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throughout the region of South East Asia. Their editorials
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Asia
CEO Forum is the largest regular business event in Philippines
and considered one of the most important in Southeast Asia.
The forum is organized by Chalre Associates for the spreading of
ideas that help executive managers active in the region.
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www.asia-ceo.org
for
details.
Asia
CEO Awards
Asia
CEO Awards is the largest business awards events in
Philippines with major sponsors like American Express, PLDT Alpha
Enterprise, Ford, Accenture, Teleperformance, KPMG, Jones Lang
LaSalle, NorthgateArinso and others.
Asia
CEO Awards highlights business achievement in Philippines and
promotes the nation as a premier business destination.
See
www.asia-ceo.org/awards
for details.
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Media
Publication: CIO Germany
Philippines
Aims for $10B in Outsourcing Revenue
By
media journalist
The
Philippines outsourcing industry is expected to grow more this year, as it
targets to reach US$10 billion in revenues by 2010.
According to The Philippines'
Offshoring Opportunity, a September 2005 report by McKinsey and Company, the
demand for global outsourcing services is expected to reach $180 billion by
2010. The Philippines' outsourcing industry aims to acquire 5 percent of
that market, making it a $10 billion-industry, up from about $1.5 billion in
2004.
The intensity of the recruitment
efforts of contact centers, for one, can be described as a function of the
unexpectedly rapid growth of the outsourcing industry over the past five
years. In fact, high demand for skilled professionals holds true across all
sectors of the industry. In animation alone, there is a need to train 25,000
new industry-ready animators by 2010 to meet global outsourced animation
services requirements, said Animation Council of the Philippines Inc. (ACPI)
executive director Joy Bacon.
This could be attributed to
'better people, better business environment, better infrastructure, and
better lifestyle and security,' in the Philippines as opposed to other
outsourcing hubs like India, according to a presentation by Richard Mills,
chairman of Chalre Associates, an executive search firm serving
multinationals throughout Asia Pacific. A growing number of companies
continue to bank on the country's reputation for high-quality,
cost-effective services.
The year 2005 saw large
companies like computer manufacturer Dell Inc. set up its own contact center
facility in the Philippines. Whereas Dell has been outsourcing to
third-party providers in the country for years, the company finally decided
to make the Philippines a dedicated global customer service center. One
other global brand that is moving aggressively into the country is consumer
electronics firm General Electric Company, which has begun shifting
substantial resources from India.
'In terms of potential, business
opportunities, and realized revenues, we know for a fact that we have only
begun to scratch the surface of business process offshoring. There is much
room for growth in the industry,' said Peter Favila, secretary of the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI).
'As far as the industry is
concerned, 2005 has been a great year for e-Services in the Philippines. We
would like to think we have increased and strengthened our competitive
advantages, in terms of the capabilities of our e-Services workforce and
overall industry cooperation,' said Center for International Trade
Expositions and Mission (CITEM) executive director and DTI assistant
secretary Felicitas Agoncillo-Reyes.
'There's still a lot more room
to grow,' said Fermin Taruc, president of the Philippine Software Industry
Association (PSIA) and managing director at software firm Gurango Software
Corporation. The PSIA president said that 2006 will see higher value-added
work as a function of our people's expertise and a function of market
dynamics as well.
'We can probably expect more BPO
companies. Hopefully we will make some progress and see some headway as we
support the other members of the federation (Contact Federation of the
Philippines),' said Liza Lamzon, director for strategic growth programs at
contact center firm PeopleSupport Inc. 'There's tremendous promise across
all sectors -- in animation, transcription, software development, of
course,' said Lamzon.
'I believe we are in the right
direction as we see companies investing in quality standards. The different
sectors just need to work more closely,' said Taruc, citing the government
as one important sector and its two important roles as an enabler and as a
consumer. Taruc believes that the government as a very large consumer would
help spur domestic growth, but he stressed that its more important
role is that of an enabler. 'The government should make sure the support
infrastructure is in place, that the private sector functions effectively,
and help other industries to invest more in IT.'
'We see more companies investing
in improving their competence,' said Taruc. While the
market is fundamentally very hospitable for continued growth, he said that
it is still up to us to make sure that we deliver the quality that is
expected of us. He added that the industry is now past the stage of
realizing its potential and the greater issue now is optimization and the
challenge is to maximize this potential.
'There is an ongoing
industry-wide move to organize the sectors into associations such as PSIA,
ACPI, MTIAPI (Medical Transcription Industry Association of the Philippines
Inc.), CCAP (Contact Center Association of the Philippines), and their
umbrella association, BPA/P,' said Agoncillo-Reyes, leading to a healthy
exchange of ideas among the members and the sectors. 'In addition, it has
also facilitated the promotion of the industry's capabilities by providing
representation of local firms to investors and in foreign trade shows,' she
said.
'We know that we have a very
strong value proposition. What is important now is to continue to work
aggressively to make investors and potential clients aware of the
Philippines' capacity for supplying quality services. This will ensure that
we are top-of-mind when outsourcing decisions are made,' said Business
Processing Association of the Philippines (BPA/P) executive director
Mitchell Locsin.
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