Outsourcing, the compute: the UK is way ahead of Europe when it comes to outsourcing IT systems
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Vendors offering IT outsourcing in Europe include major international hardware vendors incuding IBM, major international outsourcing vendors including EDS, European outsourcing vendors including Cap and country specific vendors including F International. Users need to choose between a traditional system vendor, or an outsourcing vendor. Established system vendors are usually complementary to business recovering planning, maintenance and systems integration.
Publication Name: The Director
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0012-3242
Year: 1995
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Outsourcing, the downside: over-vigorous outsourcing can lead to corporate lobotomy
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Private sector companies are incresingly operation through devolved business units functioning as stand-along profit centres, and when key roles are outsourced, control moves from the customer to the supplier. Sometimes the chain of accountability is weakened with the devolutin of rolles from a central controlling function to regions or subsidiaries. The head office function becomes largely administrative.
Publication Name: The Director
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0012-3242
Year: 1995
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Outsourcing the car: think twice before you outsource everything to do with your company car fleet
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Professional fleet managers condemn the practice of outsourcing a company's care fleet, and some suppliers also believe that a fleet manager should be retained as a link between client and supplier. Outsourcing can mean that an entire internal fleet department is replaced by external suppliers. However it can also relieve the modern fleet manager of time consuming administrative tasks.
Publication Name: The Director
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0012-3242
Year: 1995
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