Outsourcing Works For Beauty China
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Yahoo Finance reports Beauty China Holdings, a small Hong Kong-based, Singapore-listed cosmetics concern, has quietly doubled its sales and profits in China during the past two years by tapping into a global strategy: outsourcing.
Sam Wong, Beauty China’s founder and controlling shareholder, sets the strategy and develops ideas for makeup, packaging and marketing campaigns. He farms out
EDS, Towers Perrin Form Outsourcing Company
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Newsday.com reports Electronic Data Systems Corp. has agreed to pay about $420 million to create a personnel-services company with consulting firm Towers Perrin.
The new firm, still unnamed, will sell services in benefits, payroll, recruitment and other areas. Towers Perrin will provide consulting services to clients of the new firm, the companies said. EDS has been trying to expand from its
Employees Can Benefit From Outsourcing
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Computerworld reports a company’s move to outsourcing can sometimes strike fear in employees who see their jobs as endangered, if done right workers may find that the process provides them with an opportunity to advance their careers and hone their skills, according to the findings of a poll out this week.
"There is a lot of confusion surrounding outsourcing, when in fact people often improve
New Head of Outsourcing Operations at HP
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ZDNet reports Hewlett-Packard has named Steve Smith as its new senior vice president of managed services, a division of HP Services that runs clients’ computing infrastructure and elements of their businesses such as human resources. He replaces Uli Holdenried, who took over as managing director of HP Germany.
Russia Outsourcing Challenges
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CRM News reports Russia needs new infrastructure. Russia lacks the wealth of basic Internet "backbone" infrastructure already in place in the United States and India; that has kept inexpensive, high-bandwidth Internet capacity out of reach for many.
"The biggest problem," Sukharev said, "is finding skilled workers who not only specialize in theory but in practice. Many still need