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Each month, we provide research-driven insight that cuts to the core of topical, relevant issues surrounding the delivery of business support services — the increasingly complex mix of insourcing, offshoring, shared services and outsourcing. The Platform aims to be a knowledge base for strategic decisions, providing market data and industry insight.
In this Issue:
TPI Sourcing Industry Scan: Renegotiations
Reaping the Benefits of Restructuring Outsourcing Contracts
Financial Services Enterprise goes Global with a Virtual Captive Solution
A Study of What Happened to Year 2000 Contracts
Service Provider Market Share
Spend Thursday with TPI
Of Mice & Mergers
Emerging Trends for 2007
TPI Sourcing Industry Scan: Renegotiations
As the sourcing advisory industry founder and the largest advisory firm in the world focused on helping organizations optimize their business operations through insourcing, offshoring, shared services and outsourcing, we have seen and heard a lot from our clients. In combination with our industry research, our client experiences provide our advisors with the information to validate or dispel many of the popular perceptions about the industry. And contrary to popular perception, outsourcing agreements are rarely terminated, and it is equally rare for service to be repatriated through insourcing.

Similarly, when many hear “renegotiation,” they conclude that the first time around must have concluded with an outcome that wasn’t acceptable. This is rarely the case.

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Reaping the Benefits of Restructuring Outsourcing Contracts
During the next few years, over US$110 billion worth of outsourcing agreements will be up for renewal, and billions more will be subject to mid-term re-negotiation. Examining the key market drivers behind the current rise in re-structurings and the factors that prompt contracts to be renegotiated will shed some light on this occurrence.

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Financial Services Enterprise goes Global with a Virtual Captive Solution

TPI empowers a major financial institution to transform its business and improve operational efficiency through an innovative Global Service Delivery model.

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THINK TWICE: A Study of What Happened to Year 2000 Contracts

While long-term, high-dollar-value contract award announcements often capture headlines, fewer than half of outsourcing relationships reach the end of their contractual term in the same form in which they began.

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Service Provider Market Share
Americas — Big Six maintain their commanding market share, while the Big Five Europe and India-based service providers find their share squeezed by providers in the "Other" category

EMEA — Big Six increased their market share in the last month significantly, with a majority of the gain coming at the expense of the "Other" category

Asia-Pacific — Japan-based and India-based service providers continue to gain market share, at the expense of both the big Six and Big Five Europe

BPO — Convergys and Hewitt increased their market share in the last month while the Big Six and Big Five Europe maintained their share

ITO — The Big Six continues to increase its market share, while the Big Five Europe and service providers in the "Other" category lost ground over the last month

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Spend Thursday with TPI
Spend Thursday, December 14 with TPI at a complimentary online seminar, WebExchange on HR Issues and Trends.

Learn how to positively impact your retail business operations through Human Resources transaction services, including workforce administration (WFA), payroll and benefits administration. We'll also cover emerging trends in HR outsourcing such as learning, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO) and knowledge process outsourcing (KPO).

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Of Mice & Mergers
Cultural differences are often blamed for merger failures, but the proof of this is hard to pinpoint in “real world” analysis. One interesting “laboratory” study seems to show irrefutable evidence that culture is a significant barrier to unlocking post-merger value. The implications and insights are important considerations for effectively managing an integration – or, for that matter, any significant change in business models such as shared services or outsourcing.

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Emerging Trends for 2007
Large enterprises are looking to optimize their business operations — including finance, procurement, accounting and even human resources — through the best combination of insourcing, offshoring, shared services and outsourcing.

Based on TPI’s insights and knowledge, see what lies ahead…

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In The Next Issue:
Steering the Bus through the Rear-View Mirror
Is Past Performance the Best Way to Guide Future Corporate Results?

Healthcare white paper
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Procurement Outsourcing
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