Category: Global Outsourcing

‘Tis the season of tinsel, parties, and most of all, spending sprees! Cyber Week kicked off the holiday rush, and it’s expected to get busier until Christmas and New Year. Often, the last quarter of the year is a dizzying wave of last-minute purchases and rush deliveries bundled with armies of frustrated customers. Despite the […]

Global strategic advisory firm Tholons has ranked the Philippines as the second top globalization destination in its latest report, the Tholons Services Globalization Index 2018. The southeast Asian nation made it to the second notch of the “Top 50 Digital Nations” list, while six of its cities have been identified as part of the “Top […]

Facebook and Google are on the verge of a really bad breakup with global brand Unilever if they fail to moderate their content properly. Like an early Valentine’s date gone wrong, Unilever decided that it will bring its relationship with tech giants Facebook and Google to a halt if they fail to clean up the […]

The European Union’s (EU) new data security and privacy directive seeks to improve how businesses, including call centers, handle vital and personal data of the trade bloc’s constituents. This presents implications on how contact centers should process an EU citizen’s personal information. In early 2016, the EU signed into law its new data protection policy, […]

Is your call center equipped to fend off cyberattacks or to comply with new data security regulations? As technology continues to grow, the number of ways it can be exploited grows as well. With 2017 rife with huge data security breaches, it’s hard not to be worried for your call center’s security. After all, maintaining […]

In this age when markets are teeming with equally brilliant products, the question is no longer “Who does it better?” but “Who delivers it better?” A few years back, the consumer spotlight was on the brands that created the best innovations. Impressive products were what made customers happy. Take Apple for example. Everybody was surprised […]

Should your contact center aim for excellent customer service or a service recovery paradox? As much as you strive to provide each of your consumers high quality customer support, it’s important to note that service failures will still occur at some point. It may stem from your call center’s strategies and procedures, or a failure […]

With China’s economic boom and support to the business process outsourcing industry, outsourcing to China becomes more appealing to airlines cutting corners more than ever. To face the coming financial challenges, international carriers are now considering outsourcing their business processes more than ever. With its recent economic upswing and its emergent business processes outsourcing (BPO) […]

These days, call centers operate in a highly competitive landscape. They manage sophisticated and complex technology systems to optimize sales and meet customer demands. For instance, customer management platforms have evolved throughout the years, which is both a good and a bad thing. While tech-powered solutions like this enhance contact center services, they also make […]

China remains one of the strongest and most dynamic economies of the world, and foreign companies are entering its market to make the most out of the business opportunities it offers. China is known as the world’s manufacturing hub. For many years, it has practically monopolized labor-intensive production of goods—from the simplest to the most […]