Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Advantage LPO!

In the last couple of years, the legal industry has experienced a paradigm shift globally where the delivery model for all legal services is concerned. This delivery model, better known to most as Legal Process Outsourcing (LPO), involves transferring legal processes from developed nations to offshore low-wage markets.

Yes, Legal Process Outsourcing in India is indeed growing tremendously in popularity as established law firms all over the world seek to minimize costs, expand in-house capabilities and increase flexibility. Legal process outsourcing joint ventures have sprung up all over the country. Initially, the concept of LPO appealed largely to the mammoth multinational companies and law firms because of the various opportunities it offered. However today, small as well as mid-size legal markets have also begun to capitalize on the LPO rage.
LPO services in India range from data entry and legal transcription, to pre-litigation documentation, due diligence, legal research, intellectual property services and contract management. LPO is a very complex process and is perhaps not the best solution for every organization. But it has many advantages to it, which include:

• Cost Savings
• Round-the-Clock Operations
• Access to the Global labor pool
• Flexibility

The Indian LPO services are efficient, affordable and skilled. Outsourcing legal work to India cuts a great amount in the costs (almost 80%), which is definitely less than the cost of using the services of International law firms.

But it isn’t all about the cost savings. LPO’s make attractive business prospects for Global law firms and larger companies for a number of reasons. LPO users can also avail a range of different benefits in the least possible time. What’s more, LPO users can gain a lot of operational efficiencies by focusing on certain core business activities while at the same time having access to a full scale of skills, service offerings and technologies, at a much reduced cost.

It goes without saying that LPO’s offer great advantages. Share/Save/Bookmark

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Choosing the Right KPO Service Provider

The success of any Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) project depends entirely on the vendor assigned to it. Any KPO business calls for highly specialized domain expertise, advanced analytical skills, high level domain-based processes, business proficiency and experience.

It is indeed a very challenging task to select just the right KPO service provider, especially if you are looking for various KPO services for the very first time. And although choosing the right services is definitely a good thing, the wrong choice could potentially ruin your business in the long run. As far as KPO services are concerned, India has always been (and perhaps always will be) the ultimate outsourcing destination for many overseas companies.

What with the Indian KPO scenario being so much in demand, there is no dearth of KPO service providers in the country, making it very difficult to choose just the right one. Most providers claim to deliver quality services at reasonable rates, but do they really live up to their commitments? When it comes to finding the right KPO service provider, the things you need to look out for in your prospects are: quality, price and time. A good service provider will always deliver quality, at a reasonable cost and within the assigned timeframe. Thus, it is of utmost importance to consider certain factors when hiring a KPO provider.

The biggest factor to consider is that different KPO service providers have expertise in different processes. For example, you have service providers that have expertise in telemedicine or in research. Depending on the nature of the KPO, you can contact any KPO provider with the concerned expertise and experience for your projects. Apart from this, other factors that need to be considered when searching the right KPO provider would include:

• Experience
• Quality of Services
• Additional Costs
• Data Privacy
• Risk Management
• Honest Dealing
• Work Ethics & Culture
• Skilled Staff

With so many established KPO providers already in business, and many new players joining every year, choosing the right KPO provider can be very challenging for overseas KPO companies. Since there are many risks involved in doing this, it would be very wise to consider the above mentioned points when choosing your vendor. Share/Save/Bookmark

Friday, January 16, 2009

Cartoon Animation Outsourcing

A new outsourcing fever has taken over the whole Indian subcontinent. On the one hand, global giants in the media and entertainment space like Warner Brothers, Walt Disney, Sony and Imax have been signing up projects with many of the Indian animation companies. On the other hand, other companies have also started outsourcing commercials and computer games to India.

Indian animation studios are cropping up all over the country right along with call centers and software firms. And although they might not seem like the most obvious outsourcing candidates, cute cartoon characters and hi-fi special effects are also being outsourced to Indian studios. Off late, India has been winning many animation contracts for a number of reasons. Yes India is becoming the next biggest animation hotspot for the very same reasons that it is a big outsourcing destination for other types of industries. Low working costs, a workforce that is fluent in English and a record in meeting standards makes India a preferred cartoon animation outsourcing destination.

Specializing in different types of computer animation that range from flash animation and architectural animation to 2D and 3D animation, the number of professionals in this field continues to increase. Yes indeed cartoon animation outsourcing continues to grow and the future for India in this field promises to be bright. Share/Save/Bookmark