FSL makes it possible to maintain an up-to-date website without spending a fortune! We have designed and developed several websites and portals for clients from different countries. Our Website designing service includes defining the site, developing the site structure, visual design and testing, production and Q&A, testing for usability and analyzing your competition. Website design styles continuously change and become obsolete in no time.
Too many add-ons – polls, news, forums, online transactions, content or site searches, product catalogs…Which leaves us with little or no time to support and maintain the site and enhance its contents. So many questions and no answers: what is SEO? Is it expensive to keep a good website? What should I do? FSL Website redesigning solution includes effective navigation, visual appeal, updated information, multi-platform compatibility, a professional presence and an interactive site. This proven experience at FSL makes the difference in the way the business is conducted with the clients and business associates.
Developing an effective graphic design, Structuring your site content and navigation in a logical manner, developing a web site that grows with your business and is easy to maintain, Optimize download time, Testing site to ensure high quality Give a professional, fresh and active look to the website, Make the web pages appealing to your target audience, Improve and effective navigation within your site, Build multi-platform compatibility, Keep your website updated and eliminate old and obsolete information, Improve the interactivity of your website.
Improve the loading time of your site, For FSL every business is unique and so is every website.Our Web application services provide an organization with a mechanism for offering an application interface on the Web. This interface may be for external customers, as is the case for Internet-based service organizations, or for internal Web applications that share information and workflow among various teams or with partners.
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People
We bring together the best management and technical professionals with balanced skill sets, expertise, qualification and experience. We have a balanced mix of executives that have vast experience in leading and managing successful companies, providing strategic vision and creating value. Driven with the objective to ensure world-class delivery on all engagements FSL believes that 'people' are its best assets.
Our reputation in the market draws the best professionals, whom we train, and reward to build a strong and rich resource pool to ensure delivery of world-class solutions and service. The traditional principle of FSL is that a job is nothing but the exploration of boundaries and beyond. We stretch beyond limits of what was thought possible to reach for the most effective and best-fit solution to suit our clients. Having access to a vast pool of technical talent in India has enabled us to bring together a world-class team of technologists with specialized skills in project management, design, development, documentation and quality assurance.
Our professionals that collectively classify the FSL team come from diversified backgrounds, yet share similar traits that are essential to build a strong bond amongst them and thus support growth and success. They possess deep knowledge of their chosen fields, strategic vision, and complete dedication to the company's core mission. FSL believes that a strong culture that safeguards the core and encourages progress is one of the most important attributes of a successful company.
Our culture is one that encourages associates to build the organization in specific, concrete ways. We provide a casual ambiance allowing the employees to have their share of liberty and comfort. The facility has necessary power back-up and telecommunication links to provide uninterrupted service and we are also in a position to cerate unique technology environments as required by our clients. Our State-of-the-art infrastructure includes.
Our reputation in the market draws the best professionals, whom we train, and reward to build a strong and rich resource pool to ensure delivery of world-class solutions and service. The traditional principle of FSL is that a job is nothing but the exploration of boundaries and beyond. We stretch beyond limits of what was thought possible to reach for the most effective and best-fit solution to suit our clients. Having access to a vast pool of technical talent in India has enabled us to bring together a world-class team of technologists with specialized skills in project management, design, development, documentation and quality assurance.
Our professionals that collectively classify the FSL team come from diversified backgrounds, yet share similar traits that are essential to build a strong bond amongst them and thus support growth and success. They possess deep knowledge of their chosen fields, strategic vision, and complete dedication to the company's core mission. FSL believes that a strong culture that safeguards the core and encourages progress is one of the most important attributes of a successful company.
Our culture is one that encourages associates to build the organization in specific, concrete ways. We provide a casual ambiance allowing the employees to have their share of liberty and comfort. The facility has necessary power back-up and telecommunication links to provide uninterrupted service and we are also in a position to cerate unique technology environments as required by our clients. Our State-of-the-art infrastructure includes.
Technology & Methodology
The facility has necessary power back-up and telecommunication links to provide uninterrupted service and we are also in a position to cerate unique technology environments as required by our clients. Our State-of-the-art infrastructure includes:Dedicated Fiber Optic connectivity to the Internet, Huge/extended power backup ups, Data handling/recovery center facility like tape drive, External Hard Drive up to 500 GB, Uninterrupted Operation - Power generator back up, Redundant Inventory maintained for critical equipments, 24*7 Support and Escalation.
Mechanism in place to provide for continuous delivery We offer high quality seamless service using state-of-the-art technology and specialized infrastructure tools to support activities like workflow, forecasting, reporting and monitoring. Our facilities are fully secure and networked as flat single tier work floors with a capacity of 50 seats. State-of-the-art tools - Workflow tools, forecasting tools, reporting and monitoring tools, LAN/WAN/Data Connectivity and Voice Connectivity - With build in diversity to reduce risk of failure.
Fail safe Secure Operating Environment - Firewall Protected environment and virtual LAN architecture for various processes. The subsistence of a well constituted, delivery engine so as to ensure that we carefully understand the expectations and specifications in detail and confirm the requirements at the beginning of each project. Progress is carefully and continually monitored against agreed milestones. We understand that excellence in process is the only route to customer satisfaction and delight.
We are aware of the fact that two things are very crucial for successful web application development projects. First, iterative processes used to develop and manage projects and second, multiple forms of prototyping used to learn rapidly and reduce mistakes and misinterpretations. We respond to your complex business challenges with consistent and proven methodologies. We start by understanding your organization and your needs and then apply established benchmarks and best practices to help you move ahead.
Mechanism in place to provide for continuous delivery We offer high quality seamless service using state-of-the-art technology and specialized infrastructure tools to support activities like workflow, forecasting, reporting and monitoring. Our facilities are fully secure and networked as flat single tier work floors with a capacity of 50 seats. State-of-the-art tools - Workflow tools, forecasting tools, reporting and monitoring tools, LAN/WAN/Data Connectivity and Voice Connectivity - With build in diversity to reduce risk of failure.
Fail safe Secure Operating Environment - Firewall Protected environment and virtual LAN architecture for various processes. The subsistence of a well constituted, delivery engine so as to ensure that we carefully understand the expectations and specifications in detail and confirm the requirements at the beginning of each project. Progress is carefully and continually monitored against agreed milestones. We understand that excellence in process is the only route to customer satisfaction and delight.
We are aware of the fact that two things are very crucial for successful web application development projects. First, iterative processes used to develop and manage projects and second, multiple forms of prototyping used to learn rapidly and reduce mistakes and misinterpretations. We respond to your complex business challenges with consistent and proven methodologies. We start by understanding your organization and your needs and then apply established benchmarks and best practices to help you move ahead.
Quality
The success of any project is identified from the quality and consistency of its output. And it takes great effort to deliver the highest quality standards. Therefore we endeavor to achieve and maintain the best standards of quality in every venture that we carry out. FSL' chief objective is the swift delivery of state-of-the-art mission-critical business services. Our highly skilled and professional delivery team adheres to the most stringent quality norms while delivering a complete most excellent IT solution.
We deliver optimal solutions that add value to your organization and increases return on investment while requiring minimal support, maintenance and attention. We ensure that there is continuous monitoring of processes and thereby evolving newer techniques of Process improvement and Quality Assurance by maintaining an independent Quality Management Group. Quality Assurance is the outer most layer of FSL' Methodology and Process that depicts the function of auditing the project, at the end of each phase of the Project Life Cycle, for process compliance.
Our Quality Assurance Group facilitates all the quality assurance activities carried out in the project and ensures all aspects of QA – QA Reviews, testing, final release audits, UATs and QA audits. Our Extensive and in-depth experience in software development, maintenance, enhancement and migration assignments sets us apart from our competitors. Our approach includes application of tried and tested methodologies, strict adherence to established industry standards and incorporating best practices in our project management capabilities thereby ensuring sustainable quality.
Our quality methodology allows us to achieve prompt, reliable and quality results in all the undertakings. FSL' comprehensive and structured methodology is applied to all its internal and external customer-oriented business processes, thus we ensure that its customers are provided solutions and services of extremely high quality. Our highly skilled and professional delivery team adheres to the most stringent quality norms while delivering a complete most excellent IT solution.
We deliver optimal solutions that add value to your organization and increases return on investment while requiring minimal support, maintenance and attention. We ensure that there is continuous monitoring of processes and thereby evolving newer techniques of Process improvement and Quality Assurance by maintaining an independent Quality Management Group. Quality Assurance is the outer most layer of FSL' Methodology and Process that depicts the function of auditing the project, at the end of each phase of the Project Life Cycle, for process compliance.
Our Quality Assurance Group facilitates all the quality assurance activities carried out in the project and ensures all aspects of QA – QA Reviews, testing, final release audits, UATs and QA audits. Our Extensive and in-depth experience in software development, maintenance, enhancement and migration assignments sets us apart from our competitors. Our approach includes application of tried and tested methodologies, strict adherence to established industry standards and incorporating best practices in our project management capabilities thereby ensuring sustainable quality.
Our quality methodology allows us to achieve prompt, reliable and quality results in all the undertakings. FSL' comprehensive and structured methodology is applied to all its internal and external customer-oriented business processes, thus we ensure that its customers are provided solutions and services of extremely high quality. Our highly skilled and professional delivery team adheres to the most stringent quality norms while delivering a complete most excellent IT solution.
Site Customization
Conceptually, a skin is very simple, it's a set of HTML file(s), CSS style sheets, and graphics, that the storefront uses to generate the overall appearance of your storefront. A "skin" is the means by which you can fully customize the appearance of your web site, and in nearly all cases, you can do it without requiring source code or other asp.net code changes. Skins are VITAL to the success of your business...after all, it IS your brand appearance and presentation to customers that will drive the most in revenue growth and conversion rates.
You almost never need source code to do "skinning" in AspDotNetStorefront., Additionaly, you can almost always create a skin from your existing web site or design, by following a very simple procedure outlined in our skinning tutorial manual section.Skins can also be created initially in FrontPage, DreamWeaver, Expressions Web Editor, or any other HTML design tool that you, or your designer, prefers.
For developers, even when using skins, you can still design and add any custom pages to the AspDotNetStorefront solution using traditional asp.net web forms, user controls, and other techniques which are standard. They just appear "inside" the site skin by "magic" when rendered by our Skinning EngineStop settling for a cookie-cutter site that looks like hundreds of other sites...with AspDotNetStorefront, you can take control of your site's appearance and presentation, so it's how YOU want it to be.
You can even have multiple skins per store, and even multiple templates per skin, so you could have your "Shoes" category with one appearance and your "Dresses" category with a completely separate appearance. There is almost no restrictions on what you are allowed to do in skins. Any valid HTML, XHTML, Flash or other components can be used! You can also even vary skins by affiliate id's, so customers from your "Affiliate A" see skin 1 and customers from your "Affiliate B" see skin 2.
You almost never need source code to do "skinning" in AspDotNetStorefront., Additionaly, you can almost always create a skin from your existing web site or design, by following a very simple procedure outlined in our skinning tutorial manual section.Skins can also be created initially in FrontPage, DreamWeaver, Expressions Web Editor, or any other HTML design tool that you, or your designer, prefers.
For developers, even when using skins, you can still design and add any custom pages to the AspDotNetStorefront solution using traditional asp.net web forms, user controls, and other techniques which are standard. They just appear "inside" the site skin by "magic" when rendered by our Skinning EngineStop settling for a cookie-cutter site that looks like hundreds of other sites...with AspDotNetStorefront, you can take control of your site's appearance and presentation, so it's how YOU want it to be.
