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Contact Centers and Beyond
October, 2012
III CONVENCION APECCO 2012
Peter Ryan, Practice Leader – Ovum’s Services Team
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Structure of Presentations
Introduction
Outsourced contact center trends
Why move to new service delivery strategies?
Wrap-up
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Introduction
Contact centers have been invaluable for developing outsourcer market presence
Technology / service based delivery
Social mobility for workforce
Outsourcing can be so much more
Back-office BPO
Now is the time to seize the initiative
Increased exposure to the world
Perception of higher value
Better margins
Evolving labor skills
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Why Outsourced Contact Centers?
Employment
AwarenessStability
Social development
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Outsourced Contact Center Requirements for Vendors
Agent pool University graduates
Commercial property Infrastructure
Incentives
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Regional outsourced contact center growth 2011 - 16
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Source: Ovum
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Challenges Facing Outsourced Contact Centers - 1
Political Pressure
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Challenges Facing Outsourced Contact Centers - 2
Market crowding
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Challenges Facing Outsourced Contact Centers - 3
Tightening profits
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Challenges Facing Outsourced Contact Centers - 4
Attrition
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Challenges Facing Outsourced Contact Centers - 5
Linguistic / Cultural Sensitivities
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Moving to the next level of outsourcing…..
Broader BPO
Contact Centers
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Why vendors are moving to non-contact center BPO?
Diversification of the outsourcing value proposition
Better margins
Labor pool size
Less exposure to onshore controversy
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Global / LATAM BPO market size and growth to 2016B
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Source: Ovum
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What is needed to deliver back-office BPO?
Talent pool University graduates
Commercial property Infrastructure
Incentives
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But, is it that simple???
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Challenges in offering back-office BPO services
Higher education requirements
Increased investment in training
Fighting a call center-only perception
Process familiarization
Standards compliance
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Locations That Have Made the BPO Transition
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Wrap-up
Contact centers are an attractive way to kick off an outsourcing value proposition
Exposure to enterprises
Straightforward offering
Development of broader skills and marketplace
Back-office BPO an attractive option
Strong levels of growth anticipated by Ovum
But clearly sensitive to challenges
Those firms that can manage to diversify into non-voice outsourcing will secure long-term benefits
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Questions?
Peter Ryan
Practice Leader – Ovum’s Services Team