Publications

10Minutes on finance & accounting shared services 10Minutes on finance & accounting shared services
What you need to know about emerging finance and accounting shared service centers.
Shared service center: 2nd generation Shared service center: 2nd generation
To ensure long-term added value, your shared services center needs to anticipate changes in requirements and adjust its service portfolio in an effective and efficient way. In this PricewaterhouseCoopers Point of view, we propose solutions to help your business address these challenges.
Sharing: Global sourcing trends Sharing: Global sourcing trends
The trend towards offshoring seems ready to accelerate rather than slow down as cost containment becomes a primary objective in today's harsh economic conditions. All indications are that offshoring by US companies will continue to increase during the next few years.
Sourcing decisions in a downturn
PricewaterhouseCoopers believes that alternative service delivery models, such as outsourcing and offshoring, provide significant opportunities in difficult economic conditions. We recommend taking additional care to assess and understand the complexities of an increasingly volatile market. Only then can executives make effective decisions that will stand the test of time.
From partners to providers: How outsourcing relationships have changed for the future
All too many companies find that their outsourcing deals fall short of expectations. Find out how more collaborative relationships between customers and service providers are changing things for the better.
How an integrated approach can lead to sourcing success
Increasingly, companies are forming collaborative relationships with their suppliers, stressing joint ventures and entrepreneurial creativity. Sourcing relationships are evolving away from vendor vs. buyer into partnerships. In this new model, organizations face a range of sourcing options, from shared services to hybrid models. This publication suggests differing approaches to a sourcing strategy.
Outsourcing comes of age: The rise of collaborative partnering
This report provides key findings of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ 2007 Global outsourcing survey. It directly compares the experiences and opinions of customers and service providers of outsourcing, on a global scale- 292 respondents in total.