Managing in a Flat World: Rebecca Scholl
Managing In A Flat World ITO 25% BPO 75% Revenue Mix Market Segment Government 41% Commercial 59% ACS Quick Facts Founded in 1988 FORTUNE 500 Company 750 global locations Over $5.5 billion in annual revenue Serving clients in nearly 100 countries Diverse client base More than 58,000 employees NYSE symbol: ACS
Managing In A Flat World Our Core Business: Outsourcing
Managing In A Flat World Managing in a Flat World Top Trends in Global Sourcing Offshore: A provider’s perspective Recommendations for Users Building Dallas Tomorrow and After
Managing in a Flat World: Top Trends in Global Sourcing
Managing In A Flat World The Outsourcing Market is Maturing, But Still Young Gartner defines business process outsourcing as the delegation of an IT-enabled business process to a third party that owns, administers and manages the business process according to a defined set of metrics. Enterprise Services Human Capital Finance and Regulatory IT Facilities Mgmt Source: Gartner
Managing In A Flat World Global Sourcing & Outsourcing: 2 Different Decisions Centralized Offshore Local Internal External Outsource Offshore Nearshore Location of Resources Outsource Onsite Onshore Insource Offshore Nearshore Insource Internal Onsite “Captive Center” Source of Resources
Managing In A Flat World Portfolio of Global Sourcing Services Source: Gartner and ACS $$= Savings Potential XX= Risk = Potential Growth Opportunity High Low Penetration & Maturity Offshore Leveragability Low High BPO $$$$ XXX R&D $$$$ XXX Contact Centers $$$ XXX BI $$ X App. Dev. $$$ XX App. Maint. and Mgmt. $$$$ X EAI $$$ XXX App. Testing QA $$$ X Packaged Apps. $$$ XX Infra- structure Services $$$$ XX Design/ Architecture $$ XXX
Managing In A Flat World Trends in Global Sourcing Increasing globalization of business: Your customers are doing business globally Growing maturity of global delivery models: No longer for early adopters Expanded options: New countries, new processes, new technologies Different reasons to centralize: Cost, quality, business alignment, synergies Regional differences: North America early adopter, Europe more cautious due to data privacy and language diversity
Managing in a Flat World: A Provider’s Perspective
Managing In A Flat World Global Footprint in 1998
Managing In A Flat World Global Footprint in 2007
Managing In A Flat World Site Selection Considerations Political climate Business ethics Telecom infrastructure Labor force literacy and education levels Experience in industry Location and time zones Language skills Cultural affinity Source: Forrester Research, Offshoring Contact Centers: Identifying Locations, May 24, 2006
Managing In A Flat World Provider Management Strategies Link to domestic Not just cheap labor When in Rome… Understand the labor laws Step at a time
Managing In A Flat World Top Strategic Issues Facing Providers by 2010 Horizontalvs.Vertical Comprehensivevs.Selective Globalvs.Local Laborvs.Automation Dedicatedvs.Shared Competitionvs.Coopetition
Managing in a Flat World: Advice for Users
Managing In A Flat World Top 5 Mistakes in Global Sourcing Expecting quick results from global sourcing Expecting immediate cost savings or productivity gains Underestimating or deny the impact of cultural differences Forgetting to communicate to key stakeholders Thinking that only a single-country strategy will support your business needs
Managing In A Flat World Managing Expectations – HR Example Subject Matter Experts & HR Business Partners: Fail to find new way of working together Concerns about job role and security Those previously responsible for HR transactions not realigned HR lacks ability in business partner role and reverts to old transactional one Senior Management & HR Management: No support from leadership Concerns about costs and impact on existing operation Employee & Manager: Not convinced of benefits of centralizing HR Do not know how to use new transactional services Lack technological sophistication Perceive lack of support from HR Business Partner Resist transition to an ownership/ self-service culture HR Service Center & Self-Service : Perceived complexity of self-service interfaces Incomplete knowledge transfer from local HR Employees lack knowledge of new roles, processes, policies, systems Cultural, language and privacy issues may arise in some locations Manager Self- Service HR Business Partners Senior Management & HR Leadership Subject Matter Experts ManagerEmployee Outsource Partner ACS Third-Party Suppliers (3,000) HR Service Center Employee Self- Service
Managing In A Flat World Build a Strong Governance Model Daily Dialogue with SMEs & On-site QA Weekly Operations Review Meetings Quarterly Advisory Board Monthly Customer Council & Metrics Review
Managing in a Flat World: Building The Future of Dallas
Managing In A Flat World What Skills Will Be Needed in 2010? Professional development within the user community Role of advisors Managing In A Flat World
What Skills Will Be Needed in 2020? Priorities for Education K-12 Building the new Dallas competitive advantage Managing In A Flat World
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