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South African Sourcing Pulse Survey: 3rd and 4th Quarters 2012 Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | April 29, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing This paper describes trends in South African end-user organizations' usage of shared services, outsourcing, and third-party business and IT services July-December 2012.

1st Quarter 2013 KPMG Sourcing Advisory Global Pulse Survey Results Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | April 25, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing Trends in the use of outsourcing, shared services, offshoring and other global business service delivery initiatives January through March 2013.

Finance and Accounting BPO Market Landscape 2013 Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | April 03, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing This comprehensive study covers the dynamics and intentions of 399 major global enterprises, analyzes more than 750 live enterprise finance and accounting outsourcing (FAO) engagements, and profiles 17 leading FAO suppliers.

Implementing Service Delivery Models: Obstacles and Remedies Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | April 02, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing Smart planning and proactive organizational actions can help remedy obstacles often encountered during deployment.

What's Next in Finance Global Business Services? Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | March 28, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing While cost is and always will be important, today's bigger F&A outsourcing goals are more complicated and complex: improving and innovating the delivery process. To achieve these goals F&A global business services will have to find new talent, upgrade IT systems, leverage data and reorganize the governance organization.

Have You Looked at Finance & Accounting in the Cloud? Advisory Institute | March 12, 2013 | Accounting & Financial Reporting This paper explains a variety of cloud options and includes triggers for adoption as well as a checklist to help determine the right solution for your organization.

Five Ways to Beat IT Services Hybrid Pricing Challenges Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | March 08, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing In this article from cio.com, KPMG's Charles Arnold discusses disparate sets of pricing and contracting models in the rapidly changing ITO outsourcing realm.

Transforming Cost Allocation for Information Technology Services Shared Services and Outsourcing Institute | Feb. 08, 2013 | Shared Services and Outsourcing With new options, such as the cloud, shared IT services must have an even keener focus on allocating costs effectively and transparently.

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