You can even have multiple skins per store, and even multiple templates per skin, so you could have your "Shoes" category with one appearance and your "Dresses" category with a completely separate appearance. There is almost no restrictions on what you are allowed to do in skins. Any valid HTML, XHTML, Flash or other components can be used! You can also even vary skins by affiliate id's, so customers from your "Affiliate A" see skin 1 and customers from your "Affiliate B" see skin 2.
Career Developers
FSL Projects, takes great pride in offering our employees competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits program based on eligibility and experience. FSL Projects an Equal Opportunity Employer. FSL Projects, we are a result-oriented company that believes our success is directly related to the success of our employees' outstanding performance and professional accomplishments. We offer our employees a challenging, dynamic and diverse work environment that promotes and encourages professional achievement. how to apply if you feel that you have the right experience and skills to be a part of FSL, do mail your resume toWe will get back to you soon.
The candidate should have: Good communication skills Team building skills . Have handled at least one full life cycle of project Should have worked as project manager, module leader as in Asp.net, c#, MS.net,VB.net, MS SQL Server, Microsoftechnologies. If you are interested in a career with FSL Projects, please forward your resume to us at the following email address. If there are any opportunities that match your experience and skills, we will contact you. Responsibilities: Responsible for assimilating technical skills required for the project. Ensure compliance with the development processes. Prepare relevant documents for the project plan Communicate constantly with the Tech Head on issues/status regarding the project execution.
Focus on value delivered by the clients and constantly work with the client-facing counterparts. Track, monitor and report progress by scheduling tasks, setting deadlines, and reviewing deliverables. Manage team leaders by constantly giving them job-feedback and by providing guidance for improvement. Working closely with the Test Team and ensuring a defect free release of each feature. Product version configuration management shall be responsible to interact with clients.
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The candidate should have: Good communication skills Team building skills . Have handled at least one full life cycle of project Should have worked as project manager, module leader as in Asp.net, c#, MS.net,VB.net, MS SQL Server, Microsoftechnologies. If you are interested in a career with FSL Projects, please forward your resume to us at the following email address. If there are any opportunities that match your experience and skills, we will contact you. Responsibilities: Responsible for assimilating technical skills required for the project. Ensure compliance with the development processes. Prepare relevant documents for the project plan Communicate constantly with the Tech Head on issues/status regarding the project execution.
Focus on value delivered by the clients and constantly work with the client-facing counterparts. Track, monitor and report progress by scheduling tasks, setting deadlines, and reviewing deliverables. Manage team leaders by constantly giving them job-feedback and by providing guidance for improvement. Working closely with the Test Team and ensuring a defect free release of each feature. Product version configuration management shall be responsible to interact with clients.
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Manufacturers
In today's global environment, the ever increasing pressures - to minimize costs, increase returns and improve efficiency of operation - are still as relevant as ever. For manufacturers, these pressures are intensified by continuously emerging strategies such as high end production cycles lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, agile and demand-driven manufacturing. Increased competition is driving manufacturers to incorporate innovative technologies to realize these manufacturing strategies.
Manufacturers are increasingly being charged with creating better products, selling them in different ways, and adjacently work, to minimize overhead cost so as to offer competitive rates in the market. Compounding these pressures are issues with increased globalization, complex distribution cycles and supply chain, e-procurement and business continuity. Also it is important to comply with changing regulations and compliance set up by statutory bodies and thereby adopting quality programs such as ISO 9000 certification and Six Sigma programs.
Manufacturers need the differential advantage that a solution from FSL provides. FSL Consulting helps manufacturers remain focused on incremental improvements that build never strategies and gain a competitive edge. With FSL, manufacturers can leverage technology solutions to achieve both traditional and emerging strategies. FSL has experience implementing supply network optimization and supply chain planning techniques to accelerate the flow of goods and services throughout a supply chain while being cost efficient.
FSL Consulting has also helped manufacturing clients apply knowledge management to assimilate the tacit knowledge lying in the organization, which is being built with experience of employees working for the organization, and use the key information throughout the organization and better enable manufacturing processes. Manufacturing companies can use FSL's business rules to tackle the following kinds of issues: Operations scheduling, Master data management, Product information management, Order fulfillment Integrated channel management, Outsourcing, Supplier portal, Create audit trails and total quality management feedback.
Manufacturers are increasingly being charged with creating better products, selling them in different ways, and adjacently work, to minimize overhead cost so as to offer competitive rates in the market. Compounding these pressures are issues with increased globalization, complex distribution cycles and supply chain, e-procurement and business continuity. Also it is important to comply with changing regulations and compliance set up by statutory bodies and thereby adopting quality programs such as ISO 9000 certification and Six Sigma programs.
Manufacturers need the differential advantage that a solution from FSL provides. FSL Consulting helps manufacturers remain focused on incremental improvements that build never strategies and gain a competitive edge. With FSL, manufacturers can leverage technology solutions to achieve both traditional and emerging strategies. FSL has experience implementing supply network optimization and supply chain planning techniques to accelerate the flow of goods and services throughout a supply chain while being cost efficient.
FSL Consulting has also helped manufacturing clients apply knowledge management to assimilate the tacit knowledge lying in the organization, which is being built with experience of employees working for the organization, and use the key information throughout the organization and better enable manufacturing processes. Manufacturing companies can use FSL's business rules to tackle the following kinds of issues: Operations scheduling, Master data management, Product information management, Order fulfillment Integrated channel management, Outsourcing, Supplier portal, Create audit trails and total quality management feedback.
Insurance Services
The FSL solution enables you to deliver the business logic for your enterprise scale, application server based systems using a declarative approach. With FSL, your IT department can change the way a claim's cost is computed as quickly as they can add a database index. Or change the approval process for over-limit transactions just as easily as adding a database table. And know that with each change, the business logic is automatically re-optimized and re-sequenced to ensure correct execution across every business transaction, regardless of source.
Technologies relevant to these include J2EE Application Server platforms, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), the gamut of XML based technologies, and a productivity layer like declarative business logic technologies that attack the business logic - policy and procedure - requirements within this context With predominant portions of the IT professionals working for the maintenance of existing systems, the capacity to respond to new application requirements quickly for products critical to the line of business is always going to be challenged.
The FSL solution complements your strategic investments in application server technology by deploying the functionality, defined by declarative business logic, as Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) that can be naturally integrated into your architectural framework. The declarative business logic can be extended using conventional techniques such as Java event handlers, inheritance and delegation. For executives within the Insurance industry that need greater business agility than their current IT systems can provide, FSL offers a compelling alternative. Applications delivered with FSL solutions put the power to manage the business back where it belongs - in the hands of the business people.
The capability to offer innovative services are driving insurance providers to seek newer strategies and methods to deploy business tactics including new distribution systems, to apply emerging technologies, and a re-structure and re-engineer traditional business processes. The participation of Information Technology in all other businesses is exponentially increasing and FSL is the pioneer in enabling these services to suit your business operations.
Technologies relevant to these include J2EE Application Server platforms, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), the gamut of XML based technologies, and a productivity layer like declarative business logic technologies that attack the business logic - policy and procedure - requirements within this context With predominant portions of the IT professionals working for the maintenance of existing systems, the capacity to respond to new application requirements quickly for products critical to the line of business is always going to be challenged.
The FSL solution complements your strategic investments in application server technology by deploying the functionality, defined by declarative business logic, as Enterprise Java Beans (EJBs) that can be naturally integrated into your architectural framework. The declarative business logic can be extended using conventional techniques such as Java event handlers, inheritance and delegation. For executives within the Insurance industry that need greater business agility than their current IT systems can provide, FSL offers a compelling alternative. Applications delivered with FSL solutions put the power to manage the business back where it belongs - in the hands of the business people.
The capability to offer innovative services are driving insurance providers to seek newer strategies and methods to deploy business tactics including new distribution systems, to apply emerging technologies, and a re-structure and re-engineer traditional business processes. The participation of Information Technology in all other businesses is exponentially increasing and FSL is the pioneer in enabling these services to suit your business operations.
Banking Operations
At FSL Projects Limited our Banking Services are a perfect mix of Business Strategy Consulting, Technology driven Custom Solutions, Vertical knowledge and Expertise. Our solutions help you to better your clients financial life strategically and tactically. In the Banking industry, you not only need to retain customers through optimum services and lucrative financial offers, but also need to increase returns on all incoming finances and strive towards expanding your customer base.
All this calls for innovative banking policies, competent operational efficiency, robust risk management and Customer relations. Our Banking services span all pertinent domains like Mortgaage, Consumer Finance, Security , Capital Market, Insurance etc. We have successfully catered to all kinds of Banks including Commercial banks, Investment Banks, Custodial Banks, Asset Management Organizations, Credit Card Companies, Brokers etc. We help you achieve a holistic view of your customers' financial situations and and provide technology driven support for you to:Classify your customers along family structures, financial status, lifestyles and risk profiles.
Keep easy and efficient record of all customer assets and liabilities, Monitor monetary flow, Simulate scenarios to project future developments, Implement tax-efficient measures through our advise, Simulate client tendancies and make anticipatory amendments, Give your clients the best in investment, retirement, protection, tax, inheritance, financing etc. FSL projects Limited's Banking services aim at enhancing your business and technological philosophies, to give you insightful analysis, better decision making, automated reporting, result-oriented planning, dedicated reporting and just an ability to provide ultimate fiscal support to your customers.
The business of banking is in many English common law countries not defined by statute but by common law, the definition above. In other English common law jurisdictions there are statutory definitions of the business of banking or banking business. When looking at these definitions it is important to keep in mind that they are defining the business of banking for the purposes of the legislation, and not necessarily in general. In particular, most of the definitions are from legislation that has the purposes of entry regulating and supervising banks rather than regulating the actual business of banking. However, in many cases the statutory definition closely mirrors the common law one.
All this calls for innovative banking policies, competent operational efficiency, robust risk management and Customer relations. Our Banking services span all pertinent domains like Mortgaage, Consumer Finance, Security , Capital Market, Insurance etc. We have successfully catered to all kinds of Banks including Commercial banks, Investment Banks, Custodial Banks, Asset Management Organizations, Credit Card Companies, Brokers etc. We help you achieve a holistic view of your customers' financial situations and and provide technology driven support for you to:Classify your customers along family structures, financial status, lifestyles and risk profiles.
Keep easy and efficient record of all customer assets and liabilities, Monitor monetary flow, Simulate scenarios to project future developments, Implement tax-efficient measures through our advise, Simulate client tendancies and make anticipatory amendments, Give your clients the best in investment, retirement, protection, tax, inheritance, financing etc. FSL projects Limited's Banking services aim at enhancing your business and technological philosophies, to give you insightful analysis, better decision making, automated reporting, result-oriented planning, dedicated reporting and just an ability to provide ultimate fiscal support to your customers.
The business of banking is in many English common law countries not defined by statute but by common law, the definition above. In other English common law jurisdictions there are statutory definitions of the business of banking or banking business. When looking at these definitions it is important to keep in mind that they are defining the business of banking for the purposes of the legislation, and not necessarily in general. In particular, most of the definitions are from legislation that has the purposes of entry regulating and supervising banks rather than regulating the actual business of banking. However, in many cases the statutory definition closely mirrors the common law one.
Legacy Migration
FSL helps you to convert or upgrade your platform, language without affecting the business logic hence eliminating any kind of discrepancy, which could occur in migration process, thereby maximizing the process automation. Our Solutions are services are completely equipped to take care of all your business needs and combat widespread competition on global front. Our expert team analyzes the exiting system i.e. the current system functionality interdependencies and the desired functionality and enable you not only to migrate from a legacy system but also re-engineer and restructure business flow .
