Whitepapers

Everest Group has developed a wealth of outsourcing expertise and information that can help you avoid reinventing the wheel. Our whitepapers, research reports, and articles explore the issues and benefits of outsourcing.

Here’s a sampling – we hope you’ll find them useful.

Leveraging Opportunities from an ERP Implementation to Drive Enterprise Transformation: Over the past five years, companies have spent more than (euros) 20 billion with major ERP software companies. While there have been more than a few highly publicized projects that failed to meet expectations, most organizations persisted with their implementations to capture meaningful benefits surrounding overall cost savings. Marvin Newell addresses the ingredients needed to support transformation in this whitepaper.

Sole Source Outsourcing – Ensuring a Successful Outcome: Five factors determine the success of a sole source outsourcing. Everest's Peter Bendor-Samuel, Todd Furniss, and Eric Simonson describe how a carefully designed sole source can streamline contract signing, realize benefits faster, and build a stronger relationship.

What Buyers Need to Know about Accounting for Outsourcing Implementation Costs: This paper offers an overview cost accounting considerations in IT outsourcing due to recent changes in accounting principles that may impact the way in which buyers of the outsourcing services account for outsourcing costs.

Why Life-Sciences Companies Need to Change How They Outsource to Create Greater Value: Despite all of the industry hoopla regarding the growth of life-sciences outsourcing, only a small set of life-sciences organizations truly engage in outsourcing. Traditionally, these companies adopted a contracting model for staff augmentation for their clinical drug testing. Read why they must adopt an outsourcing model to create value.

Research 

Moving from Input-based to Output-based Pricing - Why, When, and How? – July 2009

Things You Must Know Before Your FAO Contract Expires – July 2009

Multi-Country Payroll Outsourcing (MCPO) - Supplier Profile Compendium – July 2009

PO in Financial Services: From Wall Street to Martin Place - Unlocking Value from the Savings Goldmine – July 2009

The Hidden Costs and Complexity of Managing Multiple ADM Suppliers – June 2009

Things You Must Know Before Your HRO Contract Expires – June 2009

Impact of Regulatory Changes on Offshoring in Financial Services – June 2009