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Posted in Philippines General Information on 07/18/2007 03:11 am by admin
Advantage of offshore outsourcing in the Philippines
The cutthroat economy now, more and more companies will offshore outsourcing to stay competitive. The 20% to 40% savings off it shaves costs makes a world of difference, especially during lean times. One advantage of using workers abroad dropped the "time-is-money" category: US-based team and workers abroad can work almost around the clock for the time difference. But the Philippines offers a more economic and time zone differences aside to land the top position as number one offshore outsourcing choice in Asia.
The Philippines is a broad talent pool of English speaking graduates colelge for its high literacy rate of ninety-two point six percent (92.6%) and is more to eighty-six (86) IT universities and colleges nationwide. In a more than eighty-six (86) IT universities and colleges throughout the country and a high literacy rate of ninety-two point six percent (92.6%) of the Philippines makes a big pool for talent in the English speaking college graduates needed.
All of Asian countries that provide offshore outsourcing, study from Gartner Research shows that the Philippines is the most Westernized. No wonder, because as a former U.S. colony, its political and educational system is pattered after the U.S. model. Beyond Socio-Politcal structure, proving that their admiration for all things American goes beyond just voluntary - socio-political structure. "I Love Lucy" and "MacGyver" is the Philippine television Staples for most families. Even something that is an Asian invetion like karaoke show American influence on Philippines.Nat King Cole, Matt Monroe, and other American classics are top karaoke selections, with unbeatable king of karaoke songs Frank Sinatra's "My Way" reigning supreme.
The Philippines has benefitted from having housed two decommissioned U.S. military installation, Clark Air Force Base and Subic Naval Port. The country has a striking trans-pacific communication infrastructure with the remaining amount of voice / data communications bandwidth. Your Offshore outsourcing partner in the Philippines can now be managed by videoconferencing links, internet-based collaboration tools, and standard business applications. Videoconferencing links, internet-based collaboration tools, and standard business applications make the management Your Offshore outsourcing partner to the Philippines easier than ever.
And there's more reason why companies chooseing the Philippines. Acccording to the recent study by Kelly Services recent studies in collaboration with Singapore-based ACA Research, Inc., Filipinos are healthy, more loyal to their employers, and have better language skills than all other offshore outsourcing country counterpart. Other results of studies showing that Filipinos do less time to train, meaning foreign-based employers spend less for training. With his ability, knowledge, language, culture, and the infrastructure, the Philippines offers the best possible environment for achieving your organization offshore outsourcing objectives.
About the Author
Eli Loper is the CEO of TrafficSupport Inc. Traffic Support is a business process outsourcing provider with offices located in both the United States and the Philippines. For more information about TrafficSupport, please visit http://trafficsupport.net
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