Guest Blogger: Stan Lepeak, Managing Director, Global Research
 
For too many end-user organizations adopting or expanding commercial enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, the implementation process can look too much the like current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Guest Blogger: Linda Merritt, Research Director, HRO, NelsonHall
 
 
Just last week a NelsonHall client asked me about HRO service providers’ quality programs. A bit surprisingly, my mini-research found a scattershot representation of available information.

Guest Blogger Henry Howard, Director - CIO Services, TPI
 
When adding work to an existing "already sourced" portfolio, there are several considerations one should consider each time. While it is often an easy decision to choose a quick solution or the incumbent service provider, something important typically gets overlooked in these scenarios.

 Guest Blogger: Zachary Misko, Global Director, Kelly OCG
 
 
The Global RPO Report 2010, our third annual report, conducted by Kelly Outsourcing and Consulting Group (KellyOCG) and the Human Resource Outsourcing Association (HROA) is now available.

Guest Blogger: Mollie Lombardi, Aberdeen Group
 
While typically associated with service and call center organizations, workforce optimization is a discipline that is quickly gaining foothold in a wider range of business environments.
 

Goldman Sachs and Legality vs. Morality
 

The issue with Goldman Sachs may be more about corporate culture than the law. Who owns the accountability for organizational ethics the Chief HR Officer or Corporate Responsibility Officer.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Elliot Clark, CEO

Guest Blogger: Joel Capparella, VP Marketing, Yoh
 

I came across the results of an employment brand survey over on SmartBlog on Workforce yesterday, and found the numbers intriguing.
 

 What’s on my mind? Relocation
 
We just wrapped our May issue featuring relocation trends and the Baker’s Dozen for Relocation.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Debbie Bolla, Online/Managing Editor

 How do you spell the future of HRO?  A - P - A - C.
 
 Michael Beygelman, Adecco’s president of North America RPO, summed up our 2010 HRO Summit APAC best: “The growth opportunity in Asia is amazing. In six months . . . [pause for effect] you can develop enough business for a decade.”
 
 
 
 
 
Richard Crespin

Guest Blogger: Linda Merritt, Research Director, HRO, NelsonHall
 
The HRO provider financials reporting season for the first quarter of 2010 ended kind of flat, but that’s actually good given that all things are relative.