{"id":5813,"date":"2013-09-04T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T12:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/\/?p=5813"},"modified":"2022-03-28T03:06:53","modified_gmt":"2022-03-28T03:06:53","slug":"ten-offshore-outsourcing-buzz-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/ten-offshore-outsourcing-buzz-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Offshore Outsourcing Buzz Terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"float-left alignleft wp-image-5814 size-thumbnail\" title=\"Ten Offshore Outsourcing Buzz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/call-center-outsourcing-trends-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/call-center-outsourcing-trends-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/call-center-outsourcing-trends.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/>It is no secret that call center outsourcing is a well-known industry; as a matter of fact, there are so many people who know of the many advantages of offshore outsourcing and plan to explore it. There are a lot of jargon used in the \u201coffshore outsourcing\u201d business, which are known to be quite confusing.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential that you know the most commonly used buzz words or terms in the offshore outsourcing industry. The following is a list of ten buzz terms used in call center outsourcing:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Domestic or Onshore Outsourcing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Domestic or onshore outsourcing is when an organization&#8217;s business process outsourcing requirements are being met by another company located in the same nation. When compared to other call center outsourcing solutions, domestic or onshore outsourcing is more costly; especially when it comes to taxes, labor costs, and other business-related areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Nearshore Outsourcing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This term is used when an organization is outsourcing some of its work activities to a neighbouring nation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Globalization<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Globalization&#8221; is a term that gained recognition with the advent of the internet. It refers to certain types of products, service, and business that have no standardized boundaries of countries, time, or language.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Crowd Sourcing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This process involves inviting interested workers through an online &#8220;open call&#8221; i.e. Bidding platforms<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Offshore Outsourcing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As an authority on offshore outsourcing subject, I can tell you for a fact that more and more businesses (both small and large) are taking advantage of the offshore outsourcing. Offshore outsourcing is a process where work\/tasks is outsourced to a destination or destinations where the manpower and labor expenses is a more affordable than near shore or onshore destinations.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>TCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TCO can be described as Total Cost of Ownership\/Total Cost of Outsourcing from the labor costs to service fees, and from the implementation and managing of fees that call center service providers have to bear for a client\u2019s project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>SLA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Service Level Agreement (SLA) is an agreement that includes the terms &amp; conditions, charges and services which call center service providers and their clients are to agree upon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>Virtual Call Center<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Virtual call centers are call centers where all agents are situated in various locations around the world but perform their tasks as a team for an organization<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><strong>BPO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Business Process Outsourcing (commonly called BPO) is simply a fancy word for call center. Though, BPO can also used in a pretty wide perspective as it is divided into two groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Front office outsourcing<\/li>\n<li>Back office outsourcing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>10. <\/strong><strong>E-Outsourcing <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>E-outsourcing is when an organization purchases much needed information technology (IT) services and or products via the internet as an alternative to deploying its in-house source to satisfy this IT requirement.<\/p>\n<p>When you contact an offshore outsourcing service provider such as 123 Employee, the aforementioned industry jargon will not seem like Greek to you.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/insights\/ebooks\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28210 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/download.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"685\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/download.jpg 685w, https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/download-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bridge-global.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/download-500x235.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 685px) 100vw, 685px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!--:en-->It is no secret that call center outsourcing is a well known industry; as a matter of fact, there are so many people who know of the many advantages of offshore outsourcing and plan to explore it. 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