We specialize in providing enhanced solution using latest technologies for seamless legacy code migration using a well-defined re-engineering/migration process. We can help you move/migrate from a legacy system to a modern management solution, structurizing and enhancing your business cycle. We specialize in migrating data from SQL to Oracle and language migration from Perl / CGI, ASP to PHP, ASP.Net, JSP, FSL is an industry expert with rock solid expertise and experience in legacy systems migration.
With our extensive knowledge of various IT avenues including IT security, we deliver smoother technology migrations and foresee and prevent potential problems in the migrated environment. FSL offers a full range of services for offshore subsidiary creation and management that helps organizations establish, build, staff, and run a successful offshore subsidiary in India. In other words we provide complete building services to companies establishing their branches in India, whether providing infrastructure or staff, we can furnish you with all the needs that arise in the instigation of your new office.
Under our subsidiary solutions, we facilitate the accelerated development of startups in the shortest possible time and in the most cost effective manner. Some of the services we can offer are- To assist in identifying real estate agents for their infrastructure needs, To assist in putting them on to development centers who provide in sourcing facilities, To assist in identifying architects, interior decorators, manpower agents etc, To assist in identifying legal counsels, To negotiate prices with various Vendors, To assist in appointing statutory/internal auditors, Customize solutions to suit the specific needs of the client.
We specialize in providing enhanced solution using latest technologies for seamless legacy code migration using a well-defined re-engineering/migration process. We can help you move/migrate from a legacy system to a modern management solution, structurizing and enhancing your business cycle. We specialize in migrating data from SQL to Oracle and language migration from Perl / CGI, ASP to PHP, ASP.Net, JSP, FSL is an industry expert with rock solid expertise and experience in legacy systems migration.
With our extensive knowledge of various IT avenues including IT security, we deliver smoother technology migrations and foresee and prevent potential problems in the migrated environment. FSL offers a full range of services for offshore subsidiary creation and management that helps organizations establish, build, staff, and run a successful offshore subsidiary in India. In other words we provide complete building services to companies establishing their branches in India, whether providing infrastructure or staff, we can furnish you with all the needs that arise in the instigation of your new office.
Under our subsidiary solutions, we facilitate the accelerated development of startups in the shortest possible time and in the most cost effective manner. Some of the services we can offer are- To assist in identifying real estate agents for their infrastructure needs, To assist in putting them on to development centers who provide in sourcing facilities, To assist in identifying architects, interior decorators, manpower agents etc, To assist in identifying legal counsels, To negotiate prices with various Vendors, To assist in appointing statutory/internal auditors, Customize solutions to suit the specific needs of the client.
Link Building
Link Popularity Building helps your website gain PageRank. A higher PageRank enables your site to rank higher in Search Engines with competitive keywords. Read more about PageRank in our article Google PageRank Algorithm Explained. Incoming links (also known as inbound links and non reciprocal links) have gained unprecedented importance in high ranking of your website. More and more major search engines, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, Ask Jeeves and AltaVista etc. rely on off-page factors such as ‘Link Popularity' to determine how important your site is in order to rank it high.
Now web site optimization, no matter how nicely it is done, is not sufficient to get you good rankings. A large number of good incoming links help your website beat competition to rank high in Search Engines. It is important to note that all links are not created equal. The search engines evaluate the incoming links on various parameters to determine the value of each site linking to you. Some important aspects which search engines evaluate are – PageRank of the linking webpage, total outgoing links on the linking webpage, industry relevance of the linking website, page relevance, keywords in anchor text, etc.
Before we start the optimization process, it is essential for us to run a ranking report to show where your Website ranks with the various search engines. Once this process is complete, we send you the report so you can see the results. Once optimization is complete, we run reports again every 30 days to check on the progress of your Website - you will be updated on these monthly ranking report results via e-mail. In addition to the monthly ranking reports, our staff runs weekly search engine monitoring to verify that your site has not been dropped by any of the major search engines.
To ensure your satisfaction, our technicians will periodically call you or e-mail you just to check in, and we also invite you to call our staff anytime with questions. Raw keyword research, Detailed keyword research, Site PageRank based keyword phrase ranking evaluation , Keyword analysis and value additions, Keyword selection – up to 15 keyword phrases, Site design analysis,Site architecture analysis , Site directory structure analysis. Once this process is complete, we send you the report so you can see the results. Once optimization is complete, we run reports again every 30 days to check on the progress of your Website - you will be updated on these monthly ranking report results via e-mail.
Now web site optimization, no matter how nicely it is done, is not sufficient to get you good rankings. A large number of good incoming links help your website beat competition to rank high in Search Engines. It is important to note that all links are not created equal. The search engines evaluate the incoming links on various parameters to determine the value of each site linking to you. Some important aspects which search engines evaluate are – PageRank of the linking webpage, total outgoing links on the linking webpage, industry relevance of the linking website, page relevance, keywords in anchor text, etc.
Before we start the optimization process, it is essential for us to run a ranking report to show where your Website ranks with the various search engines. Once this process is complete, we send you the report so you can see the results. Once optimization is complete, we run reports again every 30 days to check on the progress of your Website - you will be updated on these monthly ranking report results via e-mail. In addition to the monthly ranking reports, our staff runs weekly search engine monitoring to verify that your site has not been dropped by any of the major search engines.
To ensure your satisfaction, our technicians will periodically call you or e-mail you just to check in, and we also invite you to call our staff anytime with questions. Raw keyword research, Detailed keyword research, Site PageRank based keyword phrase ranking evaluation , Keyword analysis and value additions, Keyword selection – up to 15 keyword phrases, Site design analysis,Site architecture analysis , Site directory structure analysis. Once this process is complete, we send you the report so you can see the results. Once optimization is complete, we run reports again every 30 days to check on the progress of your Website - you will be updated on these monthly ranking report results via e-mail.
Search Engine Optimization
SEO is the process in which your Website undergoes redevelopment to properly and best communicate your keywords to search engines. In order for your Website to rank highly among major search engines, you must understand how they become ranked. Search engines rank Websites based on two major factors: Unique content with pertinent keywords in the body, and link popularity - the number of quality incoming links your Website has. Other important algorithms that determine your ranking with search engines are the architecture of the site, visibility of your content, underlying code and how natural your site appears to the engines.
Discussions with client / Q&A about the site, target audience, business etc. Site audience analysis Initial site analysis including PageRank, link-popularity & search engine saturation analysis. Our technical staff begins by checking the current status of your Website to ensure that the optimization process will not be encumbered by any unforeseen problems of function. Then, using manual searches as well as custom research software, an optimizer on our staff will take the gathered data and create a list of the most highly trafficked and targeted words in your industry - and consult with you to choose the final keywords.
After a list of keywords has been generated for your Website, it is passed along to our content writers, who create unique content. Using their training and experience, our writers will ensure that your copy utilizes the keywords in accordance with the right densities and marketing of your site. In addition, they will consult you before getting started on your content to be confident that the essence of your Website is not compromised. One of the major variables in attaining high rankings is developing incoming links from other Websites that are well established and have commonality with your Website.
As a major part of the service that we offer, link development is absolutely essential to the success of your Website and can be done in various ways. One-way links from Directories and other related sites, Reciprocal Link Exchange with related sites, fee-based directory submissions and targeted link buys are all effective ways of developing quality links in high quantity. Link Popularity Building helps your website gain PageRank. A higher PageRank enables your site to rank higher in Search Engines with competitive keywords. Read more about PageRank in our article Google PageRank Algorithm Explained.
Discussions with client / Q&A about the site, target audience, business etc. Site audience analysis Initial site analysis including PageRank, link-popularity & search engine saturation analysis. Our technical staff begins by checking the current status of your Website to ensure that the optimization process will not be encumbered by any unforeseen problems of function. Then, using manual searches as well as custom research software, an optimizer on our staff will take the gathered data and create a list of the most highly trafficked and targeted words in your industry - and consult with you to choose the final keywords.
After a list of keywords has been generated for your Website, it is passed along to our content writers, who create unique content. Using their training and experience, our writers will ensure that your copy utilizes the keywords in accordance with the right densities and marketing of your site. In addition, they will consult you before getting started on your content to be confident that the essence of your Website is not compromised. One of the major variables in attaining high rankings is developing incoming links from other Websites that are well established and have commonality with your Website.
As a major part of the service that we offer, link development is absolutely essential to the success of your Website and can be done in various ways. One-way links from Directories and other related sites, Reciprocal Link Exchange with related sites, fee-based directory submissions and targeted link buys are all effective ways of developing quality links in high quantity. Link Popularity Building helps your website gain PageRank. A higher PageRank enables your site to rank higher in Search Engines with competitive keywords. Read more about PageRank in our article Google PageRank Algorithm Explained.
Business Processing Outsourcing
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) is the delegation of one or more IT-intensive business processes to an external service Provider that in turn, owns and manages the selected business process based upon defined and measurable performance criteria." As organizations around the world strive to improve the quality of their processes and manage their bottom lines, Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) has become the new imperative. In this highly dynamic and high growth Off-Shore service delivery space of BPO services, where most of the initial process delivery opportunities are moving towards commoditization.
We have made significant investments in creating a unique solution based value proposition. The FSL Projects Limited's Value Proposition model focuses on main aspects of service delivery, which represents a balanced combination of business functions, technology and process requirements to add substantial value to deliverables for our customers. FSL is one of the fastest growing third-party offshore BPO service providers in India. Partner with our clients to provide a full spectrum of BPO services covering all five levels: Data entry, Rules-set processing, Decision making.
Direct customer interface, Expert knowledge services, Accelerate the pace to market with rapid implementation of campaigns, Focus on your core business functions and our team of trained professionals take complete care of your non-core business activities, Improve the level of service in a growing organization and help reduce costs while boosting revenue. Boost efficiency and productivity while increasing revenues and decreasing costs, Take advantage of cutting-edge & often cost-prohibitive technology without increasing your overhead.
Improve quality as processes are turned over to highly skilled professionals custom-trained in the non-core business activities you choose to outsource Handle high volume calling without a large capital investment, Improve quality as processes are turned over to highly skilled professionals custom-trained in the non-core business activities you choose to outsource Handle high volume calling without a large capital investment. Pre-selection of most appropriate site categories and submission text, Hand-submissions to Free search engines & Directories, Submission to Free trade-specific search engines, directories and yellow pages.
We have made significant investments in creating a unique solution based value proposition. The FSL Projects Limited's Value Proposition model focuses on main aspects of service delivery, which represents a balanced combination of business functions, technology and process requirements to add substantial value to deliverables for our customers. FSL is one of the fastest growing third-party offshore BPO service providers in India. Partner with our clients to provide a full spectrum of BPO services covering all five levels: Data entry, Rules-set processing, Decision making.
Direct customer interface, Expert knowledge services, Accelerate the pace to market with rapid implementation of campaigns, Focus on your core business functions and our team of trained professionals take complete care of your non-core business activities, Improve the level of service in a growing organization and help reduce costs while boosting revenue. Boost efficiency and productivity while increasing revenues and decreasing costs, Take advantage of cutting-edge & often cost-prohibitive technology without increasing your overhead.
Improve quality as processes are turned over to highly skilled professionals custom-trained in the non-core business activities you choose to outsource Handle high volume calling without a large capital investment, Improve quality as processes are turned over to highly skilled professionals custom-trained in the non-core business activities you choose to outsource Handle high volume calling without a large capital investment. Pre-selection of most appropriate site categories and submission text, Hand-submissions to Free search engines & Directories, Submission to Free trade-specific search engines, directories and yellow pages.
Types/Variations of CRM
Operational CRM provides support to "front office" business processes, e.g. to sales, marketing and service staff. Interactions with customers are generally stored in customers' contact histories, and staff can retrieve customer information as necessary.The contact history provides staff members with immediate access to important information on the customer (products owned, prior support calls etc.), eliminating the need to individually obtain this information directly from the customer.
