Extracting Full Value From Your Shared Services Organisation Since the early 1990s, shared services have been seen as a key vehicle for transforming back office support activities, however many shared services organizations are failing to meet their full potential....08 Apr 2008 | (Thinking Point)
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Shared Services the Key to Transformational Government
Sharing services between public bodies is a key feature of Transformational Government, the strategy...14 Jan 2008 | (Thinking Point)
Balance your Shared Service footprint if you want to make lasting improvements
Over 90% of major organisations have considered Shared Services and over 40% have implemented them, initially...09 Jul 2007 | (Thinking Point)
The Role of Shared Services in Enabling Finance & Accounting Transformation
Organizations looking to reduce costs and improve performance in their finance and accounting operations...22 Jun 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Managing Shared Services Change: Beyond Communications and Training
Accenture believes that shared services, the model through which organizations capture economies of scale...22 Jun 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Establishing Trust through a Well-Defined Shared Services Governance Framework
Shared services operations often fail because they are insufficiently trusted by their customers within...22 Jun 2007 | (Thinking Point)
[SharedXpertise Essentials] Can a finance (or HR) shared service center really add value?
Shared services for Finance and HR add value in terms of delivering better services at a lower cost....12 Jan 2007 | (Thinking Point)
Success through shared services
In this paper, A.T. Kearney highlights why shared services are a proven method to deliver value in the...28 Dec 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Citizens and employees win as government of Canada moves toward shared services
Canada's government departments must act as one in the future, rather than the 100 or so silos they currently...20 Dec 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Shared services in government
This paper discusses the opportunity for adopting shared services in the public sector and highlights...16 Dec 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Impact on transfer pricing of OECD and tax treaties for shared service and offshore centers
The taxation of offshore service delivery providers and their onshore marketing affiliates can have an...13 Dec 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Taking the next accounting step in a shared service center
Most finance directors and finance professionals recognize that a shared service center is a document...17 Oct 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Transforming the UK public sector through shared services II
The CBI has outlined what looks like a
knock-down case for shared services – making it happen, however,...09 Aug 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Transforming the UK public sector through shared services
What is surprising is that the case for shared services in government is in need of such heavy artillery...10 Jul 2006 | (Thinking Point)
[SharedXpertise Essentials] Satisfaction: The key to raising shared services value
we discuss the role of satisfaction and how it is managed as a critical building block in moving up the...19 Jun 2006 | (Thinking Point) |
UK Government's shared services plan faces challenges
Shared services is the latest holy grail of Whitehall reform, viewed by its exponents as the route to...15 Jun 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Moving shared services up the value chain; strategies beyond BPO
Shares services, as a business tool, have created tremendous value in Finance, Human Resources, and other...26 Apr 2006 | (Thinking Point) |
Shared services take hold in the UK public sector
The key themes driving IT investment in local government and education during the next few years will...15 Apr 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Negotiating the shared services minefield
Moving to shared services has proved an increasingly popular model for HR departments looking to improve...27 Mar 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Rites of passage: How to launch a successful shared services program in the public sector
The key to the long-term success of shared services initiatives in the public sector lies in the planning:...28 Jan 2006 | (Thinking Point)
Shared services could drive more money into classrooms
Education spending constitutes up to half of many state budgets, but at least 40 percent of every dollar...14 Nov 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Sharing the wealth - Setting up a shared service center
Shared service centers offer more than just consolidation of services -- when planned correctly. Below...20 Sep 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Finance shared services and outsourcing - Magical, mythical or mundane?
Within finance organizations, cost reduction has been a constant focus – inherent in the very nature...25 Aug 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Shared services: Getting it right
Organisations can reap operational rewards from shared services-but only if they take steps to avoid...15 Feb 2005 | (Thinking Point)
Reducing outsourcing risk: A CFO perspective
By Alan Healey
Every important business decision has potential risk. Consider, for example, managing...27 Oct 2004 | (Thinking Point)
Cities of expertise
Companies have long used shared service centres to keep costs down while standardising systems, and they...06 Sep 2004 | (Thinking Point)
Shared services & Sarbanes-Oxley legislation – friend or foe?
Chris Hughes-Rees scrutinises the likely impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation on Shared Services...26 Aug 2004 | (Thinking Point)
What prevents corporations from immediately signing on the dotted line?
By Deborah S. Kops
In this article, Deborah Kops, Managing Director of Fleet Services Group, examines...06 Feb 2004 | (Thinking Point) |
Advisers find niche in outsourcing
More companies are going to combine shifting operations offshore with outsourcing as Procter Gamble has...05 Jan 2004 | (Thinking Point)
Large-scale shared services outsourcing: Not quite ready for prime time - part II
In this article, which is published in two parts, Deborah Kops, Managing Director of Fleet Services Group,...10 Nov 2003 | (Thinking Point) |
Large-scale shared services outsourcing: Not quite ready for prime time - part I
In this article, which will be published in two parts, Deborah Kops, Managing Director of Fleet Services...23 Oct 2003 | (Thinking Point) |
Shared Services beyond start-up
The completion of a Shared Service Center’s evaluation, design and build journey is rightfully considered...02 Sep 2003 | (Thinking Point)
Getting shared services right
by Martin Fahy, senior lecturer in accounting and information systems at National University of Ireland.
Shared...02 Sep 2003 | (Thinking Point) |
