The 16th HR Shared Services & Outsourcing Summit 2014 will be held at the Omni Orlando Resort, ChampionsGate, Florida during October 14th - 17th. This global meeting will bring together HR professionals in shared services and outsourcing, and invite a global...
How to Address the Challenges of Virtual Organization Outsourcing
In the virtual organization model, most activities are outsourced or contracted so that a lot of necessary work is performed outside the boundary of the company. It involves the wide usage of the Internet, computer networks and collaboration software to get these...
Offshore Outsourcing Continuing to be a Popular Trend
By categorizing operations/processes into core activities and non-core activities, organizations can differentiate the areas where they should focus to attain competitive edge. Increased focus in core business operations and developing competitive advantage has left...
Digital Records to Reduce Physical Storage and to Ensure Compliance
Electronic records are simply the computerized versions of traditional paper-based records, which are supposed to be stored for long term or short term. Records that entail long term storage require their contents to be preserved digitally, in indexed format, to make...
Princeton University Press Digitizing Past Publications
In today's publishing environment, conversion of backlist titles to ebook format is a smart move. The so-called 'backlist' comprises books kept in print because of their popularity over the years. While new titles come with promotion costs and other expenses, backlist...
NHS to Become Paperless by 2018
The National Health Service (NHS), the UK's publicly funded healthcare system, aims to become paperless by 2018. The idea of digitization was put forward by the Secretary of State for Health Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt in January 2013, with the intention to improve services...
Employee Data Breach in UPMC More Extensive than Predicted
Data breach is a serious issue affecting many businesses. Despite the security measures taken, data breach or identity theft happens, even for the personal data of employees. Data breaches not only cost a company's time and money, but also affect its public trust and...
Trends in the Digital Publishing Industry
With the rising popularity of electronic reading, many authors and publishers are striving to provide users a quality e-book experience, while managing costs and adhering to standards. When it comes to electronic publications, quality assurance is undoubtedly the most...
Chippewa Falls District Sets Up Document Management System for HR
Every human resource department faces the difficulties of managing mountains of paper documents. Handling HR documents involve huge challenge such as addressing unauthorized access, risk of losing files, high administrative and paper storage costs, and much more....
Important Trends in Healthcare Outsourcing
Though the healthcare market in the United States is rapidly emerging, the market is faced with achieving conflicting objectives such as improved service quality and reduced cost. Healthcare providers (hospitals, nursing homes, physicians, and specialized therapeutic...