Operational CRM processes customer data for a variety of purposes:Managing campaigns Enterprise Marketing Automation, Sales Force Automation ,Sales Management System Sales Force Automation automates sales force-related activities such as:Activity Management: Scheduling sales calls or mailings,Tracking responses ,Generating reports ,Opportunity Management and Assessment ,Account Management and Target Account Selling ,Automate Sales Order Processing.
Analytical CRM analyzes customer data for a variety of purposes: Designing and executing targeted marketing campaigns, Designing and executing campaigns, e.g. customer acquisition, cross-selling, up-selling, Analysing customer behavior in order to make decisions relating to products and services (e.g. pricing, product development) , Management information system (e.g. financial forecasting and customer profitability analysis) ,Analytical CRM generally makes heavy use of data mining.
Collaborative CRM covers aspects of a company's dealings with customers that are handled by various departments within a company, such as sales, technical support and marketing. Staff members from different departments can share information collected when interacting with customers. For example, feedback received by customer support agents can provide other staff members with information on the services and features requested by customers. Collaborative CRM's ultimate goal is to use information collected by all departments to improve the quality of services provided by the company.
CRM
Today apart from operational efficiency and cost reduction, your relations with your customers play an important role in the turnover and success of your business. You need a robust customer relations model that can give you a holistic picture of your customers' needs, their history and tendency, present subscriptions and all your connections with them. FSL's CRM solutions is tailored to cater to all the above and give you a customer centric business model that enables you to decisively observe, investigate and operate on related data.
Our CRM solutions induce transparency and operational visibility into your business model. With our CRM software, you can not only automate common tasks and monitor crucial issues, but also can be sure of the best integration of all aspects of your customer life cycle; from exploring new avenues to retaining old ones. You can also effectively manage leads that drive successful, profitable and long term customer relationshipsOur CRM software is all-inclusive and takes into account every aspect across all your departments with overall integration.
It brings all customer intelligence in the enterprise onto a common platform. And gives you the ability to address, accomplish and realize all strategies into instant ROI. Our CRM software covers sales force automation, customer service and marketing automation. This will help you reach out to the largest pool of customers and market yourself proactively using the features we can equip you with. Some of the operative features include: Facilities for effective campaigning, Quick filters and automated mail attachments, Leads monitoring, User-friendly tracking of leads and recent interactions , Comprehensive views, Built in database, Facility for security and data integrity , Ability to deal with B2B and B2C functions.
Customer relationship management (CRM) consists of the processes a company uses to track and organize its contacts with its current and prospective customers. CRM software is used to support these processes; information about customers and customer interactions can be entered, stored and accessed by employees in different company departments. Typical CRM goals are to improve services provided to customers, and to use customer contact information for targeted marketing. While the term CRM generally refers to a software-based approach to handling customer relationships, most CRM software vendors stress that a successful CRM effort requires a holistic approach.
Our CRM solutions induce transparency and operational visibility into your business model. With our CRM software, you can not only automate common tasks and monitor crucial issues, but also can be sure of the best integration of all aspects of your customer life cycle; from exploring new avenues to retaining old ones. You can also effectively manage leads that drive successful, profitable and long term customer relationshipsOur CRM software is all-inclusive and takes into account every aspect across all your departments with overall integration.
It brings all customer intelligence in the enterprise onto a common platform. And gives you the ability to address, accomplish and realize all strategies into instant ROI. Our CRM software covers sales force automation, customer service and marketing automation. This will help you reach out to the largest pool of customers and market yourself proactively using the features we can equip you with. Some of the operative features include: Facilities for effective campaigning, Quick filters and automated mail attachments, Leads monitoring, User-friendly tracking of leads and recent interactions , Comprehensive views, Built in database, Facility for security and data integrity , Ability to deal with B2B and B2C functions.
Customer relationship management (CRM) consists of the processes a company uses to track and organize its contacts with its current and prospective customers. CRM software is used to support these processes; information about customers and customer interactions can be entered, stored and accessed by employees in different company departments. Typical CRM goals are to improve services provided to customers, and to use customer contact information for targeted marketing. While the term CRM generally refers to a software-based approach to handling customer relationships, most CRM software vendors stress that a successful CRM effort requires a holistic approach.
SAP Programs
FSL Projects specializes in providing implementation, application support and consultancy in SAP FSL Projects has the ability, resources and expertise to quickly address diverse business needs, offering reliable SAP solutions using tried and tested methodologies. We offer a range of SAP services- whether they are new to SAP or already have an established system. FSL Project's SAP implementation practice serves SAP clients in a wide range of industries, including, discrete manufacturing, high-tech/electronics, consumer Packaged goods, healthcare, pharmaceutical, retail, and banking & financial services.
Our SAP consulting services enables businesses to maximize ROI by ensuring efficient deployment of SAP software applications. Our SAP Practice encompasses multiple verticals and industry solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of services that addresses continuous business needs of an organization. We have strong background of delivering effective SAP solutions and services across a wide range of vertical domains. FSL Projects supports its clients even after “Go-Live”. During the post go-live phase, the clients experience the confidence and benefits of using a world-class enterprise solution.
Our SAP practice is your one-stop source for complete, end-to-end services extending from pre-implementation planning through maintenance, support, and upgrade. We support and deliver quality implementations, migrations and upgrades in record time with outstanding results and long-term customer satisfaction. Our broad family of SAP service offerings is designed to give customers the flexibility to meet specific performance, availability, security and risk management needs.
FSL Projects has developed high-level work plans and rollout strategies that enable it to deliver pre-configured SAP solutions in the shortest possible time. A project plan contains implementation / rollout strategy, cut over plan and key activities including main deliverables. The company's experience with so many SAP R/3 implementations enable it to propose an approach that will minimize risks and accelerate delivery of benefits for the user organization.
Our SAP consulting services enables businesses to maximize ROI by ensuring efficient deployment of SAP software applications. Our SAP Practice encompasses multiple verticals and industry solutions, offering a comprehensive suite of services that addresses continuous business needs of an organization. We have strong background of delivering effective SAP solutions and services across a wide range of vertical domains. FSL Projects supports its clients even after “Go-Live”. During the post go-live phase, the clients experience the confidence and benefits of using a world-class enterprise solution.
Our SAP practice is your one-stop source for complete, end-to-end services extending from pre-implementation planning through maintenance, support, and upgrade. We support and deliver quality implementations, migrations and upgrades in record time with outstanding results and long-term customer satisfaction. Our broad family of SAP service offerings is designed to give customers the flexibility to meet specific performance, availability, security and risk management needs.
FSL Projects has developed high-level work plans and rollout strategies that enable it to deliver pre-configured SAP solutions in the shortest possible time. A project plan contains implementation / rollout strategy, cut over plan and key activities including main deliverables. The company's experience with so many SAP R/3 implementations enable it to propose an approach that will minimize risks and accelerate delivery of benefits for the user organization.
Web Designing
The expertise in developing Web templates that can be used to build your personal web page or a huge and fully functional corporate site, online stores or offline presentation or even a design template for the software you develop! Our Website Development solutions have variety of professionally designed templates available to suit different application requirements and thus offer you with multiple choices for your online transactions and marketing of products. You can also create your own content and get your website emailed to your mailbox- instantly upon completion.
Our website templates are designed by teams of professional designers and you can see the difference in the way they look and work. FSL has demonstrated its prowess in the field of multimedia technologies; we have successfully implemented huge flash communication server application supporting interactive multimedia applications like live audio and video Collaborations, interactive flash applications. Flash based content creation for specific requirements with SCORM and AICC compliance.
A substantial and proven track record in assisting businesses to flourish by supporting marketing functions like market research, advertisements, IP advice, joint ventures. FSL Projects can provide tenants with ready access to a wide range of added value services. FSL offers a full range of services for offshore subsidiary creation and management that helps organizations establish, build, staff, and run a successful offshore subsidiary in India. In other words we provide complete building services to companies establishing their branches in India, whether providing infrastructure or staff, we can furnish you with all the needs that arise in the instigation of your new office.
To assist in identifying real estate agents for their infrastructure needs. To assist in putting them on to development centers who provide in sourcing facilities, To assist in identifying architects, interior decorators, manpower agents etc, To assist in identifying legal counsels To negotiate prices with various Vendors To assist in appointing statutory/internal auditors . Customize solutions to suit the specific needs of the client. We help you to identify the most suitable space for your firm and will help you in this start-up phase to start operations at reduced Capital and Recurring Costs to leap forward and build your capability. We take keen interest in managing your further growth including acquisition of new businesses after you have established the Proof of concept.
Our website templates are designed by teams of professional designers and you can see the difference in the way they look and work. FSL has demonstrated its prowess in the field of multimedia technologies; we have successfully implemented huge flash communication server application supporting interactive multimedia applications like live audio and video Collaborations, interactive flash applications. Flash based content creation for specific requirements with SCORM and AICC compliance.
A substantial and proven track record in assisting businesses to flourish by supporting marketing functions like market research, advertisements, IP advice, joint ventures. FSL Projects can provide tenants with ready access to a wide range of added value services. FSL offers a full range of services for offshore subsidiary creation and management that helps organizations establish, build, staff, and run a successful offshore subsidiary in India. In other words we provide complete building services to companies establishing their branches in India, whether providing infrastructure or staff, we can furnish you with all the needs that arise in the instigation of your new office.
To assist in identifying real estate agents for their infrastructure needs. To assist in putting them on to development centers who provide in sourcing facilities, To assist in identifying architects, interior decorators, manpower agents etc, To assist in identifying legal counsels To negotiate prices with various Vendors To assist in appointing statutory/internal auditors . Customize solutions to suit the specific needs of the client. We help you to identify the most suitable space for your firm and will help you in this start-up phase to start operations at reduced Capital and Recurring Costs to leap forward and build your capability. We take keen interest in managing your further growth including acquisition of new businesses after you have established the Proof of concept.
Database Conversion
Enterprises migrate their applications and data from other databases to and from Oracle and others to take advantage of its proven performance and unmatched features. FSL's complete range of database migration tools for Oracle and MySQL helps customers to migrate their business environment to and from Oracle without tedious manual migration effort. We provide migration software and services for Oracle and MySQL among and other databases. Our conversion solutions allow you to easily migrate data, schema, stored procedures, triggers and other objects between multiple databases.
Our data migration solutions assist customers in migrating their business environment to and from Oracle and instantly leverage benefits through: Stored Procedure Migration Tools that completely automate stored procedure migration from SQL Server Transact-SQL to Oracle PL/SQLSQL Migration Tool completely migrates SQL statements from MS SQL Server, to Oracle SQL statementsData Migration Tool completely migrates schema and data from wide range of databases to and from OracleRapid data migration across environment ensuring data integrity with no data loss or corruption.
Supports migration of schema and data across Oracle and MySQL databases. Migrate tables, indexes, and constraints along with dataMigrate procedures, functions, and triggers across higher and lower database versionsIdentify dependencies between master and child tables and orders tables with primary key and foreign key. Backup tables in target database. Configurable options to choose the migration of tables, indexes, view and data. User friendly and Intuitive GUI Provision to choose any database combination for migrationDetailed and summary migration reports.
Database converter software support conversion of bulk database records created in any supportive format to another without changing the structure of original created database application.MS Access to MySQL database converter software easily converts password protected MS access database files with full accuracy. The database converter software support synchronized database while conversion, i.e. database records are converted with full accuracy, while database conversion process. The trial edition of database converter software, which can be downloaded from this web site, limits upto conversion of first five records of database tables. Full licensed version is capable to convert entire database table records.
