| 01/09/12Bundling: Outsourcing Multiple Business FunctionsCould bundling be a sensible strategy for your organisation? Whether services will be performed by third party service providers or a shared services centre, you should know the bundling options for your processes and the pros and cons of each potential arrangement. |
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| 07/19/11KPMG: 2011 Mobile Payments OutlookThe use of mobile phones as a payment alternative to cash, checks or credit cards looks set to increase significantly. In order to assess the mobile payments market, KPMG conducted a global online survey of 970 companies between the period of September 2010 and February 2011.This paper identifies adoption barriers and opportunities, and provides insight into the forces shaping the mobile payments market. |
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| 07/14/11The Finance & Accounting Function and The Extended Global EnterpriseCFOs are continually asked to look for cost-savings opportunities without undermining the core functions of F&A services. Leading companies today are adopting strategies that leverage a network of capabilities and a pool of resources can be rapidly provisioned and released on demand to meet ever-changing market conditions and evolving business objectives. Read this paper to learn how to view F&A services through a supply-and-demand paradigm to extend capabilities beyond the four walls of your company. |
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| 03/15/11KPMG: A New Role for New Times: Opportunities and Obstacles for the Expanding Finance FunctionThe challenges of conducting business in a modern, globalized economy are compelling finance departments to transform from efficient managers of transactions into ‘business visionaries,’ providing boards with insights into true profitability and guiding investment and cost control decisions. In the fall of 2010, CFO Research Services, in collaboration with KPMG’s global Financial Management practice, surveyed just under 450 senior finance executives from large companies in North America, Europe, and Asia to discover their views on the changing role of the corporate finance function and their aspirations for the future. A New Role for New Times captures these viewpoints. |
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| 03/15/11KPMG: Transforming FinanceTransforming Finance brings together insights from senior practitioners within KPMG’s Financial Management practice, focusing on the practical matters that Chief Financial Officers need to consider when they are planning the future of their departments. It draws on case studies covering public and private sector organizations to offer a blueprint for successful transformation. |
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| 01/13/11Exclusive Business Process Outsourcing Partnerships: Friend or Foe?We thought this proposition had mostly lost its luster in the marketplace, but have recently seen a resurgence. Some service providers have reverted to initial commercial strategies, hoping to lock in preferred relationships with buyers with reduced competition and then grow the accounts over time. While it was enticing in the early days of business process outsourcing (BPO), how much value do buyers really stand to gain from such arrangements? |
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| 11/03/10Global Finance & Accounting Outsourcing Service Provider Performance and Satisfaction (SPPS): 2010The 2010 global FAO study investigates 110 F&A outsourcing contracts held by more than 90 of the top F&A spending organizations worldwide for organizations' satisfaction with their service providers. The total annual value of the contracts included in this study exceeds $1 billion in terms of annual contract value (ACV). All industries are represented in the study, as is the public sector, including both central and local government organizations. |
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| 09/13/10Sustain Competitive Advantage by Rethinking Your Business Services ModelsAs the global economy strengthens, will companies lose focus on cost competitiveness, relaxing cost control policies and hiring back staff into old models? Or will they instead fundamentally shift their business models to take advantage of the robust offerings of the market place? Those who do the latter will truly have competitive differentiation. |
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| 03/04/10Ten Steps for Improving Your Shared Services Brand Should you revitalize your internal brand for shared services? Are you trying to move beyond transactional processing? Here are 10 things you can do right now to improve the value proposition for your shared services center. |
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| 08/01/08Considerations for Adopting a Sole-Sourcing ApproachOver the past couple of years, EquaTerra and the market at large have seen an increased demand for sole-source outsourcing, with the approach being particularly relevant for organisations wishing to renew existing contracts. This paper explores the advantages and risks of this type of procurement and gives an overview of EquaTerra's sole source advice and guidance. |
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08/01/08It's a Question of Balance - How Professional Advisors can Add Value to the ProcessThis EquaTerra Position explores the need for sourcing advisors and the role they can play in ensuring your strategic decisions are based on a balanced perspective. Every sustainable sourcing strategy is a question of balance. It's rare that a business will outsource every part of an existing internal process - much may go, but some things will almost certainly stay. That begs three major questions:
1. What should stay and what should go?
2. When bits need to go, where should they go to?
3. How should you manage those bits after they've gone? |
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