Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) = Global Fusion

p>'Globalism' Sweeps The Worldmanagers to offer consulting to its clients (as it is able
Increasingly the world of business is coming togetherto view theclients' customer needs more objectively
totackles people/business & political issues. Thisclosely) that help them align their competitive strategies
increased focus on collaborative synergies is reshapingmore effectively.
corporate strategies and even transformingBPO vendors are then able to chargetheir its clients on
competition...as even competitors at times comethe value they delivers rather than the usual model of
together to collectively grow themarkets/lobby foreffort based costing. This way the clients do not have
concessions from governments or form businessto pay for any service/personnel in-efficiencies (as is
interest groups. All this is the new face of globalisationthe case with the usual effort based pricing practiced
- called 'globalism'. Just like fusion releases limitlessby other BPOs, where the costing depends on the
energy, business fusion through the spread ofnumber ofseats/people allocated to a process).Thus
globalism isreleasing unlimited opportunities for growthclient engagements at BPOs consistently grow up the
today and tomorrow.value chain and this business fusion is a great win for
Outsourcing is one of the trends of this globalism asclients, great for employees, great for outsourcing
business come together on a shared expertise basisservice providers and even greater for India as a
for jointly adding lasting value to their mutualtrailblazing destination for BPO innovations!
bottom-lines. Outsourcing has also given rise to manyGlobal Transformations
new ways of collaborating - like the rise ofCompanies who outsource are those who experience
collaborative marketplaces/portals on the web wherehigher pressure to provide global integration. According
outsourcing people eonverge/meet viz. serviceto a recent report, rising majority of companies
providers, service seekers, corporate, thought leaders,currently use outsourcing as a transformational vehicle.
CEOs, CFOs, Project Managers, Transition Experts,A key feature of adopting business process
freelancers,consultants, service seekers, BPO analyststransformation through a BPO model is that the
experts/advisors.process improvement stages can often be funded by
BPO & Global Fusionthe savings released in the initial outsource , particularly
Today's consultative BPOs are a unique example ofif this involves labour cost savings via a low-cost off
'global fusion' where different cultures and processesshoring location.
'fuse' to release an enormous energy viz.workerThe outsourcing initiative is now seen to be more
enthusiasm and significantly higher revenues too. Manystrategic.
BPO employ expatriate multicultural staff fromThe business reasons for outsourcing appear
different countries to deliver integrated BPO i.e. bothpersuasive, and the experience to date revolutionary
the contact center as well the IT needs of its globalto say the least. Apart from technology optimization,
clients.the other outsourcing -improvement levers are:
This leads to immense gains to both service providersoutsourcing economies of scale, labour arbitrage,
as well their workforce as people from differentpeople-skills optimization and continuous process
cultures enjoy working together towards the sameimprovement.
business goal and there are immense cross learningsBPO providers with core skills in technology and
for everyone in terms of processinnovations andsystems integration take the risk out of implementing
cultural bonding.automation, and their investment in IT infrastructure is
The other fusion is at the outsourced businessan inherent benefit of BPO. Both CEOs and CFOs are
process level as it seamlessly integrates with clientlooking for ways to drivebenefits beyond cost issues
process & global operations. This is a process ofto transform overall corporate performance,
continuous improvement as the outsourcing vendor iscompetitiveness and shareholder value. For them, BPO
continuously re-inventing its operational proceduresis a fact of good business life. It continues to grow and
byintroducing innovative processes that significantlymake its mark as a prime mover in cutting costs and
enhance revenues of its clients while saving millionsgenerating efficiency.
too. Being domain focused enables outsourcing project