Author: Bryan Bergeron Publisher: John Wiley & Sons ISBN: 0471445444 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 274
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What works, why it works, and how to evaluate a shared services program Shared services, a form of "internal outsourcing," enables corporations to achieve economies of scale by creating a separate entity within the company to perform specific internal services, such as payroll, accounts payable, travel and expense processing, etc. Essentials of Shared Services provides a quick, concise overview of shared services fundamentals, bringing senior-level executives up to speed so that they make the right decision. Bryan Bergeron provides a foundation of shared services from a historical, economic, technical, and customer perspective, showing how shared services can impact a corporation's bottom line, both long and short term. He delivers specific recommendations that can be used to establish and manage a shared services effort and includes a variety of examples of programs that work and those that do not.
Author: Donniel S. Schulman Publisher: Wiley ISBN: 9780471316213 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 0
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"One of the ways companies are looking for competitive advantage in this frenetic [business] environment . . . is through the use of a tactical technique called shared services. . . . In this book, we bridge [the] chasm between the theory of how a shared services operation 'ought to' work and the practical issues involved in how to make it work, how to carry out a successful implementation of a shared service operation in your business."-from the Preface. Gaining competitive advantage in today's fierce business environment requires focus throughout the company on value, as measured by quality, cost, speed, and service. In the quest for superior performance, a growing number of companies are now turning to shared services, a tactical technique by which corporations can organize financial and other transaction-oriented activities to reduce costs and provide better service to business unit partners. Written by four authorities, three PricewaterhouseCoopers consultants and the executive who has directed the shared service efforts at Lucent Technologies, this comprehensive resource-the first of its kind-examines shared services from the macro issues that compel senior management to embrace this approach through the design and implementation of a shared services environment that leads to increased customer and shareholder value. Of all the tools available for gaining competitive advantage, why shared services? One of the principal reasons is that it creates, through consolidation of often disparate activities, more of a "one company" feel among business units. The benefits of this are twofold: one, it enables companies to show a consistent face to clients and customers, vendors and suppliers, shareholders and potential shareholders; two, it provides increased flexibility to all of the business' operations, allowing corporate leaders to maintain a global perspective while at the same time allowing business unit leaders to take strong, customer-focused actions. Providing both a domestic and global view, Shared Services addresses the full spectrum of issues, including: * Assessing whether shared services is right for you-issues to consider, goals to be reached. * Getting started-building support, establishing an effective organization, instituting continuous communication. * Setting up the infrastructure-billing shared services to business units, dealing with tax and legal entity issues. * International challenges-complexity, time zone, legal issues, currency stability, and security. * Program and project management-structures, planning, execution, and control. A groundbreaking book that examines a timely and important topic, Shared Services is an accessible and thorough guide to what could be a critical component in achieving long-term business success. This comprehensive resource is the first to introduce, explain, and explore shared services, an innovative business strategy that involves centralizing various business units, including accounting and transactional operations, to reduce costs and increase customer satisfaction. Presenting a practical and easy-to-follow blueprint for the smooth and sound implementation of shared services in your organization, Shared Services: Adding Value to the Business Units covers all the fundamentals, from how to get started to proper management techniques.
Author: Paweł Modrzyński Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing ISBN: 1839822600 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 152
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Built on independent research and financial audits of a number of newly created Shared Service Centers (SSCs) in Poland, Local Government Shared Services Centers: Management and Organization is the first book to thoroughly examine the organization, development and effectiveness of the shared service market in the Polish public sector.
