Industries

The overall objective of this study was to provide contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs) a sound basis for formulating an effective strategy to compete in the market, including areas of opportunities and threats. As far as the market dynamics and CMO selection are concerned, overall satisfaction and likelihood of contract renewal are in the 4...

This study provides a benchmarking analysis for Indian logistics service providers (LSPs) across 5 key industry sectors using key performance criteria. It also provides a comprehensive analysis of logistics outsourcing trends, use of organized 3PL service providers, and LSP performance ratings for important selection criteria based on end-user revi...

The service provides detailed insights into the logistics expenditure, outsourcing practices, and technology usage trends within 5 key industry sectors in India. Insights into function-wise outsourcing, reasons for outsourcing, criteria for service provider selection, contract periods, and major logistic challenges are also provided. The analysis h...

The primary aim of this research is to gauge the use trends of social networking within a business context, specifically related to internal communications. The study covers drivers for social media use, prevalence of engagement, and management tool use as well as factors used to determine social media. About 60% of companies use social media for i...

The primary aim of this research service is to gauge the use trends of social networking within a business context, specifically related to external communications. The study analyzes how social media is used to drive external client relations, measures the prevalence of social media engagement tool use, evaluates social media engagement tools, and...

The main objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of agent performance optimization (APO) solutions in European contact centers. Quality monitoring and workforce and performance management systems are the most widely deployed and used APO applications in Europe. Furthermore, large contact centers h...

The main objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of cloud contact center solutions in European contact centers. One-third of the respondents outsource some customer care activities. The United Kingdom has the highest proportion of companies that outsource, while Benelux has the least. Outsourcing ...

The overall research objective of this research service was to investigate the current and future outsourcing trends in the North American contact centers. Nearly half of the respondents outsource some customer care activities. Large contact center organizations are greater users of outsourcing than medium and small contact center organizations. Co...

The overall research objective of this research service was to investigate the current use and future adaptation of cloud contact center solutions in European contact centers. About 37% of contact center organizations in Europe use a hosted/cloud contact center solution, which is expected to reach 86% by 2016. While small and medium contact centers...