Our data migration solutions assist customers in migrating their business environment to and from Oracle and instantly leverage benefits through: Stored Procedure Migration Tools that completely automate stored procedure migration from SQL Server Transact-SQL to Oracle PL/SQLSQL Migration Tool completely migrates SQL statements from MS SQL Server, to Oracle SQL statementsData Migration Tool completely migrates schema and data from wide range of databases to and from OracleRapid data migration across environment ensuring data integrity with no data loss or corruption.
Supports migration of schema and data across Oracle and MySQL databases. Migrate tables, indexes, and constraints along with dataMigrate procedures, functions, and triggers across higher and lower database versionsIdentify dependencies between master and child tables and orders tables with primary key and foreign key. Backup tables in target database. Configurable options to choose the migration of tables, indexes, view and data. User friendly and Intuitive GUI Provision to choose any database combination for migrationDetailed and summary migration reports.
Database converter software support conversion of bulk database records created in any supportive format to another without changing the structure of original created database application.MS Access to MySQL database converter software easily converts password protected MS access database files with full accuracy. The database converter software support synchronized database while conversion, i.e. database records are converted with full accuracy, while database conversion process. The trial edition of database converter software, which can be downloaded from this web site, limits upto conversion of first five records of database tables. Full licensed version is capable to convert entire database table records.
Desktop Application
FSL has proven expertise in the field of developing desktop applications. Using the stock management solution of FSL makes managing stock/inventory effortless. Our Inventory Control solution efficiently manages stock positions, item locations, etc. simultaneously at multiple warehouses and sale sites. It enables you to implement sophisticated and advanced pricing and item tracking systems as well as records item receipts and transfers. FSL has proven expertise in the field of developing desktop applications. Using the stock management solution of FSL makes managing stock/inventory effortless. Our Inventory Control solution efficiently manages stock positions, item locations, etc. simultaneously at multiple warehouses and sale sites. It enables you to implement sophisticated and advanced pricing and item tracking systems as well as records item receipts and transfers.
FSL's stock control software will let you control production cycle, stock, order or supplier. You can define unlimited products, create multiple suppliers and/or companies, control orders, check productions and materials, define composite products, calculate orders and their status, stocks, control production lead times, helps record and thus minimize break-down hours, define subcontractors, etc. FSL also provides solutions for the accounts, payroll and HR functions. The solution provides the general ledger and accounts receivable functionality for our clients. Journal records are received from fixed asset system, payroll and accounts payable. Produces financial management reports. The HR solution provides staffing information and generates payroll payments. It sends information to general ledger and produces staff pay slips and management reports.
The HR solution is used to manage human resources and payroll within the organization. As an employee it provides you with access to information regarding staff, helps segregating employee department and cadre wise, leave entitlements, and other HR information. The FSL Payroll and Personnel system provides automated facilities in the support of the payroll and personnel requirements of your business. FSL Projects also provides ERP solutions that can be integrated into the desktop application. These are compact, easy to use for small and medium sized enterprises.
Our Inventory Control solution efficiently manages stock positions, item locations, etc. simultaneously at multiple warehouses and sale sites. It enables you to implement sophisticated and advanced pricing and item tracking systems as well as records item receipts and transfers. You can define unlimited products, create multiple suppliers and/or companies, control orders, check productions and materials, define composite products, calculate orders and their status, stocks, control production lead times, helps record.
FSL's stock control software will let you control production cycle, stock, order or supplier. You can define unlimited products, create multiple suppliers and/or companies, control orders, check productions and materials, define composite products, calculate orders and their status, stocks, control production lead times, helps record and thus minimize break-down hours, define subcontractors, etc. FSL also provides solutions for the accounts, payroll and HR functions. The solution provides the general ledger and accounts receivable functionality for our clients. Journal records are received from fixed asset system, payroll and accounts payable. Produces financial management reports. The HR solution provides staffing information and generates payroll payments. It sends information to general ledger and produces staff pay slips and management reports.
The HR solution is used to manage human resources and payroll within the organization. As an employee it provides you with access to information regarding staff, helps segregating employee department and cadre wise, leave entitlements, and other HR information. The FSL Payroll and Personnel system provides automated facilities in the support of the payroll and personnel requirements of your business. FSL Projects also provides ERP solutions that can be integrated into the desktop application. These are compact, easy to use for small and medium sized enterprises.
Our Inventory Control solution efficiently manages stock positions, item locations, etc. simultaneously at multiple warehouses and sale sites. It enables you to implement sophisticated and advanced pricing and item tracking systems as well as records item receipts and transfers. You can define unlimited products, create multiple suppliers and/or companies, control orders, check productions and materials, define composite products, calculate orders and their status, stocks, control production lead times, helps record.
Guest Books
A guest book is a book designed for guests of events or special functions to sign. Typically, a guest book has a hard cover and several pages inside. Each of these pages contains several lines on which guests can sign their names. In some cases, the guest book may also include a space for contact information or other pertinent information.A guest book is commonly used at funerals. Before entering the viewing area, guests will generally find a guest book located on a pedestal. The guest book is typically opened to the area where it should be signed, and a pen is located nearby.
A guest book may also be used at other functions, as well. Weddings, baby showers, anniversary celebrations, and birthday parties are all events that may utilize a guest book. Some resorts and other rental properties also include a guest book to be signed by those who rent the property.The purpose of the guest book is to provide the host with a souvenir of the gathering. It also helps the host keep track of guests in order to send thank you notes for attending or simply as a reminder of who attended.
This is particularly useful during a funeral, when the family is experiencing a great deal of grief and may not notice or remember all of the guests who come to share their condolences.A guest book may also be found on a web site on the Internet. A guest book on a web site is designed as an area where visitors to the site can leave their name and possibly their contact information. A guest book on a web site is helpful to the Webmaster, because it helps him or her to keep track of the types of individuals visiting the web site. It also provides visitors.
The purpose of the guest book is to provide the host with a souvenir of the gathering. It also helps the host keep track of guests in order to send thank you notes for attending or simply as a reminder of who attended. The guest book is typically opened to the area where it should be signed, and a pen is located nearby. A guest book may also be used at other functions, as well. Weddings, baby showers, anniversary celebrations, and birthday parties are all events that may utilize a guest book.
A guest book may also be used at other functions, as well. Weddings, baby showers, anniversary celebrations, and birthday parties are all events that may utilize a guest book. Some resorts and other rental properties also include a guest book to be signed by those who rent the property.The purpose of the guest book is to provide the host with a souvenir of the gathering. It also helps the host keep track of guests in order to send thank you notes for attending or simply as a reminder of who attended.
This is particularly useful during a funeral, when the family is experiencing a great deal of grief and may not notice or remember all of the guests who come to share their condolences.A guest book may also be found on a web site on the Internet. A guest book on a web site is designed as an area where visitors to the site can leave their name and possibly their contact information. A guest book on a web site is helpful to the Webmaster, because it helps him or her to keep track of the types of individuals visiting the web site. It also provides visitors.
The purpose of the guest book is to provide the host with a souvenir of the gathering. It also helps the host keep track of guests in order to send thank you notes for attending or simply as a reminder of who attended. The guest book is typically opened to the area where it should be signed, and a pen is located nearby. A guest book may also be used at other functions, as well. Weddings, baby showers, anniversary celebrations, and birthday parties are all events that may utilize a guest book.
Classified Ads
Classified advertising is usually textually based and can consist of as little as the type of item being sold and a telephone number to call for more information. It can also have much more detail, such as name to contact, address to contact or visit, a detailed description of the product or products ("pants and sweaters, size 10" as opposed to "clothing", "red 1996 Pontiac Grand Prix" as opposed to "automobile"). There are generally no pictures or other graphics within the advertisement, although sometimes a logo may be used.
Classified advertising is called such because it is generally grouped within the publication under headings classifying the product or service being offered (headings such as Accounting, Automobiles, Clothing, Farm Produce, For Sale, For Rent, etc.) and is grouped entirely in a distinct section of the periodical, which makes it distinct from display advertising, which often contains graphics or other art work and which is more typically distributed throughout a publication adjacent to editorial content.
A hybrid of the two forms — classified display advertising — may often be found, in which categorized advertisements with larger amounts of graphical detail can be found among the text listings of a classified advertising section in a publication. Business opportunities often use classifieds to sell their services, usually employing 1-800 numbers. Classified ads are also among the tools used by many companies in recruitment for available job opportunities. In recent years the term "classified advertising" or "classified ads" has expanded from merely the sense of print advertisements in periodicals to include similar types of advertising on computer services, radio, and even television, particularly cable television but occasionally broadcast television as well, with the latter occurring typically very early in the morning hours.Like most forms of printed media, the classified ad has found its way to the Internet.
Internet classified ads do not typically use per-line pricing models, so they tend to be longer. They are also more readily searchable unlike their offline brethren, tend to be local, and may foster a greater sense of urgency as a result of their daily structure and wider scope for audiences. Because of their self-policing nature and low cost structures, some companies offer free classifieds such as Craigslist in the US, as well as Kijiji and Gumtree internationally. Other companies focus mainly on their local hometown region, while others blanket urban areas by using zip codes. Craigslist.org was one of the first online classified sites, and has grown to become the largest classified source, bringing in over 14 million unique visitors a month according to comScore Media Metrix. A number of online services called Aggregators crawl and aggregate classifieds from sources such as blogs and RSS feeds, as opposed to relying on manually submitted listings.
Classified advertising is called such because it is generally grouped within the publication under headings classifying the product or service being offered (headings such as Accounting, Automobiles, Clothing, Farm Produce, For Sale, For Rent, etc.) and is grouped entirely in a distinct section of the periodical, which makes it distinct from display advertising, which often contains graphics or other art work and which is more typically distributed throughout a publication adjacent to editorial content.
A hybrid of the two forms — classified display advertising — may often be found, in which categorized advertisements with larger amounts of graphical detail can be found among the text listings of a classified advertising section in a publication. Business opportunities often use classifieds to sell their services, usually employing 1-800 numbers. Classified ads are also among the tools used by many companies in recruitment for available job opportunities. In recent years the term "classified advertising" or "classified ads" has expanded from merely the sense of print advertisements in periodicals to include similar types of advertising on computer services, radio, and even television, particularly cable television but occasionally broadcast television as well, with the latter occurring typically very early in the morning hours.Like most forms of printed media, the classified ad has found its way to the Internet.
Internet classified ads do not typically use per-line pricing models, so they tend to be longer. They are also more readily searchable unlike their offline brethren, tend to be local, and may foster a greater sense of urgency as a result of their daily structure and wider scope for audiences. Because of their self-policing nature and low cost structures, some companies offer free classifieds such as Craigslist in the US, as well as Kijiji and Gumtree internationally. Other companies focus mainly on their local hometown region, while others blanket urban areas by using zip codes. Craigslist.org was one of the first online classified sites, and has grown to become the largest classified source, bringing in over 14 million unique visitors a month according to comScore Media Metrix. A number of online services called Aggregators crawl and aggregate classifieds from sources such as blogs and RSS feeds, as opposed to relying on manually submitted listings.
Chat Rooms
Online chat is a way of communicating by sending text messages to people in the same chat-room in real-time. Some chat rooms such as Yahoo! use both text and voice simultaneously. The oldest form of true chat rooms are the text-based variety. Talkomatic, developed on the PLATO System around 1974, has a strong claim to have been the prototype of the text-only chat room. A notable 1980's text-based chat system was Freelancin' Roundtable. The most popular of this kind is Internet Relay Chat (IRC). The popularity of these kinds of chat rooms has waned over the years, and IRC's popularity has rapidly given way to instant messaging. Also a notable number of people were introduced to chat rooms from AOL and web chat sites.
