SSON Releases Agenda for 27th annual Shared Services and Outsourcing Week

Shared Services and Outsourcing Week (SSOW), the longest running shared services and outsourcing event in the world, will take place at the Rosen Shingle Creek resort in Orlando, Florida on March 20 –...

Vietnam’s ‘Mini-China’ Days Are Numbered. It’s A Good Thing.

Scores of workers leave the Taiwanese Ty Hung factory in Ho Chi Minh City. NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images Vietnam has long been the closest thing Asia has to the economic equivalent of a pendulum. L...

Top 3 Predictions For The Manufacturing Industry In 2023

It’s an understatement to say our world has faced (and continues to face) significant challenges recently, and I’ve been thinking a lot about those challenges and what they may mean for the future of ...

Ford Shows That Reshoring U.S. Manufacturing Is Happening

Reshoring is a term industrial investors are becoming as familiar with as outsourcing. Outsourcing manufacturing to the regions of the planet with the cheapest labor to drive lower prices for consumer...

Six Ways Airlines Can Mitigate Rising Labor Costs

Airlines hire a lot of people and the cost of hiring people is rising. To offset this, airlines need … [+] to find new ways to improve efficiency. getty It’s no surprise that hiring people is on...

CEOs Like the Late Jack Welch Embody the Endless Possibilities of Capitalism

When he was CEO of Coca-Cola, the late Roberto Goizueta was obsessively focused on making his shareholders rich. There was no talk of “stakeholder capitalism,” about Coke’s community endeavors, or job...

The Big Difference For Your Small Business: Outsourcing HR

getty I love talking to entrepreneurs, the visionaries who launch small businesses. Their ventures often begin with a great idea for a new product or service that will make people’s lives better, easi...