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Wednesday, October 17, 2007

BPO Companies – What Are They

Some experts offer to divide all BPO companies into two main groups: back office BPO companies and front office BPO companies, depending on the nature of work and the necessity to be or not to be in contact with customers. Further, the BPO companies are divided into offshore outsourcing, nearshore outsourcing and onshore outsourcing businesses, depending on the country, where the outsourcer is situated.

Some of the most widely spread BPO companies are represented by call centers, data entry specialists, offshore bookkeepers, tax preparation specialists, accountants, email answering specialists, online customer support, image processing specialists, form processing specialists, hr help, translators, copywriters, transcription specialists, billing services , database marketers, telemarketers, web sales and marketing professionals, and many other specialists. This list is constantly expanding.

In most cases, BPO companies are located overseas. Despite the seeming inconvenience of hiring an overseas specialist, and not being able to fully control the work of such an employee, BPO companies remain one of the fastest growing industries in today’s so much globalised offshore IT market. What are the reasons for such a phenomenon? There are actually many of them, the most important of which is the reducing of production costs, while getting the work done by professional specialists. Sounds like a dream? Not any more. BPO companies are a logical consequence of the globalizing IT market.

Hiring a BPO company usually implies that several of your business risks are shared with the outsourcing firm, which purchases and installs the necessary equipment, software, manages the work force at its own costs. This allows the hiring companies plan long-term projects and set long-term goals, which are not exposed to high risks of failure.

It is estimated that the main competitors on the BPO market are BPO companies arising from India, South Africa, the Philippines, Eastern Europe and China. These countries and India in particular, largely assist small- and medium-sized companies which seek to boost their business profits with the help of cost-effective techniques.

India is by far a country of the greatest number of IT specialists, many of whom work for BPO companies. Taking into consideration the low average-sized salaries on the Indian market, and the huge potential and high level of IT education in the country, one can consider India and its BPO companies a great way to reduce the costs of the business, allocating more funds to the other important sectors of the firm.

The experts predict that businesses will be outsourcing more and more in the future, taking into consideration the constantly growing number of BPO companies and the cheapening of services offered. Therefore, it is a good chance for many to try outsourcing, when they haven’t started yet.

Olga Makhnach, copywriter for MoveYourWeb Offshore BPO Company

Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Olga_Makhnach

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