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The Key Steps to Process OutsourcingDe Belangrijkste Stappen Bij Proces OutsourcingDe nödvändiga stegen för att lyckas med outsourcing av processerEntscheidene Schritte zum Prozessoutsourcing

19 December 2011 Offshoring

When it comes to service or process outsourcing based on the requirements of your company, most expert business advisors would suggest that the best way of doing this is to set a bidding process for various BPO providers. Naturally, the …

Dutch government: offshoring is no ground for collective firingDutch government: offshoring is no ground for collective firingHolländska regeringen: Offshoring är ingen giltig grund för kollektiv uppsägningNiederländische Regierung: Offshoring ist keine Begründung für kollektive Entlassungen

14 December 2011 Offshoring

The Dutch political party PvdA (Labor Party) will propose a bill to ban collective firing on the grounds of offshoring. The party declared so on its blog. I think that this way of thinking does not fit with our day and …

The Rise of Financial Management as a Strategic ToolDe Opkomst van Financieel Management als een Strategische ToolFramväxten av ekonomistyrning som ett strategiskt verktyg Der Einsatz des Finanzmanagements als strategisches Werkzeug

12 December 2011 Offshoring

Thanks in part to several key mega-trends in business thinking over the last 30+ years, senior business and technology executives face a fairly generic list of tasks today. They are working to align information technology (IT) with business goals, turn …

Do you have a global mindset?Heeft u een ‘global mindset’?Har du ett globalt mindset?Vertreten Sie eine globale Einstellung?

7 December 2011 Offshoring

I recently did a presentation on Talk About IT. One of the topics of my story was how mindset affects (working with) global teams. The highlights: 1. ‘I want to have people in my office’ This is a mindset that many …

The #1 Way Internet Marketers Throw Away Their Time, Energy & Money

24 November 2011 Soft Skills

By now, just about every Internet marketer knows they ‘should’ be using a virtual assistant to free up their time for more important matters like strategizing, organizing campaigns, arranging JVs, creating new promotions, fine-tuning offers, etc. But, still, many marketers …

What does it take to successfully manage an offshore team?Wat is er nodig om met succes een offshore-team the beheren?Vad krävs det för att framångsrikt leda ett offshore -team?Was braucht man, um ein Offshore Team erfolgreich zu verwalten?

23 November 2011 Offshoring

Report: Talk About IT, November 15, 2011 Last Tuesday was the fifth time Talk About IT in Amsterdam. Talk About IT is a platform where interesting experienced speakers present their views about the latest topics in IT and where IT professionals come …

Good Governance as a Competitive AdvantageGoed Bestuur als een Competitief VoordeelBra styrelsesätt som en en konkurrensfördelGuter Führungsstil als ein wettbewerbsfähiger Vorteil

23 November 2011 Offshoring

One would think the studies that demonstrate a strong correlation between good governance and the successful outcome of outsourcing engagements would be enough to convince everyone to pursue it, but that is not the case. Even the largest and most …

Trends in international outsourcingtrends in internationale outsourcing Trends in international outsourcing Trends in international outsourcing

23 November 2011 Outsourcing

The past few years international outsourcing has come to play an increasingly large part within the IT industry. Mainly large companies like KPN and Sogeti regularly decide to relocate projects offshore, especially to India. For example, KPN announced two weeks …

Global Staffing: creating co-workersGlobal Staffing: medewerkers creërenGlobal Bemanning: Att skapa medarbetareGlobal Staffing: Mitarbeiter schaffen

23 November 2011 Outsourcing

Yesterday, I visited a seminar in Amsterdam about offshoring and afterwards had a long discussion with a project manager from Accenture. The main message of the day for me was that if you want to work with people on a …

An Android based tablet for $60…!!Een Android tablet voor $60…!!En Android-baserad surfplatta för $60…!!Ein Android basiertert Tablet-PC für $60…!!

23 November 2011 Outsourcing

An android based tablet computing device with 350 gm weight, 7” size touch screen, 800 x 480 pixel resolution, OS:Android 2.2, 256 RAM,2GB storage capacity, 366Mhz processor, 3 hour battery back-up, 2 USB ports, support Wi-Fi connectivity, supports more than …

Global Software Development: Fixed price or not? Global Software Ontwikkeling: Vaste prijs of niet?Global mjukvaruutveckling: Fastpris eller inte?Globale Softwareentwicklung: Festpreis: Ja oder nein?

23 November 2011 Outsourcing

Internet and software projects are often executed on a fixed price & fixed date contract. The customer outsourcing the project feels ‘protected’ against delays and misunderstandings in delivery. But are you as a customer really protected or does it make …

6 governance habits to create success in global staffing

13 September 2011 Offshoring

The traditional outsourcing model uses a fixed price or SLA as a basis to manage the relationship between the people onshore and offshore. The agreement is based on result. In global staffing, the agreement is based on effort and availability. …