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Why eLearning Development Ratios Can be Hazardous to Your Career.

Dashe & Thomson

After much wrangling, we came up with a number that knocked our client off his chair. Simple: Off-shore it! Our off-shore competitor, whose development rate we later learned an thrifty-sounding $20/hour, came in with a surprising bid: $2 million. Without getting too specific, it was over $500,000.

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Why eLearning Development Ratios Can be Hazardous to Your Career

Dashe & Thomson

After much wrangling, we came up with a number that knocked our client off his chair. Simple: Off-shore it! Our off-shore competitor, whose development rate we later learned an thrifty-sounding $20/hour, came in with a surprising bid: $2 million. Without getting too specific, it was over $500,000.

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In-House Vs Outsourcing: 3 Reasons Why Tailored Training Makes Financial Sense

eLearning Industry

The cost of such training programs for employees can be the equivalent of hiring a dozen or more new employees for many businesses. Thus, corporate training can be a significant expense, and one that an organization might want to look at offshoring to a custom tailored training program that utilizes eLearning.

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Workplace Trends from 2004…Still Trending

Integrated Learnings

Globalization is making our workforces increasingly interconnected, with a rise in offshoring many business functions. --4-- The rate of change in organizations is accelerating, businesses are reducing cycle times on their processes, and an adaptable workforce is needed. --6-- Know the business, grow the business.

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Leveraging eLearning Toward Excellence in the Oil & Gas Industry

Upside Learning

In the oil and gas industry- where safety, compliance, and the bottom line of business are all so important- eLearning provides the flexibility, scalability, and impact required to ensure a highly trained workforce. Upside Learning offers customized, results-driven eLearning solutions that will bring success in the oil and gas sector.

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Off-Shore Call Center Experience

Tony Karrer

While I've been somewhat agnostic on the issue of having on-shore vs. off-shore call centers, an experience five minutes ago may have changed my mind. One of my business credit cards changed aspects of the card and sent me the new card. The person who picked up initially was from an off-shore call center in India.

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Let Go Through BPO for eLearning

Web Courseworks

However, many associations are starting to recognize that while members are central to their functions, the deployment of professional development is not an association’s core business. As such, associations are beginning to look outside their own organization for help with service management , or outsourcing the business process (BPO).