Business Process Outsourcing

Wednesday, November 16, 2005

What is BPO?

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The new buzz word 'BPO' seems to be every where now a days! Ever wondered what is BPO? Let us explain: To put it in simple words a BPO (business process outsourcing) is a process in which a company delegates some of its business processes mainly back office operations to a third party by giving the third party total control over that process.


What does BPO include?
Business process outsourcing or a BPO includes everything from Call centers to transaction processing to back office operations to customer relationship management to telemarketing to payroll maintenance to Finance/Accounting/billing maintenance to HR management to logistics management to supply chain management to medical transcription to database management and pretty much all back office operations. As the trend shows, of all the things being outsourced, business process outsourcing stands out of the rest as the major segment in the outsourcing market.


Benefits of BPO
By outsourcing their back office operations to third world countries, companies can get huge cost cuts and concentrate on their core businesses. By doing so they can provide better customer satisfaction leading to customer retention, increased productivity, deal with competition effectively and in turn increase profitability. By outsourcing business processes to countries like India many companies have nearly cut their operational costs by half resulting into huge profits. No wonder there is so much hype about outsourcing as almost all companies no matter how big or small they are, have understood the benefits of outsourcing and are taking a major dive into the industry.


How to get started?
If you are planning to take a plunge into the BPO wave, you got to formulate an effective plan by understanding your vision along with your long term goals. Deciding on the right BPO destination and more importantly the right BPO vendor can go a long way in ensuring smooth operations with good returns. As of now, India with its easily available English speaking, computer literate, low cost manpower, better infrastructure and quality certified software and BPO venders seems to be a great destination for outsourcing. So take your pick!
 

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