The Global Small Business Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

©iStock/Filmstax What once was incidental and supplemental is now routinely baked into companies’ operating model. An astonishing 72 million Americans, or about 45% of the workforce, reaped at least some of their earnings from independent contracting last year. Need a CFO? The highest-profile fractionals would be C-suite-level executives, ranging from part-time, long-term CFOs to M&A specialists who pop in to help close specific deals.

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Everest Group

JUNE 4, 2024

Earlier this month, I was asked by my friend Niklas Oldiges why GBS leaders seem to be moving jobs at a higher than usual rate. And as a sucker for a good provocation, I took the bait, pondering why some of the industry’s best and brightest don’t seem to be able to hold onto a job. Is it the nature of the beast—does GBS as a model attract more than its share of job hoppers?

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Global Expansion

JUNE 4, 2024

Hiring the right global payroll partner and managing a global workforce can be challenging, but with conscious consideration of some key points, it can be a game-changer. An efficient global payroll partner can simplify the global payroll process.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 6, 2024

When we work with healthcare organizations (HCOs) on their marketing and content strategies, our clients are typically concerned with identifying their audiences. But competition in the healthcare and life sciences industry is heating up. And HCOs have a problem with consumer trust they historically haven’t had to face as much as other industries. So it’s important to understand who your organization is and who it aspires to be.

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Speaker: Joe Sharpe and James Carlson

Running a small business is no small feat. Payroll management, in particular, can be one of the most time-consuming and complex parts of that equation. Yet, businesses that crack the code on streamlining these processes often discover not just savings, but new avenues for growth. Our expert speakers will share actionable insights and real-world examples of how businesses have reduced overhead and improved payroll efficiency.

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3Pillar Global

JUNE 6, 2024

Submitting and paying claims is the financial underpinning of the U.S. healthcare system and shapes every other aspect of the industry. This playbook identifies the 7 key opportunities to modernize Revenue Cycle and Claims Management processes to reduce administrative costs, foster competitiveness, and elevate strategic priorities.

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The Global Small Business Blog

JUNE 4, 2024

©2024 Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®. All rights reserved. Gillian Henker, Co-Founder & President is a two-time founder with a proven track record of execution. Gillian is the primary inventor of Hemafuse and two other medical technologies. She led Hemafuse development, global regulatory clearances (including FDA), and launch in 5 countries across Africa, Asia, and Europe.

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Everest Group

JUNE 3, 2024

What impact will Salesforce’s upcoming global partnership with IQVIA have? Get the expert view here, or get in touch to understand how this significant move in the life sciences CRM sector might impact your business. Once again, the winds of change are blowing in the life sciences CRM landscape. The usual suspect, Salesforce, has announced its strategic global partnership with IQVIA to enhance the capabilities of its Life Sciences Cloud.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 4, 2024

Various deployment methods, including cloud-based (e.g., CloudHub) and on-premises, are available to meet diverse infrastructure needs. GitHub, among other tools, supports versioning and code backup, while CI/CD practices automate integration and deployment processes, enhancing code quality and speeding up software delivery. GitHub Actions, an automation platform by GitHub, streamlines building, testing, and deploying software workflows directly from repositories.

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The Global Small Business Blog

JUNE 7, 2024

©iStock/Robert Way Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is ramping up its global expansion with new services aimed at attracting small businesses in the U.S. and Europe. Alibaba.com — the company’s business-to-business platform which sells to companies outside China — is launching “Alibaba Guaranteed.” The new service will provide buyers with greater certainty on delivery, payments and dispute settlement.

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Premier BPO

JUNE 7, 2024

“Do one thing better than anyone. Ignore everything else.” – Peter Thiel “Do what you do best and outsource the rest.” – Stephen Covey Some of the best business minds of our era recognize the strategic importance of focusing on efforts and identifying critical partnerships to access subject matter expertise for non-core elements. Overextending your efforts dilutes your resources and can severely limit your business’s ability to thrive.

