GBS
ACCA launches GBS certification, signs pacts with MDEC and TalentCorp
ACCA has launched its Global Business Services Qualifications, and announced two separate collaborations with MDEC and TalentCorp aimed at building the talent pipeline in the shared services sector.
DNA on BFM: Are our jobs at risk?
Who will be at risk from the increasing digitisation of work, and what can be done to make one more valuable and relevant? Karamjit Singh discusses that with Freda Liu, and still got in four other talking points … and a 90-second song!
i2M believes new role will help spur further SSO investments in Iskandar Puteri
After playing a facilitating role to attract businesses to invest in the SSO sector in Iskandar Puteri over the past three years, i2M Ventures Sdn Bhd is now all set to play a more active role in growing the ecosystem.
Cognizant opens new delivery centre in Malaysia
Cognizant has opened a new delivery centre in Cyberjaya, saying it would add 100 new jobs to the 300 it already has in the country.
Malaysia continues to draw strong ICT investments: MDEC
Buoyed by the performance of MSC Malaysia in 2015, MDEC is confident that Malaysia will continue to be an attractive investment destination for foreign and domestic companies.
BASF’s KL shared service centre gets new head
BASF has appointed Andreas Biermann the new MD of its Shared Service Centre in Kuala Lumpur, succeeding Lau Kin Pong who is retiring after 21 years with the company.
Malaysia’s GBS/ SSO industry to grow 10-15% in 2016
Outsourcing Malaysia believes that despite the various economic and external challenges faced by Malaysia, the local global business services (GBS) sector will continue to see strong growth and good prospects.
Jobs assured despite Penang plant sale: AMD CFO
AMD said that it will be business as usual for the employees in its Penang manufacturing facility, even though it has sold an 85% stake to China’s NFME.
What’s Next: Think about zero, or become irrelevant
Traditional companies need to urgently reinvent their business models by adopting the ‘Innovate to Zero’ concept or risk becoming irrelevant in the market, Frost & Sullivan senior partner Manoj Menon told the What’s Next conference in Cyberjaya.
Outsourcing M’sia to local players: Go regional, or drown in the AEC
Malaysian global business services (GBS) players need to start venturing outside the country and look at partnerships with other companies in South-East Asia urgently, or risk losing out when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) comes into being.
