The document discusses the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and call center industry. It defines key terms like customers, clients, and agents. It also outlines basic BPO services, types of industries, and categories of BPO like back office outsourcing, front office outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, and nearshore outsourcing.
The document discusses the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and call center industry. It defines key terms like customers, clients, and agents. It also outlines basic BPO services, types of industries, and categories of BPO like back office outsourcing, front office outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, and nearshore outsourcing.
The document discusses the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and call center industry. It defines key terms like customers, clients, and agents. It also outlines basic BPO services, types of industries, and categories of BPO like back office outsourcing, front office outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, and nearshore outsourcing.
The document discusses the business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and call center industry. It defines key terms like customers, clients, and agents. It also outlines basic BPO services, types of industries, and categories of BPO like back office outsourcing, front office outsourcing, offshore outsourcing, and nearshore outsourcing.
Customers refer to the people who are current or
potential buyers, subscribers, account owners or patrons of the industry who enters into transaction with you through information technology (IT) assisted devices like computers, telephones and mobile phones. Clients refer to companies you will represent. Agents or representatives otherwise known as rep/s are job titles of personnel who assist customers in activities What is BPO?
Business Process Outsourcing or BPO refers to the
management of one or more specific business processes or functions by a third party. BPO is “the delegation of one or more IT-intensive business processes to an external provider that, in turn, owns, administrates and manages the selected process based on a defined and measurable performance metrics”. Gartner Dataquest. Basic Services within BPO Industry
1. Finance and Accounting
2. Document Management 3. Procurement 4. Software development 5. Call Centers 6. Legal Services TYPES OF INDUSTRY
Call centers, just like other types of businesses, offer a variety of
products and services. Call centers are also classified based on job-tasks and the location in which the service is offered. An offshoot of BPO is Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) Considered by some to be a subset of BPO, KPO includes those activities that require greater skill, knowledge, education, and expertise to handle. This may include services in financial analysis and legal services. BPO is often divided into two main categories:
1. Back Office Outsourcing- This includes internal business functions such
as billing, purchasing, payroll of employees, and other similar tasks. 2. 2. Front Office Outsourcing – This includes customer-related services such as marketing or technical support. Based on the location of hiring and contracting, BPO may be categorized 1. Offshore Outsourcing 2. Nearshore Outsourcing 3. Onshore