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Brad Barrett - ArticlesRecessionary Climate Expected to Fuel Demand for Outsourcing Initiatives Into 2009Despite the fact that organizations worldwide are deferring capital expenditures, outsourcing continues to be the number one tool chosen to drive organizational change. Knowledge Process Outsourcing : the Next Wave of OutsourcingKnowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) refers to the offshore movement of knowledge-intensive business processes that require specialized expertise. Tasks that are suited to KPO include value-added services like data search, research and analytics and editorial services like copy editing, abstracting and content creation. It Workers Hit Hardest by Offshore Outsourcing, Survey FindsThe researchers at Stern and Wharton Business Schools found that because IT jobs are purely technical jobs involving little or no customer interaction they are the most at risk from outsourcing. Marketing Innovative ProductsInnovative products need to be marketed and sold differently than other offerings since they require a special customer who is receptive to innovation. Most customers are skeptical and will wait until innovative products are mass marketed. Telecommunications Vendor Contracts: Identifying and Eliminating Threats to Controlling CostsProbably more so than with any other administrative service providers, telecommunications vendors benefit from what can be extremely wordy and complex agreements, these benefits coming at the expense of the customer's bottom line profitability. Storing Blue PrintsThere are many ways to store blue prints. Blue prints can be stored in flat file drawers, rolled file storage, digitization, plastic covers, lamination, and vertical file storage systems. This article will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each storage method. Blue Prints in the FieldBlue prints are used and abused in the field by construction workers. Blue prints are an important part of any job in the field, whether the job is big or small. In all cases, the blue prints are always in danger of being torn, damage, stained, or just worn out. Vertical File Storage System Saves Space - a Case StudyWhether as an investment or an existing floor plan, space may well be the final frontier. To free more working space in a bustling Los Angeles office, one facility manager introduced a new filing and storage system that not only saved space, it improved filing efficiency and streamlined document retrieval in one of the busiest investment property offices in southern California. Municipality Prefers Vertical File Storage SystemsWhen Tom Fujiwara, Assistant Public Works Director for the City of Redlands, California, needs to study plans for street repairs or review a map of his city’s storm drain system, he locates and retrieves large documents more quickly and efficiently than ever before by using the department’s new vertical file storage system. Office Space Conservation Favors Vertical StorageAs the cost of office space continues to skyrocket, office managers everywhere are looking for better ways to conserve floor space. This trend has caused an extraordinary increase in use of vertical document storage systems in offices worldwide.
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