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isPermaLink="false">http://www.articleslane.com/?p=18637</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Recreational Vehicles (RV) are often high-powered vehicles that require an equally solid powerful battery. A standard automotive battery cannot be installed on a RV, the reason being that these standard batteries are not designed to withstand the deep-discharge that a&#8230;</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Recreational Vehicles (RV) are often high-powered vehicles that require an equally solid powerful battery. A standard automotive battery cannot be installed on a RV, the reason being that these standard batteries are not designed to withstand the deep-discharge that a RV demands. Most RVs often have kitchen appliances, TVs or refrigerators. You need batteries that you can depend upon to power these appliances when you are on the move. RV batteries ensure that you get the maximum power for all the equipment that are installed in your vehicle.</p><p>The RV batteries can go a long way provided they are maintained well. RV battery&#8217;s life expectancy depends upon how they are used and maintained, how the battery is discharged and charged and how it is stored. It is important to understand that a battery that is discharged 50% everyday will last longer than the one that is discharged 80%. RV batteries such as deep cycle batteries come in different sizes. Larger batteries give more amp hours. Depending upon the needs and the space available one can select from the different options available.</p><p>For everybody who is an RV enthusiast, you will enjoy what we provide you with on our <a
href="rvbatteries.org">RV Deep Cycle Batteries</a> site in terms of thoughts and ideas.  We offer you information on recreational vehicles and provide you with tips and strategies about maintaining your <a
href="http://www.rvbattery.org">deep cycle RV battery</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.articleslane.com/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Philippines &#8211; The future of BPO industry!</title><link>http://www.articleslane.com/philippines-the-future-of-bpo-industry/</link> <comments>http://www.articleslane.com/philippines-the-future-of-bpo-industry/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 21:44:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>portconnect8</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Outsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[affordable outbound call center services]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Business Process Outsourcing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[call center outsourcing]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://www.articleslane.com/?p=8259</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>For a long time, India has led the worlwide Call Center Outsourcing industry,especially its great pool of IT graduates and British-influenced British culture. In the last ten years, they quickly formulated the skills set blended with the capability of creating&#8230;</p>]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a long time, India has led the worlwide Call Center Outsourcing industry,especially its great pool of IT graduates and British-influenced British culture. In the last ten years, they quickly formulated the skills set blended with the capability of creating mass output with the millions of professionals they certified annually. They became the global reference for supplyingnearly every type of ITO and <a
title="Call Center Outsourcing" href="http://www.portconnectintl.com" target="_blank">Call Center Outsourcing </a>service in every corner of the world.</p><p>With a general market calculated at around U$ 70 billion, the Indian companies are reported to be responsible for approximately U$ 50 billion. That is roughly 70 %. The &#8220;TWITCH&#8221; companies (the 7 families: Tata, Wipro, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and HCL), which exclusively, according to Gartner Research, have 36 % of the US IT services market, and 51 % of the European market, are the real big players, and also according to Gartner are proving to be IBM and EDS´s greatest competitors.</p><p>Aside from these giants, India still had about 250 other smaller companies that return hundreds of millions of dollars each annually, making the Indian companies the most cash rich companies on the planet. This implies that, even though they are seeing several contender from other country destinations and companies, they can just buy the market. Specially in the current times where cash is power. This is the reason why we are seeing the Indian companies go into all markets where there is a justifiable return on investment. Be it by the ways of the local market, such as Brazil or Poland, be it to use it as a nearshore platform to markets like the US and Europe.</p><p>Clearly these Indian Companies were the whales in this great ocean of <a
