CenterBP : Explains the various benefits of outsourcing virtual office and offshore and office outsourcing.

Center for Business Planning : Offers various benefits of outsourcing virtual office solutions.
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The most successful businesses of today have gone to outsourcing and now have time and money to spend on differentiating themselvesin the marketplace. If you are looking for
ways to reduce overhead and focus on your core business, now is the perfect time to make the switch to outsourcing.

Outsourcing will allow your staff to focus on their core responsibilities and dedicate their time to higher value business functions.

Outsourcing Benefits:
  • Improve company focus
  • Reduce and control operating costs
  • Free resources for other projects
  • Gain access to world class capabilities & resources  
  • Reduce time to market
  • Share risks 
  • Handle functions that are difficult to manage or out of control
  • Achieve “Best Practices” companywide
  • Lower costs and save precious capital
  • Eliminate being strangled by “Operational diversities”
  • Leverage the talent and skills available in other countries
  • Enable redefinition of business strategies
  • Lower operating costs
  • Allow your core business to thrive 
  • Gain access to world class technology practices
  • Go hi-tech without any skills or manpower
  • Re-engineer your business model
  • Improve knowledge management
  • Take advantage of resources not available internally

Outsource the smart way!


Smart Sourcing with CBP

Smart Sourcing is outsourcing through a trusted partner that can exercise direct control over outsourcing service providers. Adding another dimension to outsourcing, Smart Sourcing allows you to outsource the management of your outsourcing relationship and eliminate all the potential risks that an outsourcing relationship may involve.

Center for Business Planning is a leading Smart Sourcing partner that has strong alliances with BPO’s and proven outsourcing service providers across the globe. We deal with only the most professional and reputed service providers that have earned our trust over the years. Through CBP, you get a smart, single point access to virtually any outsourced service/function that you may be looking for – be it Outsourcing Finance & Accounting, Condominium Association Management, Marketing Services, Back Room Functions, Document Management, etc.
   
What’s more, all these outsourced services are provided directly through a single window: The Virtual CBP secure portal (www.virtualCBP.com). Center for Business Planning is a gateway to your outsourced world and offers the easiest and safest way to leverage on the benefits of outsourcing. CBP uses a

Virtual Process Manager (VPM) – a proprietary management framework that supports collaborative business processes. This framework allows for workflow management (work unit allocation, prioritization, document management and tracking), which when combined with the ready capabilities of a professional BPO team provides a compelling, low-cost business process solution.

Smart Sourcing benefits:

  • Professionals achieve the business goals for you
  • Do a better job in less time
  • They do not ask you to buy additional hardware or software
  • They keep themselves updated through continuous research
  • They stay tuned to emerging technologies and best practices worldwide
  • No setup, no training, no lost productivity
  • No payroll, benefits, or accounting headaches
  • No locked in contracts
  • Pay per use model allows your relationship to grow on trust
  • Allows you to exit/enter whenever you please
  • Allows you to achieve a competitive advantage and not just a cost advantage
  • Aligns your business goals to a "Best Practices" model

Benefits of Smart Sourcing with CBP:

  • Identify the right parts to outsource
  • Sets realistic expectations on both sides
  • Always stays involved
  • Hands on management of whole process
  • Selects the right service provider for the job
  • Uses clout with service provider to negotiate deals and ensure timely delivery
  • Helps you gear up to changes
  • Access services at the most reasonable rates, on an easy pay per use basis

CBP helps eliminate the following risks:

  • Strategic Risk
  • Reputation Risk
  • Compliance Risk
  • Operational Risk
  • Exit Strategy Risk
  • Counterparty Risk
  • Country Risk
  • Contractual Risk
  • Access Risk
  • Concentration and Systemic Risk
Look at some of the key differentiators:
Variables In Sourcing Outsourcing Smart Sourcing
Personnel costs Yes Some No
Fringe benefit costs Yes Some No
Materials/supply costs Yes No No
Maintenance/license costs Yes No No
Training costs Yes No No
Additional contract service costs Yes No No
Telecommunications charges Yes Reduced Minimized
New equipment costs Yes No No
New software costs Yes No No
Rent Yes No No
Utilities Yes No No
Travel Yes No No
Direct Benefits In Sourcing Outsourcing Smart Sourcing
Staff time saved No Yes Maximized
New operational efficiencies No Yes Maximized
Indirect Costs In Sourcing Outsourcing Smart Sourcing
Administrative overhead Yes Reduced Minimized
Divisional overhead Yes Reduced No
Costs to other agencies Yes No No
Contract administration costs No Yes No
Other variables In Sourcing Outsourcing Smart Sourcing
Availability Yes Yes Yes
Quality of service Yes Yes Yes
Legal risks Yes Yes No
Security Yes Yes Yes
Sensitivity Yes No Yes
Planning time delays Yes No No
Operational risk Yes Yes No
Technology risk Yes Yes No
Relationship risk Yes Yes No

Financial Accounting Outsourcing (FAO) Benefits

  • Increases efficiency and agility
  • Provides better quality and efficiency
  • Improved reporting
  • Greater technological prowess
  • No software or hardware cost or maintenance
  • More effective business process management
  • Spend saved time working with customers
  • Departments brought to “Best Practices Standards”
  • Electronic banking
  • Electronic invoicing
  • Electronic payables
  • Paperless environment
  • Have every report you need available in real time
  • Tremendous cost savings
  • Variable cost pricing – pay only for what you use
  • No need for seasonal staffing
  • No need for IT services – latest technology employed
  • Available 24/7 from any place anywhere
  • All energy focused on core business functions
  • Higher quality bookkeeping, done quickly at less cost
  • No need to buy additional hardware or software
  • No setup, no training, no lost productivity
  • No payroll, benefits, or accounting headaches
  • Employees remain focused on goals and productivity
  • No fixed overhead
  • Technology Agnostic - no need to learn a new system or adopt a new technology
  • Leave anytime you want - no contracts


  Customized management by Exception Dash Board integrated with electronic banking, invoicing, payables and document management for seamless 24/7 use any place any time.
  Complete "come to market" programs featuring corporate image, brand development, web design, SEO, PPC, collateral, lead generation and snail mail campaigns.
  Comprehensive “Best Practices” level back room support systems enable you and your staff to concentrate solely on your company’s core business.
  No matter what your business is, with the vast array of services offered by CBP, a tailored solution can be offered to exactly fit your operating environment.
 
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Center for Business Planning : Offers various benefits of outsourcing virtual office and offshore and office outsourcing services.