Author: Dr. Vipin K. Suri Publisher: Dorrance Publishing ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 160
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About the Book A business health check assessment of a Shared Services organization is important to determine if the service delivery organization is operating effectively and creating value for the company. The executives and other professionals can use this assessment to develop a step-by-step approach for assessing the effectiveness of their Shared Services organizations. Assessing Business Health of Shared Services focuses on the issues that impact decision-making and action planning regarding service delivery management, customer relationships management, employee motivation management, business contribution management and change and quality management, as well as building and managing plans for improvement. The business health check assessment has been used by several companies to improve the effectiveness of their Shared Services organizations. The assessment of the Shared Services effectiveness is determined by a qualitative assessment of how well the management practices are deployed and how well the internal customer requirements are met at a point in time. About the Author Dr. Vipin K. Suri is the Managing Director of Shared Services International Inc, a management consulting firm focused on Shared Services design and implementation, as well as online and in-classroom training in the areas of Shared Services, Project Management, and Six Sigma. He is also the Managing Director and Group CEO of SSI (Beijing), a management consulting firm in China. As a management consultant for over 21 years, Vipin has successfully assisted several companies in the Asia-Pacific Region, Australia, India, and North America with their efforts to implement Shared Services and to review effectiveness of their Human Resources, Supply Chain Management, Finance, Information Technology, and other business support functions.
Author: Tanya Bondarouk Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing ISBN: 1783505362 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 232
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What do shared service models involve? Which business processes can and/or should be shared? This ASM volume deals with such questions relating to the increasingly popular use of Shared Service Centers in organizations. The volume intends to move beyond debating the relevance of shared services towards more systematic research action.
Author: Gerd Schwarz Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3834944807 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 330
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Gerd Schwarz analyzes the pros and cons of shared service centers for the implementation of IT, finance, personnel and purchasing processes and make design suggestions on the empirical study of American public companies are based at 72. It describes how through the development of shared service centers achieved cost and quality improvements and shows based on the transaction cost approach to outsourcing to the differences in detail.
Author: Julia Kotlarsky Publisher: Springer ISBN: 3319470094 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 211
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This book constitutes the revised selected papers from the 10th Global Sourcing Workshop held in Val d’Isère, France, in February 2016. The 11 papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 47 submissions. The book offers a review of the key topics in outsourcing and offshoring of information technology and business services offering practical frameworks that serve as a tool kit to students and managers. The range of topics covered is wide and diverse, but predominately focused on how to achieve success in shared services and outsourcing. More specifically, the book examines outsourcing decisions and management practices, giving specific attention to shared services that have become one of the dominant sourcing models. The topics discussed combine theoretical and practical insights regarding challenges that industry leaders, policy makers, and professionals face or should be concerned with. Case studies from various organizations, industries and countries such as UK, Italy, The Netherlands, Canada, Australia and Denmark complete the book.
Author: David Stutz Publisher: "O'Reilly Media, Inc." ISBN: 9780596003517 Category : Computers Languages : en Pages : 388
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This concise an insightful guide provides a road map for anyone trying to navigate or manipulate the Shared Source Code, necessary for anyone wanting to jump into the complex nucleus of the .NET platform.
Author: Thomas Afflerbach Publisher: Springer Nature ISBN: 3030343006 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 218
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This book focuses on virtual teams, which are fraught with cooperation problems. It offers novel insights into how team members experience and overcome these problems by empirically studying hybrid virtual teams in Shared Services Organizations. It firstly enhances the reader’s understanding of contextual challenges relating to cooperation and shows how members of such teams experience faultlines through distance, disconnection through reliance on communication technology and discontinuity through temporality of team composition. Secondly, it explores how they use 22 practices to overcome the cooperation problem, which can be categorized as strategies of identity constructing, trusting and virtual peer monitoring. Lastly, the study analyzes the role of technology, demonstrating that state-of-the-art media can facilitate, but not ensure the use of these strategies and practices. As such, the book has implications for both researchers and practitioners.
Author: Bryan Bergeron
Author: Karen V. Beaman
Author: Donniel S. Schulman
Author: Paweł Modrzyński
Author: Dr. Vipin K. Suri
Author: Tanya Bondarouk
Author: Gerd Schwarz
Author: Julia Kotlarsky
Author: David Stutz
Author: Thomas Afflerbach