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State of the outsourcing, shared services, and operations industry 2018

A deep dive into how enterprises are harnessing the power of emerging automation technologies and business services delivery models to thrive in the 21st century.

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Stop wasting valuable time and energy on the wrong suppliers

Combining segmentation and relationship continuum approaches to vendor management can help identify your best transactional, collaborative and strategic suppliers.

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Intelligent automation: Fueling next-generation outsourcing

KPMG's 2Q18 Global Insights Pulse Survey explores the role of innovation in the future of outsourced service delivery.

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Employing advanced technologies to transform finance

The role of "extreme automation" in enabling next-generation finance target models from KPMG's 1Q18 Global Insights Pulse Survey

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Defining the role of the ‘next-gen’ global business services organization

Now is the time for the global business services organization to step up to being the enterprise’s leader in evolving to support intelligent automation.

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The future of outsourcing: From traditional to next-generation

New forms of next-gen outsourcing are on the rise while traditional outsourcing models are declining. Discover the different types of measurement required for this growth.

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After the RPA pilot

Take a programmatic approach to intelligent automation to scale growth, manage risk, and drive enterprise value

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Top 2018 trends and predictions: KPMG 4Q 2017 Global Insights Pulse survey

A quarterly review of Global Business Services (GBS), Intelligent Automation (IA), and related service delivery market trends.

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Ready for a boundaryless workforce?

Contingent work is evolving into a true alternative to traditional service delivery

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Global business services as a partner in industrial manufacturing

From transaction processing to driving business results

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2018 real estate and facilities management outsourcing pulse survey report

Market trends and observations from the REFM “front lines”

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An agile approach to outsourcing

Accelerate the benefits of outsourcing with a foundation that takes advantage of today’s cloud-driven as-a-service solutions.

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The global business services imperative for TMT companies

A global business services model can help technology, media and telecom companies respond to rapid innovation and disruption.

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Coming together while splitting the business

Explore the principles of success and the snares to avoid when creating an operating model for a spin-off company.

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Exploring the future: Global business services in consumer markets

Consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies and retailers must reinvent their business models to become more flexible, adaptable, as well as more cost-effective.

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The business case for global business services

Discover how to address complex global environments through hybrid models that leverage multiple service delivery approaches.

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Are your contracts stuck in the Stone Age?

Don't let outdated outsourcing contracts or sourcing partners hold you back.

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Global business services: Disrupt or be disrupted

Business services organizations should be building muscle in six core areas to take advantage of technological advances.

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Delivering global business services in a digital world

According to KPMG's 2Q 2017 global insights pulse survey, organizations are making steady progress toward GBS maturity and driving benefits beyond cost savings.

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Getting a handle on IT supplier management

Vendor Management Offices can help IT organizations tame the challenges in managing their supplier base, while driving efficiencies, governance and cost savings

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Deliver competitive advantage with intelligent services governance

Five practical steps for your service organization to transform its data discovery, interpretation, and communication capabilities

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Governing the bot revolution

Realize the promised value of RPA initiatives through an enterprise-wide approach that balances the need for speed with the need for control.

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Create a successful transition to REFM outsourcing

Transition projects often seem to be about minimizing problems and accelerating the transition efforts as much as possible instead of realizing high expectations.

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Are you a global business services leader for the digital age?

Six key elements for success companies must consider as they structure their business services in the digital age.

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The real estate and facilities management (REFM) outsourcing landscape 2017

Trends in real estate and facilities management outsourcing based on a survey of over 167 buyer organizations, service providers and legal counsel and advisors.

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Digital disruptors drive an "as-a-service" capability in GBS

A new normal for global business services

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Obscuring the real story: Your GBS scorecard may be 100 percent irrelevant

Global Business Services (GBS) organizations need to move from efficient back-office execution experts to the source for intelligence on the performance of the business.

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The global business services (GBS) payoff

Critical considerations for driving global business services (GBS) maturity and financial performance.

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Protectionism and outsourcing: Brace for impact

What the U.S administration’s potential immigration policy changes might mean for organizations using third-party offshore service providers and how to prepare.

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Digital labor transforms the shared services delivery model

Is your business ready to seize the advantages digital labor enables in shared services?

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Are you ready to be a bot boss?

A guide to the advantages, questions to ask, and guidelines to follow for businesses considering embracing emerging automation technologies and digital labor.

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The three options when an outsourcing contract ends

Outsourcing buyers: Establish your renegotiation strategy at least nine to twelve months prior to the end of your contract's term.

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Digital labor promises major disruptions to outsourcing

Digital labor risks, opportunities and considerations for businesses that use outsourcing services and the providers that deliver them.

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State of the outsourcing, shared services, and operations industry 2017

Insight into methods to exploit technologies, like process automation and evolving service delivery models, for the outsourcing and shared services market.

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Agile testing: Secrets for success

Adopting agile is easy. Mastering agile testing is much more difficult.

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The outsourcer’s guide to success: Nine factors for successful governance

The hardest part of outsourcing occurs after the deal is done.

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Advancing global business services maturity

A point of view series for leaders in global business services facing increasingly complex challenges.

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Global business services journey to excellence

Discover the keys to a successful journey toward GBS maturity.

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Governance in global business services

As an organization moves up the GBS maturity curve, governance becomes a critical component of success.

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Next generation contact centers

How to build a competitive customer service model in the age of social media

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Is benchmarking the right path to improving outsourcing?

Alternatives to benchmarking for comparing processes, costs and service delivery in a short time frame.

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KPMG global insights pulse surveys

Access our latest reports and learn about KPMG's research program tracking trends in the use and delivery of global business services, shared services and outsourcing.

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