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Dating back to the days of the mainframe, general ledgers have grown steadily flabbier as companies have piled more and more detail into their chart of accounts. The result: slow, inefficient, redundant financial systems. A white paper from ISA Consulting points to a way out.
Many companies that offshore their general and administrative processes, either through a captive or a service provider, save 25 percent to 50 percent of their baseline costs, according to new research from The Hackett Group.
Dating back to the days of the mainframe, general ledgers have grown steadily flabbier as companies have piled more and more detail into their chart of accounts. The result: slow, inefficient, redundant financial systems. A white paper from ISA Consulting points to a way out.
Many companies that offshore their general and administrative processes, either through a captive or a service provider, save 25 percent to 50 percent of their baseline costs, according to new research from The Hackett Group.
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