John Masley, Senior Manager, KPMG Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory Remembering fondly back to the 1980’s, I can recall wondering why everyone wasn’t driving around in the most economically priced vehicle when it was introduced, the beloved (yet now defunct) Yugo. But in outsourcing agreements as in vehicles, there’s always more to it than just [...]
Jason Sahota, Senior Manager, Sourcing Advisory, KPMG in the UK Application support can become more efficient and better able to meet changing business needs. But there are common pitfalls and challenges to negotiate and critical success factors to be aware of on the journey from strategic vision to reality. The recent challenging economic climate has [...]
Noel Cullen, Principal Advisor, KPMG in the UK Many business cases for shared services and outsourcing in the finance and insurance sectors overlook the substantial impact of VAT. KPMG’s experience in working with member firm clients in developing their business cases for outsourcing and shared services is that savings of 20 – 40 percent on [...]
Dwayne Prosko, Director, Shared Services and Outsourcing Advisory As CFOs are increasingly chartered with identifying cost savings opportunities without undermining the core finance and accounting (F&A) function, and helping move the company forward while driving revenue growth, a growing number of leading organizations are adopting strategies that leverage a global footprint combined with an Extended [...]
Dominique Kindt, Country Manager, KPMG in (RC) Belgium Levels of general satisfaction with outsourcing increased this year in the opinion of the BeLux study participants. This is especially impressive given the strong focus buyers had on cost savings and low price, as well as the organisational stress that most buyers were under during the year. [...]
Nico Boot, Partner, Sourcing Advisory This year, more than 170 organisations participated in the Dutch EquaTerra Strategic Outsourcing Study, and over 500 unique IT outsourcing contracts, with an annual value of over €4 billion, were evaluated. This year’s results highlight that organisations expect to expand their use of outsourcing – with 56 percent of respondents [...]
