http://www.alsbridge.com/newsroom.shtml Global Sourcing Advisory Firm - Alsbridge has expertise in negotiating and managing outsourcing and insourcing strategies. en-us 2005 Alsbridge.com Thu, 29 Sep 2005 5 http://www.alsbridge.com/newsroom.shtml http://www.alsbridge.com/images/logo.gif Global Sourcing Advisory Firm - Alsbridge has expertise in negotiating and managing outsourcing and insourcing strategies. http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_outsourcing_training_program.shtml London, UK (28th February 2006) - Alsbridge, the independent advisors on Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring, has developed two new training programmes for SBPOA University's shared services and BPO curriculum in an impartial collaboration initiated by the University. 28 Feb 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_outsourcing_trends06.shtml Dallas, TX (14th February 2006) - Alsbridge releases report on Outsourcing Trends for 2006 documenting key emerging trends that buyers of BPO, ITO, or other offshore services should consider. This report is based on first-hand experience in a number of recent large-scale outsourcing, shared services and offshore transactions. 14 Feb 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_ethics_offshoring.shtml London, UK (7th February 2006) - Alsbridge, the Independent Advisors on Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring, air their views on the ethics of offshoring in a new report that explains why offshoring could eventually be construed as a badge of social corporate responsibility. 7 Feb 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_fsi_event.shtml Dallas, Texas, (February 1, 2006) - Ben Trowbridge, Managing Partner of the Americas with Alsbridge, the premier global Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring advisory firm, led a session on January 25, 2006 with a group of broker-dealers entitled "Outsourcing - Emerging Trends, Best Practices, and Implementation Strategies". This was an exclusive member's only event with the acclaimed Financial Services Institute offering educational credits and 'real-world' examples to members on how to best navigate their organizations through varying transition processes. 1 Feb 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_outsourcing_process_broken.shtml Dallas, Texas, (February 1, 2006) - The outsourcing supplier think-tank, which Alsbridge hosted in January 2006, revealed that the current process used to buy and sell outsourced services relies too heavily on a prescriptive and arms length process designed to reduce price to unworkable levels that are toxic to long term successful relationships. While price is always an important consideration, there is clearly a need to take other factors into consideration to have a chance for executing a sustainable deal. No other industry would accept even the most optimistic satisfaction percentages that are found in public outsourcing industry reports. 1 Feb 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_tripartite.shtml London, UK (24th January, 2006) - Alsbridge, the independent advisors on Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring today unveiled their Tripartite Charter, a working charter designed to help achieve fair and sustainable outsourcing deals during the contracting process. 24 Jan 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_recap_events.shtml London, UK (28th February 2006) - Alsbridge, the independent advisors on Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring, has developed two new training programmes for SBPOA University's shared services and BPO curriculum in an impartial collaboration initiated by the University. 17 Jan 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_upcoming_webinar.shtml Dallas, Texas, (January 16, 2006) - Ben Trowbridge, CEO of Alsbridge, the premier global Outsourcing, Shared Services, and Offshoring advisory firm, will participate in a discussion on January 18, 2006 to a webinar group, about the best way to manage these processes. This free webinar entitled "Managing Multi-Sourced Services: Challenges and Solutions" will be given at 11:00 a.m. EST along with Mitch Shaw of Digital Fuel. This webinar looks at how service level agreements (SLAs) are emerging as one of the most important factors in managing multi-sourced services. 16 Jan 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/press_release_why_deals_fails.shtml London, (January 10, 2005) - Rick Simmonds, partner of Alsbridge, the premier Outsourcing, Shared Services and Offshoring advisory firm, outlines the key issues underlying why outsourcing deals fail in the January issue of OutsourcingLeadership.com available at www.outsourcingleadership.com. His article discusses the results of Alsbridge research into the key reasons why outsourcing deals fail. Clear trends are evident starting with the overall process used by clients (with and without outsourcing advisors) to purchase outsourced services. Core issues also include suppliers not being allowed to design the solution, basing deals on false economies, and the bedrock of most problems - adversarial negotiation strategies. This in-depth article explores and offers practical advice from an outsourcing advisor with significant real-world experience. This advice crosses through all functional areas and a number of key industries to include professional services, airline, financial services, and consumer products. 10 Jan 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/outsourcing_news_acs.shtml For Affiliated Computer Services Inc., 2006 begins much as 2005 ended - with lots of bumps in the road. 3 Jan 2006 http://www.alsbridge.com/eds_gm.shtml Electronic Data Systems Corp. is just weeks away from learning whether its biggest client wants to keep using its services. 21 Dec 2005 http://www.alsbridge.com/outsourcing_leadership/offshoring_grows_up.shtml Offshoring is old news. It is now over five years since the offshoring of services first hit the headlines in the UK and US, and decades since the first multinationals made pioneering investments in locations such as India. But although the novelty of offshoring and the accompanying media hype may have receded, the market for offshore services has not been standing still. There are new players, new types of deals, and new types of offshore activity - in short, offshoring is growing up. Nov 2005 http://www.alsbridge.com/outsourcing_leadership/outsourcing_checkmate.shtml Outsourcing has long been regarded as a successful way for organizations to cut costs and focus on their core business while gaining access to world-class capabilities. While these drivers are still valid, and even compelling in many situations, they do not represent the full scope of the advantage to be gained by outsourcing. Enter Business Transformational Outsourcing - an ambitious outsourcing strategy that aims to transform a process or function to achieve, along with improved performance and reduced costs, an enterprise-wide strategic advantage over your competitors. Oct 2005