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Business process outsourcing, or BPO is a practice of delegating business activities to third-party services. Companies usually outsource their non-core activities or repetitive tasks to an external service to reduce costs, gain access to global talent and enhance operational capacities. The businesses that perform specific activities for other businesses are […]

Invoice processing is the accounts payable workflow that is used to receive, verify, approve and pay supplier invoices. It begins the moment an invoice arrives, and it ends once the payment is entered into the general ledger. Get it wrong and you risk late payments, missed discounts and fraud. Get […]

Back office outsourcing refers to delegating non-customer-facing operations of a business to third-party services. These activities may include data entry, payroll processing, HR administration and other business functions. The businesses that handle this type of activity on behalf of another business are called back-office outsourcing providers. A business can reduce […]

Key Takeaways When you outsource, you stay the data controller. Your vendor only becomes a processor. You keep primary legal responsibility, but the vendor can face direct liability too ICO fined British Airways, Marriott and Ticketmaster in 2020. Though they blamed vendors or inherited systems. Regulators denied their excuses outright. […]