12 hours ago by Scott Francis

Adam Deane has once against sparked a discussion in his comments – this time about BPM and BPO – and he ends with the question: “ So why are BPO and BPM not talking to each other?” I might not have commented on the post, but for reading Neil Ward-Dutton’s response, and then Evan McDonnell’s response ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

The Veterans Affairs Department is being accused of undermining its own goal of hiring more veterans by expanding its outsourcing practices that eliminate many federal jobs currently, or historically, held by veterans, according to the union representing 205,000 employees at the VA. In November, Pre ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

The Philippines recently overtook India as the world’s call-center capital; in 2011, the country’s Information Technology-Business Process Outsourcing (IT-BPO) industry contributed approximately US$11 billion in export revenues, more than 640,000 direct jobs and approximately 1.5 million indirect jo ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

The global marketplace is apparently not a friendly place for labor. One statistic from Numberof.net puts the number of U.S. jobs shipped overseas in 2009 at more than 2 million, as companies look to save costs by utilizing cheaper labor rates in other countries. For Americans it is easy to get caug ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

Venture Outsource announced today the launch of its online EMS Resources Directory that provides all site visitors a free and unique experience based on specific search parameters and proprietary algorithms enabling users to locate and compare electronics manufacturing services (EMS) providers and o ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

UniCredit SpA’s Ukrainian unit signed a $200 million agreement with International Business Machines Corp. to outsource information technology systems as the bank seeks to cut costs and improve customer service. “This is the first instance of full outsourcing in the region and marks a new era” “in th ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

More than 1,100 jobs from central government departments and agencies were outsourced to the private sector in the last financial year, new research has uncovered. The findings, uncovered through a series of questions tabled by former Labour cabinet minister Frank Dobson, have prompted union fears t ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

Last November President Obama signed into law the “Vow to Hire Heroes Act” designed to increase employment opportunities for America’s veterans. But a key provision in the act creating an expedited process for hiring returning soldiers for federal jobs is being undermined by the Department of Vetera ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

Mossville could lose machinists, but Mapleton workforce growing Caterpillar Inc. is considering outsourcing 65 machinist jobs from its Mossville Engine Center while making plans to move additional Mossville jobs to its plant in Mapleton. Caterpillar officials met with employees last week to discuss ...

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1 day ago by Outsourcing Age Editor

While biotech and pharma are referred to as sunrise sectors, a new study reveals only an insignificant amount of innovative, patentable work has been carried out so far as part of the outsourcing process to Indian pharma-biotech firms. The study titled “work outsourced to Indian biotech and pharma c ...

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