Visual chat rooms add graphics to the chat experience, in either 2D or 3D (employing virtual reality technology). These are characterized by using a graphic representation of the user (avatar) that can be moved about a graphic background or in a graphic environment. These virtual worlds are capable of incorporating elements such as games (in particular massively multiplayer online games) and educational material most often developed by individual site owners, who in general are simply more advanced users of the systems. The most popular environments also allow users to create or build their own spaces.
Some visual chat rooms also incorporate audio and video communications, so that users may actually see and hear each other. However, some find these types of environments cumbersome to use and actually an impediment to chatting.The primary use of a chat room is to share information via text with a group of other users. New technology has enabled the use of file sharing and webcams to be included in some programs and almost all Internet chat or messaging services allow users to display or send to each other photos of themselves.
Some people who visit chat rooms use them as a place to experience online sex, also known as cybersex or computer love. While not physically able to see their partner, cyber-ers get stimulation by reading x-rated quotes. While many in the media focus on this aspect of chat rooms as it certainly boosts their ratings, it is by no means the only thing chat rooms are used for. While many people engage in "cybersex" for many reasons, it is also true that sexual predators use cybersex conversations as a means of identifying potential victims.
Visual chat rooms add graphics to the chat experience, in either 2D or 3D (employing virtual reality technology). These are characterized by using a graphic representation of the user (avatar) that can be moved about a graphic background or in a graphic environment. These virtual worlds are capable of incorporating elements such as games (in particular massively multiplayer online games) and educational material most often developed by individual site owners, who in general are simply more advanced users of the systems. The most popular environments also allow users to create or build their own spaces.
Some visual chat rooms also incorporate audio and video communications, so that users may actually see and hear each other. However, some find these types of environments cumbersome to use and actually an impediment to chatting.The primary use of a chat room is to share information via text with a group of other users. New technology has enabled the use of file sharing and webcams to be included in some programs and almost all Internet chat or messaging services allow users to display or send to each other photos of themselves.
Some people who visit chat rooms use them as a place to experience online sex, also known as cybersex or computer love. While not physically able to see their partner, cyber-ers get stimulation by reading x-rated quotes. While many in the media focus on this aspect of chat rooms as it certainly boosts their ratings, it is by no means the only thing chat rooms are used for. While many people engage in "cybersex" for many reasons, it is also true that sexual predators use cybersex conversations as a means of identifying potential victims.
Networking
If you are the owner, office administrator or the manager of the data systems in your organization you NEED to know what is going on at all levels of your business. Do you really want Tom surfing the internet half of the day looking for new golf clubs while he is pretending to be working? Does he really need access to the internet? Does he need access to your sensitive files? What if Tom accidentally picks up a Trojan virus program while surfing the web that secretly infects all of the other machines in your office? You need to limit access to computer resources on a need to know basis.
Without even realizing your system was compromised Tom could have left the floodgate open for some hackers or corporate raiders to gain access to your entire mailing lists or even worse more sensitive data such as credit files, card numbers, names and addresses.We can install and maintain an office networking system you can trust implicitly. You can limit the levels of access to individual employees and monitor their activities with password protected computers. Not as a purely voyeuristic whim, but as avalid and necessary reason to protect and preserve your companies sensitive, personally identifiable files and data. You NEED to know what is going on in your company.
How about the employee who is secretly downloading CD's and pictures while he is working and has installed a file sharing program on his PC that allows anyone in the world to access his hard drive files with a few stealth manipulations? Do you have employees that use chat programs while they are working like ICQ or Yahoo Messenger? Do you know that those programs have file sharing transfer programs? A disgruntled employee could be transferring your sensitive files or corporate strategies to anyone. You need to have a standard hierarchy plan. You can authorize who gets what levels of access to computer files in your organization. Just issuing an interoffice memo won't keep it from happening. You need to keep it from happening with a controlled networking environment with user permissions.
Now comes a very tough subject to address. We almost hate to even suggest it. But, it needs addressing. This doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen and the tell-tale signs are easy to read. What about the employee who purposefully causes a problem in order to justify his job? Nobody is any wiser. They just know the system is down. They all run to Bob and tell him that nobody can print out anything. Bob spends 30 minutes, fixes the problem he created and winds up looking like a hero. Does your system go on the fritz more than you think it should? That is the tell-tale sign. A properly installed networking system NEVER goes bad after it has been set up and tested. The reliability factor on today's networking systems is 99.9% and if something goes wrong in virtually all cases someone has messed with the settings.
Without even realizing your system was compromised Tom could have left the floodgate open for some hackers or corporate raiders to gain access to your entire mailing lists or even worse more sensitive data such as credit files, card numbers, names and addresses.We can install and maintain an office networking system you can trust implicitly. You can limit the levels of access to individual employees and monitor their activities with password protected computers. Not as a purely voyeuristic whim, but as avalid and necessary reason to protect and preserve your companies sensitive, personally identifiable files and data. You NEED to know what is going on in your company.
How about the employee who is secretly downloading CD's and pictures while he is working and has installed a file sharing program on his PC that allows anyone in the world to access his hard drive files with a few stealth manipulations? Do you have employees that use chat programs while they are working like ICQ or Yahoo Messenger? Do you know that those programs have file sharing transfer programs? A disgruntled employee could be transferring your sensitive files or corporate strategies to anyone. You need to have a standard hierarchy plan. You can authorize who gets what levels of access to computer files in your organization. Just issuing an interoffice memo won't keep it from happening. You need to keep it from happening with a controlled networking environment with user permissions.
Now comes a very tough subject to address. We almost hate to even suggest it. But, it needs addressing. This doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen and the tell-tale signs are easy to read. What about the employee who purposefully causes a problem in order to justify his job? Nobody is any wiser. They just know the system is down. They all run to Bob and tell him that nobody can print out anything. Bob spends 30 minutes, fixes the problem he created and winds up looking like a hero. Does your system go on the fritz more than you think it should? That is the tell-tale sign. A properly installed networking system NEVER goes bad after it has been set up and tested. The reliability factor on today's networking systems is 99.9% and if something goes wrong in virtually all cases someone has messed with the settings.
Custom Programming
A questionnaire integrated with a calculator can enable customers to first find the appropriate product for them and then calculate financing according to their personal financial situation. A sophisticated e-commerce site can offer users a fast search engine to easily find products. It can then create a page of "related products" to promote additional sales. It can enable users to easily and efficiently order products online.
To facilitate the fulfillment of orders, the system can then deliver the orders directly into your existing order and inventory programs. To save you money on customer service personnel, the Web site can offer users the capability to track their orders. To encourage repeat sales, this custom e-commerce program can also remember previous orders enabling users to purchase frequently needed items quickly. This e-commerce program can also track anniversaries and important dates for users, sending them shopping reminders via e-mail.
If have more than one pricing structure, through user registration, the different, correct pricing can be displayed to each user. A Question and Answer database can enable users to find answers to their questions using a simple search engine. The Questions can be screened by your staff before they go online and multiple experts can respond to the questions. This can be a powerful tool, making your company's Web site the most popular in your industry.
It can also free up your customer service representatives' time. Using online auctions, a business can sell excess inventory. Online auctions can be used to sell everything from real estate to electronics. Over TheNet® 's servers are the fastest, most technologically advanced available. We are constantly upgrading our systems, however, we do so with great care. OTN always balances between the "leading edge" and the "safe and proven." In other words, most new technology has bugs. Therefore, before OTN upgrades the systems, we make absolutely sure that the new technology has been on the market and proven to be robust.
To facilitate the fulfillment of orders, the system can then deliver the orders directly into your existing order and inventory programs. To save you money on customer service personnel, the Web site can offer users the capability to track their orders. To encourage repeat sales, this custom e-commerce program can also remember previous orders enabling users to purchase frequently needed items quickly. This e-commerce program can also track anniversaries and important dates for users, sending them shopping reminders via e-mail.
If have more than one pricing structure, through user registration, the different, correct pricing can be displayed to each user. A Question and Answer database can enable users to find answers to their questions using a simple search engine. The Questions can be screened by your staff before they go online and multiple experts can respond to the questions. This can be a powerful tool, making your company's Web site the most popular in your industry.
It can also free up your customer service representatives' time. Using online auctions, a business can sell excess inventory. Online auctions can be used to sell everything from real estate to electronics. Over TheNet® 's servers are the fastest, most technologically advanced available. We are constantly upgrading our systems, however, we do so with great care. OTN always balances between the "leading edge" and the "safe and proven." In other words, most new technology has bugs. Therefore, before OTN upgrades the systems, we make absolutely sure that the new technology has been on the market and proven to be robust.
Web Maintenance
The web maintenance service plans are designed for just about every business of any size and type there is. Maintenance plans are tailored to fit your exact needs so you only pay for what you need. We not only help you in converting your website into an exciting experience but also maintain your site, be it an occasional update or modifications in business flow. Our Website maintenance plans are designed and developed to mesh comprehensively with your online business needs and are high on quality to deliver efficient web maintenance services which are cost-effective and convenient.
Your site can be easily updated in shortest possible span as most of the changes take less than a day and is as simple as an email. Special updating times can be arranged to ensure the least amount of inconvenience for your customers. FSL Projects will maintain your website, add enhancements and modifications, and free your time to concentrate on the non-technical operations of your web presence.True interaction between a Web site and visitor can only be achieved with custom Internet programming, known as CGI's.
These CGI's are responsible for every function on a Web site other than displaying text and graphics and clicking from link to link. Over five years ago, Over TheNet® had the unprecedented idea that without engaging users and actively interacting with them, a Web site cannot be profitable. Therefore, Over TheNet® was a pioneer with e-commerce, on-line shopping carts, calculators, databases, search engines, self-scoring quizzes and guest books just to name a few. Today, interactive Web sites are becoming more common. Therefore, Over TheNet® 's cutting edge Internet technology is even more important to the success of the Web site.
This is because users demand useful, user friendly Web sites and expect more features and functions than ever before. All of this can only be satisfied with custom Internet programmingOver TheNet® has all the tools and technology to create every interactive feature that your business's Web site will need. More importantly, OTN has the creativity and programming skill to create interactive features that have never been used on a Web site before.
Your site can be easily updated in shortest possible span as most of the changes take less than a day and is as simple as an email. Special updating times can be arranged to ensure the least amount of inconvenience for your customers. FSL Projects will maintain your website, add enhancements and modifications, and free your time to concentrate on the non-technical operations of your web presence.True interaction between a Web site and visitor can only be achieved with custom Internet programming, known as CGI's.
These CGI's are responsible for every function on a Web site other than displaying text and graphics and clicking from link to link. Over five years ago, Over TheNet® had the unprecedented idea that without engaging users and actively interacting with them, a Web site cannot be profitable. Therefore, Over TheNet® was a pioneer with e-commerce, on-line shopping carts, calculators, databases, search engines, self-scoring quizzes and guest books just to name a few. Today, interactive Web sites are becoming more common. Therefore, Over TheNet® 's cutting edge Internet technology is even more important to the success of the Web site.
This is because users demand useful, user friendly Web sites and expect more features and functions than ever before. All of this can only be satisfied with custom Internet programmingOver TheNet® has all the tools and technology to create every interactive feature that your business's Web site will need. More importantly, OTN has the creativity and programming skill to create interactive features that have never been used on a Web site before.
E Commerce
ECommerce is nothing but exchange of goods and services for money, being conducted via electronic medium like the Internet. Companies scale up to online mode of operations using web as, it is much more efficient and faster than as compared to the contemporary stores. However, one of the biggest challenges of conducting an online business is making sure that the customers trust your website. To be a preferred online store, you need to build a strong bond of trust with your customers. Your online business needs to provide a strong and secured framework and should be able to build confidence and trust amongst its users.