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Diversity and inclusion are crucial for building a strong and innovative workforce. Discover how AI technology can revolutionize your hiring process and drive diversity in your organization. Explore over 10 ways AI recruiting tools can help you identify a wider pool of candidates, enhance communication strategies, and eliminate unconscious bias. Embrace the future of recruitment and create a more diverse and inclusive workplace with AI technology.

The Scalers

JUNE 5, 2024

You want to find qualified tech talent overseas but don’t know where and how to start. You’ve heard organisations having great experiences outsourcing engineers… and others getting not-so-good results. Then there’s staff augmentation, another popular model for hiring developers many businesses use to expand their teams. “Maybe this could work for us,” you may have thought while exploring solutions for finding professionals you can’t get at home.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 3, 2024

New ERG Will Further Perficient’s Progress in Supporting and Empowering the LGBTQ+ Community and its Allies At Perficient, we believe in developing a workforce that is as diverse and inclusive as the clients we work with. We are committed to fostering an environment where we celebrate all colleagues because our people make us unique, their perspectives make us stronger, and the label we all share is talent.

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The Global Small Business Blog

JUNE 1, 2024

©2024 Laurel J. Delaney. All rights reserved. “I need to be outside. I need to be in the world and to remember that I am of it.

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AS White Global

JUNE 5, 2024

Meet Joshua from ASW Philippines , a dynamic graphic artist whose creativity knows no bounds and one of ASW’s Culture Champ awardees. Get to know more about his passion for motorcycling, his background in dance, and his inspiring advice for his fellow ASW colleagues. 1. Hi! Please introduce yourself. What is your role and responsibilities at ASW? Hi!

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The first report from Gallagher’s 2024 US Workforce Trends Report Series, includes data from 3,500+ employers who participated in the 2024 US Benefits Strategy & Benchmarking Survey. The report provides benchmarks for benefits, HR and people strategies to help organizations thrive. Organizations continue to rank retention as the top priority for HR, and second highest for operations.

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Everest Group

JUNE 5, 2024

Life Sciences Regulatory and Medical Affairs Operations PEAK Matrix® Assessment The evolving regulatory landscape poses significant challenges for life sciences enterprises. Enterprises struggle to navigate complex compliance frameworks, stay updated with emerging regulations, and manage diverse geographical requirements, all vital for achieving regulatory compliance and securing market access.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 4, 2024

Perficient is excited to announce our achievement in Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Competency for AWS partners. This designation recognizes Perficient as an AWS partner that has demonstrated expertise in delivering Dev Sec Ops solutions. This competency highlights Perficient’s ability to drive innovation, meet business objectives , and get the most out of your AWS services.

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Intelligent Management Inc.

JUNE 7, 2024

In our fast-changing world, books are still something that people value. With our sixth book coming out in August 2024, we’re delighted at the success of our series of posts on LinkedIn offering mini reviews of books by Deming, Goldratt and the books on our Decalogue methodology. Nearly 100,000 impressions and many hundreds of interactions indicate that these books matter to many people around the world.

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Globalization Partners

JUNE 6, 2024

From project-based workers to full-time employees and everything in between, today’s workforce is more diverse than ever. So the question is: How can companies adapt their work models to work for everyone?

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Can you guess why top-tier companies place such a high emphasis on diversity? Because a successful business mirrors the world around it. Diverse companies create empowering environments and are 35% more likely to financially outperform their peers. This new guide offers strategic insights to build a vibrant, diverse, and innovative workforce. Learn to assess your current workforce, understand demographics, and identify barriers to inclusivity.

Working Solutions Outsourcing

JUNE 6, 2024

As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, the role of contact centers has become more critical than ever for businesses. Once you’ve identified the need for a customer service center for your company, it’s essential to ensure you have all the necessary components to effectively meet your goals.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 1, 2024

Permission sets in Salesforce are a powerful tool for granting users access to specific objects, fields, and functionality without modifying their profiles. However, testing permission sets is crucial to ensure they are working as intended and not causing any unintended consequences. Let’s discuss when and how to test permission sets, as well as some advanced techniques for more thorough testing. 1.

