Hybrid Trucks

Hybrid Medium and Heavy Duty Truck Market to Nearly Double in 2012

By on February 1, 2012 in Transportation

These days, hybrid-electric vehicles are much more than efficient grocery-getters. A new report from Pike Research tells us that this year we’ll be seeing more and more hybrid engines powering tractor-trailers, buses and garbage trucks. The worldwide market for hybrid, plug-in hybrid and battery-powered medium and heavy duty trucks is predicted to grow 92 percent [...]

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Understanding the “Insourcing” Trend

By on February 1, 2012 in Insourcing

However you define it, it’s about creating jobs in the U.S. The economy is a hot topic, particularly now that we’re in the midst of a presidential election year. The debate and discussion about creating jobs in the U.S. has put the trend of “insourcing” back in the spotlight. Depending on who you ask, insourcing [...]

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Ask the Experts

Have a Question About Mailroom Outsourcing? “Ask the Experts!”

By on February 1, 2012 in Mailroom

Outsourcing Institute Produces Helpful Online Video Series Moving your organization’s mailroom and document processing to an outside specialist could be one of the best business decisions you could make. Operating costs can be reduced by 20 percent or more, and efficiency and quality can improve significantly. Also, outsourcing these processes frees you to focus on [...]

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Technology Disrupts Healthcare and Insurance Sectors

How Technology Will Disrupt the Healthcare and Insurance Sectors

By on February 1, 2012 in Healthcare

New Gartner Report Looks a Few Years Ahead Cloud computing and the “always-connected” mobile digital lifestyle will continue to shake up IT organizations across all industries, according to a new forecast by the Gartner analyst firm. That’s really not groundbreaking news, but the Gartner report, “Top Industry Predicts 2012: Industries Face Intensified Consumerization and Technology [...]

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Global Outsourcing Market Breaks Records

Global Outsourcing Market Breaks Records in Contracting Activity

By on January 30, 2012 in Outsourcing News

Business Process Outsourcing activity continued to be robust through 2011, according to the latest Global TPI Index data released by industry advisory company Information Services Group. Fourth-quarter Total Contract Value (TCV) of BPO outsourcing contracts valued at $25 million or more was up 60 percent year-over-year, and up 32 percent for the full year, to [...]

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Mailroom Outsourcing

Mailroom Outsourcing: Seize the Opportunity

By on January 23, 2012 in Mailroom

If your corporate mailroom is has grown into an unmanageable mess of lost information and soaring costs, it’s time to consider turning it over to a specialist. However, for large organizations with scores of employees handling  thousands of pieces of mail and electronic documents every day, outsourcing a mailroom is a major project that requires [...]

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DOT Trucking Rule is a Dud, Industry Groups Say

DOT Trucking Rule is a Dud, Industry Groups Say

By on January 16, 2012 in Transportation

Changes in hours-of-service will make roads less safe, reduce productivity and increase costs A new U.S. Dept. of Transportation rule intended to improve safety by limiting truckers’ weekly driving time will likely backfire and make roads less safe, according to two industry groups. The American Trucking Associations and the National Retail Federation have voiced their [...]

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U.S. Department of Transportation Bans Hand-Held Phone Use by Commercial Drivers

By on January 9, 2012 in Transportation

For quite a while now, many truck and bus companies have had policies banning the use of hand-held cell phones while on the road.  But this year, the hand-held ban is now a federal law punishable by big fines. The rule, announced by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, went into effect on January 3. [...]

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Ringing in the New Year!

By on January 3, 2012 in Transportation

Outsourcing Insights wishes you the best for 2012 We’re excited to start a new year at DATAMARK, and we wish our Outsourcing Insights readers the best of health and prosperity for 2012. We’re not the only ones who think the next 12 months will be great—62 percent of Americans are optimistic about what 2012 will [...]

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Freight outsourcing

5 Reasons the Smartest Freight Transportation Companies Will Outsource in 2012

By on January 1, 2012 in Transportation

The freight transportation and logistics industry has climbed back steadily from the economic downturn in 2009. During that time, many companies implemented outsourcing solutions for the processing of their bills of lading, invoices, drivers logs and other transportation documents. Outsourcing these business processes helped create a competitive advantage for these freight carriers, which are now [...]

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