Faith and loyalty demands a clear and secure online payment and credit card transaction processing system system. However, in order to offer a secure environment to transact, you first have to develop your business into an online store where e-commerce can take place and where your customers can purchase your products and/or services with ease. This is where our reliable ecommerce solutions come into picture.Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.
The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily since the spread of the Internet. A wide variety of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail as well.
A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way. Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes known as e-tail. Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web. Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses is referred to as business-to-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties (e.g. commodity exchange) or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants (private electronic market).
Faith and loyalty demands a clear and secure online payment and credit card transaction processing system system. However, in order to offer a secure environment to transact, you first have to develop your business into an online store where e-commerce can take place and where your customers can purchase your products and/or services with ease. This is where our reliable ecommerce solutions come into picture.Electronic commerce, commonly known as e-commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.
The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily since the spread of the Internet. A wide variety of commerce is conducted in this way, spurring and drawing on innovations in electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, Internet marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. Modern electronic commerce typically uses the World Wide Web at least at some point in the transaction's lifecycle, although it can encompass a wider range of technologies such as e-mail as well.
A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way. Online retailers are sometimes known as e-tailers and online retail is sometimes known as e-tail. Almost all big retailers have electronic commerce presence on the World Wide Web. Electronic commerce that is conducted between businesses is referred to as business-to-business or B2B. B2B can be open to all interested parties (e.g. commodity exchange) or limited to specific, pre-qualified participants (private electronic market).
FSL Projects
FSL Projects is global Software Offshore Development Company. Our forte lies in developing custom, scalable & secure applications leveraging India's offshore value advantage. FSL was established in 1999 with its Development center located in Hyderabad, India. FSL' software development process is completely flexible as a result we are successful in accommodating to our customers' needs. We intend to make a long-term relationship with our clients so as to serve them as a one-stop source for all their IT needs: strategy, architecture, development, implementation, maintenance, training and support. FSL partners with its clients to deliver value, in terms of quality and cost.
We endeavor to bring together the best management and technical professionals with the most excellent skill sets, expertise, qualification and experience. With our qualified, experienced and highly professional customized IT back-up, we are capable of providing core benefits and services for custom software development and with our specialized knowledge/skills and personalized customer services we have carved a niche for ourselves as a technical proficient offshore outsourcing company. The rapport with our US and European clientele has made us evolve a highly effective form of working style for the quick and detailed analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications and customizing solutions. Our effective real-time communication has been the key to success.
FSL assumed responsibility for the support of the Financial Management Information System (FMIS) in June 2000. This system was acquired and enhanced by a group of consultants for the Ministry of Finance under the Administrative Reform Program (ARP) in 1987. That group provided support for the system up to May of 2000. Since transfer of the system, FSL has been providing both infrastructure and application support for the seventeen (17) sites at which it is implemented.
In 1995 FSL commenced a project for the Pensions Unit of the Superannuation Branch of the Ministry of Finance to develop an Automated Pensions System (APS). The system was successfully implemented in 1997. While we continue to provide user production support for the system, we are also developing enhancements to widen the scope of the application and thereby improve on the efficiency and responsiveness of both the Pensions Unit and other interfacing agencies.
We endeavor to bring together the best management and technical professionals with the most excellent skill sets, expertise, qualification and experience. With our qualified, experienced and highly professional customized IT back-up, we are capable of providing core benefits and services for custom software development and with our specialized knowledge/skills and personalized customer services we have carved a niche for ourselves as a technical proficient offshore outsourcing company. The rapport with our US and European clientele has made us evolve a highly effective form of working style for the quick and detailed analysis, design, development, implementation and maintenance of applications and customizing solutions. Our effective real-time communication has been the key to success.
FSL assumed responsibility for the support of the Financial Management Information System (FMIS) in June 2000. This system was acquired and enhanced by a group of consultants for the Ministry of Finance under the Administrative Reform Program (ARP) in 1987. That group provided support for the system up to May of 2000. Since transfer of the system, FSL has been providing both infrastructure and application support for the seventeen (17) sites at which it is implemented.
In 1995 FSL commenced a project for the Pensions Unit of the Superannuation Branch of the Ministry of Finance to develop an Automated Pensions System (APS). The system was successfully implemented in 1997. While we continue to provide user production support for the system, we are also developing enhancements to widen the scope of the application and thereby improve on the efficiency and responsiveness of both the Pensions Unit and other interfacing agencies.
Billing Process
A practice that has interactions with the patient must now under HIPAA send most billing claims for services via electronic means. Prior to actually performing service and billing a patient, the care provider may use software to check the eligibility of the patient for the intended services with the patients insurance company. This process uses the same standards and technologies as an electronic claims transmission with small changes to the transmission format, this format is known specifically as X12-270 Health Care Eligibility & Benefit Inquiry transaction. A response to an eligibility request is returned by the payer through a direct electronic connection or more commonly their website. It is called an X12-271 "Health Care Eligibility & Benefit Response" transaction. Most practice management/EMR software will automate this transmission, making them hidden from the user.
This first transaction for a claim for services is known technically as X12-837 or ANSI-837, and it contains a large amount of data regarding the provider interaction as well reference information about the practice and the patient. Following that submission, the payer will respond with an X12-997, simply acknowledging that the claim's submission was received and that it was accepted for further processing. When the claim(s) are actually adjudicated by the payer, the payer will ultimately respond with a X12-835 transaction, which shows the line-items of the claim that will be paid or denied; if paid, the amount; and if denied, the reason.
Due to limited technology, many payers (especially states' Medicaid) still adjudicate claims manually; this results in significant delays — up to 48 hours or even weeks to issue 835 responses to properly submitted 837 transactions. In many cases this manual processing subverts the entire point of Congress in mandating a standardized electronic billing process. These delays can also present catastrophic problems to the availability of healthcare for those patients with difficult payers — such as happened in California with the state Medicaid program referred to as "Medi-cal".
In order to be clear on the payment of a medical billing claim, the healthcare provider or medical biller must have complete knowledge of different insurance plans that insurance companies are offering, and the laws & regulations that preside over them. Large insurance companies can have up to 15 different plans contracted with one provider. When providers agree to accept an insurance company’s plan, the contractual agreement includes many details including fee schedules which dictate what the insurance company will pay the provider for covered procedures and other rules such as timely filing guidelines.
This first transaction for a claim for services is known technically as X12-837 or ANSI-837, and it contains a large amount of data regarding the provider interaction as well reference information about the practice and the patient. Following that submission, the payer will respond with an X12-997, simply acknowledging that the claim's submission was received and that it was accepted for further processing. When the claim(s) are actually adjudicated by the payer, the payer will ultimately respond with a X12-835 transaction, which shows the line-items of the claim that will be paid or denied; if paid, the amount; and if denied, the reason.
Due to limited technology, many payers (especially states' Medicaid) still adjudicate claims manually; this results in significant delays — up to 48 hours or even weeks to issue 835 responses to properly submitted 837 transactions. In many cases this manual processing subverts the entire point of Congress in mandating a standardized electronic billing process. These delays can also present catastrophic problems to the availability of healthcare for those patients with difficult payers — such as happened in California with the state Medicaid program referred to as "Medi-cal".
In order to be clear on the payment of a medical billing claim, the healthcare provider or medical biller must have complete knowledge of different insurance plans that insurance companies are offering, and the laws & regulations that preside over them. Large insurance companies can have up to 15 different plans contracted with one provider. When providers agree to accept an insurance company’s plan, the contractual agreement includes many details including fee schedules which dictate what the insurance company will pay the provider for covered procedures and other rules such as timely filing guidelines.
Medical billing in BPO
The billing process is an interaction between a healthcare provider and the insurance company (payer). The interaction begins with the office visit: A doctor or their staff will typically create or update the patient's medical record. This record contains a summary of treatment and demographic information related to the patient. Upon the first visit, the provider will usually give the patient one or more diagnoses in order to better coordinate and streamline his/her care. In the absence of a definitive diagnosis, the reason for the visit will be cited for the purpose of claims filing. The patient record contains highly personal information: the nature of illness, examination details, medication lists, diagnoses, and suggested treatment.
The extent of the physical examination, the complexity of the medical decision making and the background information (history) obtained from the patient are evaluated to determine the correct level of service that will be used to bill the insurance. The level of service, once determined by qualified staff is translated into a five digit procedure code from the Current Procedural Terminology. The verbal diagnosis is translated into a numerical code as well, drawn from the ICD-9-CM. These two codes, a CPT and an ICD-9-CM, are equally important for claims processing.
Once the procedure and diagnosis codes are determined, the biller will transmit the claim to the insurance company (payer). This is usually done electronically by formatting the claim as an ANSI 837 file and using Electronic Data Interchange to submit the claim file to the payer directly or via a clearinghouse. Historically claims were submitted using a paper form; in the case of professional (non-hospital) services and for most payers the CMS-1500 form was used. The CMS-1500 form is so named for its originator, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To this day about 30% of medical claims get sent to payers using paper forms which are either manually entered or entered using automated recognition or OCR software.
The insurance company (payer) processes the claims. The insurance company has medical directors review the claims and evaluate their validity for payment using rubrics for patient eligibility, provider credentials, and medical necessity. Approved claims are reimbursed for a certain percentage of the billed services. Failed claims are rejected and notice is sent to provider.Upon receiving the rejection message the provider must decipher the message, reconcile it with the original claim, make required corrections and resubmit the claim. This exchange of claims and rejections may be repeated multiple times until a claim is paid in full, or the provider relents and accepts an incomplete reimbursement.
The extent of the physical examination, the complexity of the medical decision making and the background information (history) obtained from the patient are evaluated to determine the correct level of service that will be used to bill the insurance. The level of service, once determined by qualified staff is translated into a five digit procedure code from the Current Procedural Terminology. The verbal diagnosis is translated into a numerical code as well, drawn from the ICD-9-CM. These two codes, a CPT and an ICD-9-CM, are equally important for claims processing.
Once the procedure and diagnosis codes are determined, the biller will transmit the claim to the insurance company (payer). This is usually done electronically by formatting the claim as an ANSI 837 file and using Electronic Data Interchange to submit the claim file to the payer directly or via a clearinghouse. Historically claims were submitted using a paper form; in the case of professional (non-hospital) services and for most payers the CMS-1500 form was used. The CMS-1500 form is so named for its originator, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. To this day about 30% of medical claims get sent to payers using paper forms which are either manually entered or entered using automated recognition or OCR software.
The insurance company (payer) processes the claims. The insurance company has medical directors review the claims and evaluate their validity for payment using rubrics for patient eligibility, provider credentials, and medical necessity. Approved claims are reimbursed for a certain percentage of the billed services. Failed claims are rejected and notice is sent to provider.Upon receiving the rejection message the provider must decipher the message, reconcile it with the original claim, make required corrections and resubmit the claim. This exchange of claims and rejections may be repeated multiple times until a claim is paid in full, or the provider relents and accepts an incomplete reimbursement.
Software testing outsourcing
Software testing outsourcing provides for software testing carried out by the forces of an additionally engaged company or a group of people not directly involved in the process of software development. Contemporary testing outsourcing is an independent IT field , the so called Software Testing & Quality Assurance.Software testing is an essential phase of software development, but is definitely not the core activity of most companies. Outsourcing enables the company to concentrate on its core activities while external software testing experts handle the independant validation work.
