48:00.000-08:00

More takes on outsourcing With recent announcements that Boeing and AT&T Wireless are both looking at sending jobs overseas -- to Japan and India, respectively -- the issue of offshore outsourcing is in the headlines again. Seattle Weekly looks at how the news is energizing local labor groups, and rattling the world-view of "elite," high-tech workers who once imagined that they were safe from

2003-11-26T12:54:00.000-08:00

Dell Affirms Commitment to India In response to recent complaints about customer service calls, Dell Computer (Quote, Chart) is bringing some of its overseas business customer service back to the U.S., but stressed that it remains committed to its call centers in India. Published reports said Dell would be moving some of its business customer service calls from its technical support center in

2003-11-24T10:30:00.000-08:00

British minister supports outsourcing to India British Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has supported companies that outsource work to India and rejected demands by unions that the government step in to stop jobs moving overseas. Hewitt has rejected calls for the government to pass new laws or change rules to discriminate against British companies setting up call centres in India.

2003-11-20T12:31:00.000-08:00

UK trade unions to protest against outsourcing staggering two lakh in coming years as a result of 'outsourcing' by big companies in London, a direct beneficiary being call centres in India, Britain's trade unions are gearing up for a spate of countrywide protests. Drastic cut in costs in the range of 30 to 70 per cent, a better quality in services and stiff competition are pushing more and

2003-11-19T11:33:00.000-08:00

IT Outsourcing to India irreversible There would be a political backlash in the US against outsourcing IT work to India during the elections in the US next year but the fundamental economic value of offshore outsourcing to American companies will allow the industry to continue to grow, a top US IT official said today. Delivering the keynote address on 'India as a product destination' at the

2003-11-18T10:01:00.000-08:00

Blair OK with outsourcing to India British prime minister Tony Blair has hit back at his country's rising angst over the shift in high-level service sector and manufacturing jobs to India and China by offering an improve-or-lose mantra. Rejecting criticism from 250 corporate bosses about the Sino-Indian impact on British business, Blair told the annual conference of the Confederation of

2003-09-22T12:46:00.000-07:00

IBG evokes UK to outsource to India Indian IT and service providing companies are suggesting the UK government to access the economical business services from India in order to cope with growing economical pressure. Indian Business Group [IBG] – representative of 100 IT companies in UK is suggesting outsourcing to India to survive in the global competition. Prudential ICICI, British Airways,

2003-09-17T12:22:00.000-07:00

Clariant AG to outsource from India As the horizons of outsourcing sector in India widens up several newer players are enthusiastically seeking opportunities to outsource in India. Swiss major Clariant AG, has identified Clariant (India) among its global outsourcing hub for raw materials, dye-stuffs and specialty chemicals. In report published in Business Standard –MD of Clariant India,

2003-09-13T22:15:00.000-07:00

NEWS SNIPPETS (The outsourcing buzz around – What the industry says?) # Toyota Kirloskar Motor - the Japanese automaker will be investing $4.8 billion to set up a 100 per cent export oriented transmission unit, in its auto component parts unit near its plant at Bidadi in India, by June, 2004. The move comes in wake of strengthening the outsourcing capacity from India. # According to the study,

2003-09-08T13:04:00.000-07:00

Volvo turns to India for outsourcing AB Volvo the Swedish automaker – one of the leading suppliers of commercial transport vehicles is looking towards India to outsource components for its manufacturing facilities in Europe and America. Ulf Nordqvist, managing director of the Indian subsidiary Volvo India says, "we have already set up a dedicated source for outsourcing forged components, cast

2003-09-07T00:49:00.000-07:00

Bharti Teletech planning to venture into outsourcing With the on-rise of outsourcing to India – Bharti Teletech is looking to venture into outsourcing. This move by Bharti Teletech – the manufacturing arm of India's leading private integrated telecom company Bharati Enterprises – comes in wake of the stoppage of production and outsourcing from China by telephone companies. Bharti Teletech is

2003-09-04T13:43:00.000-07:00

LogicaCMG to increase staff by almost 400% LogicaCMG offering services like management and IT consultancy, systems development and integration as well as outsourced management of targeted business processes is enhancing its manpower in India to almost 400% within next one and half years. The move comes in wake of growing Indian outsourcing industry. LogicaCMG recently bagged outsourcing

2003-09-03T12:49:00.000-07:00

Outsourcing to India will grow: OVUM European analyst and consulting firm OVUM has reported that India is likely to sustain and grow as a favored offshore outsourcing destination. The current trend (of offshore outsourcing) – Ovum says – is simply based on reduced manpower cost and IT firms across US are enthusiastically approving the concept. Outsourcing to India has shown mammoth growth for

2003-09-02T18:00:00.000-07:00

Forbes: India is best for outsourcing A study by business magazine FORBES has revealed that India remains as the most preferred destination for outsourcing due to the corporate and economical structure – that India enjoys. A study was conducted amongst the offshore outsourcing destinations like India, China, Russia, the Philippines, Canada, Mexico and Ireland. Outsourcing to India holds the

2003-09-02T17:57:00.000-07:00