Archive for the ‘Outsourcing your call center’ Category
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
Outsourcing a company’s call center or business processes cannot be discounted as anything other than an important aspect of modern business. Not only can it help a company acquire the latest technology and best business practices, it can also help you effectively reach your target market through outbound sales or help you deliver optimum service to your customers through an inbound customer service call center. But probably the most important benefit that a company expects from outsourcing is its ability to help the company save on production costs.
Most outsourcing call center companies are located in countries where English is taught as a second language like in the Philippines. [...]
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Thursday, August 6th, 2009
The Philippines, being one of the most trusted outsourced service providers in the world, is filled with call centers which help provide employment to thousands of Filipinos. Every year, the number of call centers and business accounts increase steadily because of the Filipino employees’ reputation for giving excellent service at much lower costs. The biggest names in the call center industry are all here, which cater to multinational companies.
Among these giants are call centers which cater mostly to small and medium-sized businesses. This is great news for smaller companies who do not have the means to avail the services of big-name call centers such as Convergys or Dell. [...]
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Tags: BPO, Business Beanstalk, call centers, Callworx, contact centers, Live2Sell, LWS Media, medium-sized business, Philippines, TryBPO.com
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Wednesday, August 5th, 2009
Outsourcing or the practice of engaging external firms to deal with business functions that are normally performed within the company has been seeing significant growth since the market downturn emerged in 2008. A lot of businesses have benefited from outsourcing, especially in terms of saving costs, increasing profits, restructuring the organization, and improving business efficiency.
In order to make use of the limited resources available such as people, time, and infrastructure, companies can consider outsourcing some of their business functions that are considered secondary to the services they provide. Areas that can be outsourced range from human resources, recruitment, accounting, finance, engineering, IT to customer support such as call center. [...]
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Tags: accounting, BPO, business process outsourcing, call center, contact center, engineering, finance, human resources, IT, outsourcing, recruitment, support
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Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
The business process outsourcing industry in the Philippines is not just the latest fad, but is genuinely the most lucrative field at present. Employing more than 2 million Filipinos, it is considered as one of the major movers of the country’s economy. Call center expansions are currently being made outside established commercial districts like Makati and Ortigas. Pampanga, Baguio, and Davao are some of the few places that have been added to the growing business outsourcing network.
As different markets are growing at various rates around the world, the concept and scope of outsourcing is still evolving. This could only mean that there is plenty of space for growth. center. [...]
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Tags: Baguio, BPO, business process outsourcing, call center, contact center, Davao, Makati, Oracin and Boyd, Ortigas, Pampanga, Philippines
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
The use of live virtual assistants has given much flexibility in the way our companies are being run, and is one of the more important aspects in the sound business strategy that is outsourcing. Thousands of virtual assistants in the Philippines alone provide ongoing and real-time support to numerous clients, for tasks ranging from just the administrative to other, more collaborative endeavors. The good thing about having virtual assistants is that they are very good at what they do and are not just some mindless drones completing one simple task, and are also partnered with their employers not just for the projects they work on but for the company's entire vision. [...]
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Tags: CService Direct, live virtual assistant, outsourcing, Philippines, virtual call center
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
When Motorola invented six sigma in the 1980's, little did they know that it would span a global phenomenon that would make people realize the need for improved processes in the way modern business is conducted. Today, the need for improved processes that results in cost-effectiveness and increased profit margins is a given for any company that wants to compete globally.
Offshore outsourcing is just one of many ways companies are doing this. In and of itself, outsourcing is already an improved business process. By segmenting different aspects of its business, such as customer service, technical support requirements, accounting, and information technology among others, a company can concentrate on building its core competencies and save itself the time and money it would need in order to build up its expertise in a certain field. [...]
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Monday, June 15th, 2009
A survey years ago by Kelly Services Inc., a Michigan-based global staffing firm showed that the Philippines had already taken a sizeable chunk of call center jobs and answering services from India back then. Fast forward to today, it is very clear that this has become the norm and is trending even towards the Philippines playing a bigger role in the global call center outsourcing phenomenon.
The numbers are currently showing that the Philippines has undoubtedly surpassed India in the call center outsourcing industry, with low cost combined with very high value as the major reasons. India is no longer the first choice for companies in the U. on building its core competencies and save itself the time and money it would need in order to build up its expertise in a certain field. [...]
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Tags: answering services, Filipino workers, India, outsourcing, Philippine government, Philippines call center, top reasons, where to outsource
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Thursday, June 11th, 2009
The Philippines now ranks first to India as a call center outsourcing destination, with the country's capital city - Metro Manila, having the lion's share of the call center market. But recently, more and more cities in the Philippines have surfaced as credible call center outsourcing spots, cities such as Bacolod, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Davao, Dumaguete, and Iloilo. The development of these alternative cities in infrastructure and their ability to support the expanding call center outsourcing industry is crucial to placing the Philippines at the forefront of the global call center outsourcing world.
Some of the factors that contribute to the Philippines getting close to surpassing all other competing countries in establishing itself as the best call center outsourcing destination in the world are: a huge pool of skilled workers and virtual assistants for easier call center staff scalability and lower employee cost, a higher level of education for better capability in handling more complex voice-based interactions and answering services with their clients, and improving telecommunications technology for easier connection with the rest of the world at a greatly reduced price. [...]
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Tags: Advanced Contact Solutions, answering service, call center, Concentrix, Convergys, LWS Media, NCO Clark, outsourcing, Philippines, virtual assistant
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Monday, June 8th, 2009
America's success is mostly hinged on the desire to get things done the right and most efficient way. It is with this same desire that we are now being pushed into a "flatter world", as Thomas L. Friedman writes in his book, a world where all competitors are on a level playing field in an emerging global supply chain.
And so the need to import your call center and answering services is now being touted as the answer to gain that competitive advantage over other businesses, but what are these advantages really? Here are our top 10 reasons why you should outsource your call center:
1. close to surpassing all other competing countries in establishing itself as the best call center outsourcing destination in the world are: a huge pool of skilled workers and virtual assistants for easier call center staff scalability and lower employee cost, a higher level of education for better capability in handling more complex voice-based interactions and answering services with their clients, and improving telecommunications technology for easier connection with the rest of the world at a greatly reduced price. [...]
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Tags: answering services, call center, call center agents, customer service, global, outsourcing, technical support, top ten, virtual assistant
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