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Since their emergence in the early 1990s, many multinational companies have utilized shared service centers (SSCs) as part of their global operations. It’s easy to see why: As organizations grow through acquisitions or expand into new markets, shifting certain administrative functions to the shared services model can help them control

Due to a wealth of well-documented benefits, switching to a unified, integrated global payroll platform is a highly compelling proposition for many international businesses. Choosing the right technology vendor or outsourcing provider for the job, however, can be challenging. The main point to bear in mind before undertaking the vendor

Around the globe, shared service centers (SSCs) are evolving, expanding, and delivering greater significance to multinational companies. Whereas the SSCs of yesteryear were typically implemented as a cost-cutting measure, driven by the potential financial gains of labor arbitrage, today’s shared service centers are carving a new niche as drivers of

The million-dollar question for many companies considering integrated global payroll is whether this strategy will create clear savings. In some cases, organizations have reduced costs by as much as 30%; for others, the business case has proved far more underwhelming. Upon closer consideration, however, the economics of utilizing a single

More and more companies are taking advantage of a new borderless workforce and expanding or introducing operations into new countries. And the high growth region of Asia-Pacific (or APAC) is particularly inviting to multinational corporations seeking expansion. As APAC is home to two-thirds of the world’s population, and many of