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Everest Group

JUNE 6, 2024

How can you reduce the level of uncertainty and risk as you drive innovation and growth and disrupt your competitors in today’s changing market dynamics and emerging technologies? For instance, how could the arrival of a disruptive technology such as viable sodium-ion batteries strategically impact your company? What if your company could stay intimately aware of emerging technologies in sci-tech fields and assess their potential impact on your company’s products, services, and operations so tha

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Zinnov

JUNE 4, 2024

Imagine your workforce as a vast, untapped oil field. While there’s potential there, but without the right tools and insights, you might be missing the most valuable resources. This episode of Zinnov Podcast’s Business Resilience Series features Sam Fletcher, Head of Talent Intelligence at PayPal, who shares his expertise on adapting talent strategies for remote/hybrid work models, identifying critical skill gaps within a workforce, and leveraging global talent pools for innovation a

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Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Working Solutions Outsourcing

JUNE 6, 2024

As technology continues to evolve at a rapid pace, the role of contact centers has become more critical than ever for businesses. Once you’ve identified the need for a customer service center for your company, it’s essential to ensure you have all the necessary components to effectively meet your goals.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 5, 2024

In the latest episode of “What If, So What?” we are joined by Claus Torp Jensen , a pioneer in the realm of digital transformation. Claus, who has extensive experience in roles including chief architect and chief digital officer at companies like IBM and CVS, shares invaluable insights into the evolving technologies of ambient computing and digital twins.

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Everest Group

JUNE 5, 2024

Technology runs the world. It affects every aspect of our lives. This immutable fact is doubly true for large organizations. Not only do we rely on technology to run our organizations, but it is at the heart of the value propositions we offer to customers and the business models we use to compete. Often, the most crucial bets companies make are those based on technologies.

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Globalization Partners

JUNE 4, 2024

While global hiring can unlock new business opportunities, it can also be costly and time consuming. With that in mind, you want to make sure the investment and the positive recruiting experience extends into the onboarding.

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3Pillar Global

JUNE 3, 2024

The challenges facing revenue cycle and claims management are well known: capture information upfront, prioritize correct diagnosis codes, minimize denials, etc. Finding a frictionless, scalable solution to do all this—that’s less obvious. For decades, providers and digital health companies have labored away at these challenges. These “solutions” are manual, painfully slow, and riddled with their own problems: Overlapping, ossified systems built for particular use cases and unable to handle ne

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Capgemini

JUNE 3, 2024

Five ways generative AI can help retailers improve the automotive customer experience Matt Desmond Jun 4, 2024 Facebook Linkedin Generative AI can help retailers improve customer and vehicle knowledge to boost sales and service Customers in today’s digitally enabled world expect seamless, convenient, and personalized retail experiences. It’s no different when it comes to buying a vehicle.

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Perficient Digital Transformation

JUNE 4, 2024

Dancing with Data It was but a fortnight into 2024 AC (After Conquest) when the great council gathered to decide who would succeed Perficient’s 2023 Data & AI Summit attendees. Many claims were heard, but only a few were considered. The council was assembled to prevent a war from being fought over the succession, for all knew the only thing that could tear down the house of Perficient, was itself.

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V-Soft Consulting

JUNE 4, 2024

In the manufacturing industry, efficiency and cost-effectiveness are important. Companies constantly seek innovative ways to optimize operations, minimize downtime, and reduce expenses. One such groundbreaking advancement is the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into predictive maintenance. This technological revolution is transforming the manufacturing sector by offering unprecedented insights, enhancing equipment reliability, and significantly cutting costs.

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It’s a never-ending tightrope act, trying to find the balance between creating benefits offerings that adapt to the uniqueness of your people, managing your own time and resources, and maintaining the organization’s bottom line. And the ever-changing policies and laws can make cultivating a competitive employee benefits strategy feel impossible. Whether you’re concerned about adapting to new pay transparency laws, managing global benefits packages, return-to-office mandates, or 401(k) and retire

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