title="BPO industry" href="http://www.portconnectintl.com" target="_blank">BPO industry</a>, set to consume the small fishes which were the Companies from other markets around the globe. They&#8217;re just like fishes financially, compared to the whales of the cash rich Indian rivals. So what can these companies do to step up to the challenge?</p><p><strong>Beating The Whales</strong></p><p>Many groups of companies like those in Brazil have followed a collaborative approach, which was being called the &#8220;whale strategy&#8221;. In the early 70´s, Walt Disney brought out an animated film called Fantasia, thought to be one of his first masterpieces´s. In one of the sceneries, a hungry big whale is after a large group of fish, which find protection under a big rock, where they remain trapped, since the hungry whale stayed put patiently waiting for its main course. This is when, one of the smarter fish, comes up with the idea that, if they came out of underneath the large rock in a formation that reproduced a whale, the hungry whale would be made to believe it was another whale too.</p><p>In Brazil where the cooperative spirit is strongest, a lot of companies have initiated a lot of different consortium, building &#8220;whales&#8221;, so they can have bigger crucial mass different compelling advantages and capacities, and also have a more financial clout.The challenge is to create a greater common good that the individual interest, in order to keep every ones dedication and toughness. In this case, the greater need to become a relevant international player plays a greater role for every company, that if were to go solely, probably would not endure the first year.</p><p>Here in the Philippines however, a growing figure of American companies and other multinational companies were moving their operations from  India to a determined Business Process Outsourcing competitors in Southeast Asia: The Philippines. Although India has a waxingportion of the pie, the Philippines is fast overtaking the BPO giant because of crucial  advantages: improved infrastructure, customer service-oriented workforce, and deep appreciation, understanding and competent practice of the English language and American culture. The Philippines does not only banking on one choice alone but also using India&#8217;s weaknesses as it&#8217;s strenghts. This is the main cause why it stands out against whale like no other could.</p><p>Unlike the other players, the Philippines though just a distant second largest service provider in the world after India has became the largest Call Center Outsourcing destination in the Asia Pacific.The Call Center Outsourcing sector actually grew by 25 percent in 2009 while the Philippine economy almost came to a grinding halt, rising at less than 1 percent.The industry yielded US$2 billion in revenues last year, up by 19% year on year. This still pale in comparison to that of Indian numbers though.</p><p><strong>India: Falling Its Momentum in the Call Center Outsourcing Contest?</strong></p><p>According to a survey carried by Kelly Services Inc.Michigan, India is losing its  position as the number one choice of US companies for backroom operations.Suffering  Quality &#8211; For all its advantages, India may be quickly dropping off its momentum as the  leader of the Call Center Outsourcing industry. The Philippines is fast catching up to India in terms of servicing the rising BPO market. It&#8217;s telecommunication infrastructure is immensely better and companies are more safely set up and maintained because of the steady surroundings, increasing economic incentives and highly skilled human resources.American, European and Australian companies that have already outsourced to the country are currently saving 40% to 60%, which transforms to boosted profits and capability for expansion.</p><p>More significantly also, while many Indians  do speak English, their accent is still too thick, which may result in difficult  conversations with disappointed customers.This could be one of the factors in the  decision by Tampa-based Sykes Enterprises to move some of its call center operations  from Bangalore to the Philippines, as reported by The Motely Fool, a commercial website  about investment and finance, and the Tampa Tribune.</p><p>Some other very assuring industry is outsourced medical transcription, which thrives in the vast medical talent pool of the Philippines.The vast number of nurses, medical technologists, doctors and specialized medical transcriptionists in the country has been able to deal the raised demands of US hospitals, which are now demaded by the law to convert medical records into data format.With all of these positive qualities going for the Philippines, all signs point to the tide of battle transferring soon in its favour. Many big companies have already set up operations in the Philippines, such as MSN-Microsoft, AT&amp;T, IBM, Washington Mutual, Sallie Mae, Expedia, Intuit, Transunion, Alltell and Bellsouth.Reading from all present indications, the future of Call Center Outsourcing or Business Process offshoring is clearly not India, but the Philippines.More and more small and medium-sized American companies have also chosen the Philippines as their Call Center Outsourcing headquarters of choice.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.articleslane.com/philippines-the-future-of-bpo-industry/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
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