This offer many tangible business benefits. These include independent assessment leading to enhanced delivery confidence, reduced time to market, lower infrastructure investment, predictable software quality, de-risking of deadlines and increased time to focus on designing better solutions. Today stress, performance and security testing are the most demanded types in software testing outsourcing.At present 5 main options of software testing outsourcing are available depending on the detected problems with software development:full outsourcing of the whole palette of software testing & quality assurance operations realization of complex testing with high resource consumption prompt resource enlargement of the company by external testing experts.
support of existing program products by new releases testing independent quality audit. Availability of the effective channels of communication and information sharing is one of the core aspects that allow to guarantee the high quality of testing, being at the same time the main obstacle for outsourcing. Due to this channels software testing outsourcing allows to cut down the number of software defects 3 – 30 times depending on the quality of the legacy system. An RPO solution may not work if the company's existing recruitment processes are performing poorly. An RPO solution may not work if the service provider has inadequate recruitment processes or procedures to work with the client.
RPO may not resolve difficulties that organizations have hiring staff when the organization is perceived negatively by potential employees. This will instead require improved branding and an adjustment of image. In fact, very few RPOs can successfully integrate their client's brand and therefore do not represent their client's brand as well as a retained search or internal recruiting resource may drive brand representation and or marketing. Further, most RPOs perform their staffing functions and service offsite, further disconnecting the client's growth & recruiting strategy from the actual workforce within the client company. This is important because during a period of rapid recruitment growth, one of the many positive effects that a company typically enjoys is an increase in the workforce wellness or an overall workforce positivity of sentiment of optimism that comes with personnel additions... this may be lessened with an OFFSITE recruiting function.
This offer many tangible business benefits. These include independent assessment leading to enhanced delivery confidence, reduced time to market, lower infrastructure investment, predictable software quality, de-risking of deadlines and increased time to focus on designing better solutions. Today stress, performance and security testing are the most demanded types in software testing outsourcing.At present 5 main options of software testing outsourcing are available depending on the detected problems with software development:full outsourcing of the whole palette of software testing & quality assurance operations realization of complex testing with high resource consumption prompt resource enlargement of the company by external testing experts.
support of existing program products by new releases testing independent quality audit. Availability of the effective channels of communication and information sharing is one of the core aspects that allow to guarantee the high quality of testing, being at the same time the main obstacle for outsourcing. Due to this channels software testing outsourcing allows to cut down the number of software defects 3 – 30 times depending on the quality of the legacy system. An RPO solution may not work if the company's existing recruitment processes are performing poorly. An RPO solution may not work if the service provider has inadequate recruitment processes or procedures to work with the client.
RPO may not resolve difficulties that organizations have hiring staff when the organization is perceived negatively by potential employees. This will instead require improved branding and an adjustment of image. In fact, very few RPOs can successfully integrate their client's brand and therefore do not represent their client's brand as well as a retained search or internal recruiting resource may drive brand representation and or marketing. Further, most RPOs perform their staffing functions and service offsite, further disconnecting the client's growth & recruiting strategy from the actual workforce within the client company. This is important because during a period of rapid recruitment growth, one of the many positive effects that a company typically enjoys is an increase in the workforce wellness or an overall workforce positivity of sentiment of optimism that comes with personnel additions... this may be lessened with an OFFSITE recruiting function.
Process of Recruiting
Sourcing involves 1) advertising, a common part of the recruiting process, often encompassing multiple media, such as the Internet, general newspapers, job ad newspapers, professional publications, window advertisements, job centers, and campus graduate recruitment programs; and 2) recruiting research, which is the proactive identification of relevant talent who may not respond to job postings and other recruitment advertising methods done in #1. This initial research for so-called passive prospects, also called name-generation, results in a list of prospects who can then be contacted to solicit interest, obtain a resume/CV, and be screened.
Suitability for a job is typically assessed by looking for skills, e.g. communication, typing, and computer skills. Qualifications may be shown through résumés, job applications, interviews, educational or professional experience, the testimony of references, or in-house testing, such as for software knowledge, typing skills, numeracy, and literacy, through psychological tests or employment testing. In some countries, employers are legally mandated to provide equal opportunity in hiring. Business management software is used by many recruitment agencies to automate the testing process.
Onboarding" is a term which describes the introduction process. A well-planned introduction helps new employees become fully operational quickly and is often integrated with a new company and environment. Onboarding is included in the recruitment process for retention purposes. Many companies have onboarding campaigns in hopes to retain top talent that is new to the company, campaigns may last anywhere from 1 week to 6 months. Such sites have two main features: job boards and a résumé/curriculum vitae (CV) database. Job boards allow member companies to post job vacancies. Alternatively, candidates can upload a résumé to be included in searches by member companies. Fees are charged for job postings and access to search resumes. Since the late 1990s, the recruitment website has evolved to encompass end-to-end recruitment. Websites capture candidate details and then pool them in client accessed candidate management interfaces (also online). Key players in this sector provide e-recruitment software and services to organizations of all sizes and within numerous industry sectors, who want to e-enable entirely or partly their recruitment process in order to improve business performance.
The online software provided by those who specialize in online recruitment helps organizations attract, test, recruit, employ and retain quality staff with a minimal amount of administration. Online recruitment websites can be very helpful to find candidates that are very actively looking for work and post their resumes online, but they will not attract the "passive" candidates who might respond favorably to an opportunity that is presented to them through other means. Also, some candidates who are actively looking to change jobs are hesitant to put their resumes on the job boards, for fear that their current companies, co-workers, customers or others might see their resumes.
Suitability for a job is typically assessed by looking for skills, e.g. communication, typing, and computer skills. Qualifications may be shown through résumés, job applications, interviews, educational or professional experience, the testimony of references, or in-house testing, such as for software knowledge, typing skills, numeracy, and literacy, through psychological tests or employment testing. In some countries, employers are legally mandated to provide equal opportunity in hiring. Business management software is used by many recruitment agencies to automate the testing process.
Onboarding" is a term which describes the introduction process. A well-planned introduction helps new employees become fully operational quickly and is often integrated with a new company and environment. Onboarding is included in the recruitment process for retention purposes. Many companies have onboarding campaigns in hopes to retain top talent that is new to the company, campaigns may last anywhere from 1 week to 6 months. Such sites have two main features: job boards and a résumé/curriculum vitae (CV) database. Job boards allow member companies to post job vacancies. Alternatively, candidates can upload a résumé to be included in searches by member companies. Fees are charged for job postings and access to search resumes. Since the late 1990s, the recruitment website has evolved to encompass end-to-end recruitment. Websites capture candidate details and then pool them in client accessed candidate management interfaces (also online). Key players in this sector provide e-recruitment software and services to organizations of all sizes and within numerous industry sectors, who want to e-enable entirely or partly their recruitment process in order to improve business performance.
The online software provided by those who specialize in online recruitment helps organizations attract, test, recruit, employ and retain quality staff with a minimal amount of administration. Online recruitment websites can be very helpful to find candidates that are very actively looking for work and post their resumes online, but they will not attract the "passive" candidates who might respond favorably to an opportunity that is presented to them through other means. Also, some candidates who are actively looking to change jobs are hesitant to put their resumes on the job boards, for fear that their current companies, co-workers, customers or others might see their resumes.
Recruitment
Recruitment refers to the process of screening, and selecting qualifed people for a job at an organization or firm, or for a vacancy in a volunteer-based organization or community group. While generalist managers or administrators can undertake some components of the recruitment process, mid- and large-size organizations and companies often retain professional recruiters or outsource some of the process to recruitment agencies. External recruitment is the process of attracting and selecting employees from outside the organization.
Also known as a employment agencies, recruitment agencies have historically had a physical location. A candidate visits a local branch for a short interview and an assessment before being taken onto the agency’s books. Recruitment consultants then work to match their pool of candidates to their clients' open positions. Suitable candidates are short-listed and put forward for an interview with potential employers on a temporary ("temp") or permanent ("perm") basis. A contingency fee paid by the company when a recommended candidate accepts a job with the client company (typically 20%-30% based and calculated of the candidates first-year base salary), which usually has some form of guarantee (30-90 days standard), should the candidate fail to perform and is terminated within a set period of time (refundable fully or prorated).
An advance payment that serves as a retainer, also paid by the company, non-refundable paid in full depending on outcome and success (eg. 30% up front, 30% in 90 days and the remainder once a search is completed). This form of compensation is generally reserved for high level executive search/headhunters A "headhunter" is industry term for a third-party recruiter who seeks out candidates, often when normal recruitment efforts have failed. Headhunters are generally considered more aggressive than in-house recruiters or may have preexisting industry experience and contacts. They may use advanced sales techniques, such as initially posing as clients to gather employee contacts, as well as visiting candidate offices. They may also purchase expensive lists of names and job titles, but more often will generate their own lists. They may prepare a candidate for the interview, help negotiate the salary, and conduct closure to the search. They are frequently members in good standing of industry trade groups and associations. Headhunters will often attend trade shows and other meetings nationally or even internationally that may be attended by potential candidates and hiring managers.
Headhunters are typically small operations that make high margins on candidate placements (sometimes more than 30% of the candidate’s annual compensation). Due to their higher costs, headhunters are usually employed to fill senior management and executive level roles. Headhunters are also used to recruit very specialized individuals; for example, in some fields, such as emerging scientific research areas, there may only be a handful of top-level professionals who are active in the field. In this case, since there are so few qualified candidates, it makes more sense to directly recruit them one-by-one, rather than advertise internationally for candidates. While in-house recruiters tend to attract candidates for specific jobs, headhunters will both attract candidates and actively seek them out as well. To do so, they may network, cultivate relationships with various companies, maintain large databases, purchase company directories or candidate lists, and cold call prospective recruits.
Also known as a employment agencies, recruitment agencies have historically had a physical location. A candidate visits a local branch for a short interview and an assessment before being taken onto the agency’s books. Recruitment consultants then work to match their pool of candidates to their clients' open positions. Suitable candidates are short-listed and put forward for an interview with potential employers on a temporary ("temp") or permanent ("perm") basis. A contingency fee paid by the company when a recommended candidate accepts a job with the client company (typically 20%-30% based and calculated of the candidates first-year base salary), which usually has some form of guarantee (30-90 days standard), should the candidate fail to perform and is terminated within a set period of time (refundable fully or prorated).
An advance payment that serves as a retainer, also paid by the company, non-refundable paid in full depending on outcome and success (eg. 30% up front, 30% in 90 days and the remainder once a search is completed). This form of compensation is generally reserved for high level executive search/headhunters A "headhunter" is industry term for a third-party recruiter who seeks out candidates, often when normal recruitment efforts have failed. Headhunters are generally considered more aggressive than in-house recruiters or may have preexisting industry experience and contacts. They may use advanced sales techniques, such as initially posing as clients to gather employee contacts, as well as visiting candidate offices. They may also purchase expensive lists of names and job titles, but more often will generate their own lists. They may prepare a candidate for the interview, help negotiate the salary, and conduct closure to the search. They are frequently members in good standing of industry trade groups and associations. Headhunters will often attend trade shows and other meetings nationally or even internationally that may be attended by potential candidates and hiring managers.
Headhunters are typically small operations that make high margins on candidate placements (sometimes more than 30% of the candidate’s annual compensation). Due to their higher costs, headhunters are usually employed to fill senior management and executive level roles. Headhunters are also used to recruit very specialized individuals; for example, in some fields, such as emerging scientific research areas, there may only be a handful of top-level professionals who are active in the field. In this case, since there are so few qualified candidates, it makes more sense to directly recruit them one-by-one, rather than advertise internationally for candidates. While in-house recruiters tend to attract candidates for specific jobs, headhunters will both attract candidates and actively seek them out as well. To do so, they may network, cultivate relationships with various companies, maintain large databases, purchase company directories or candidate lists, and cold call prospective recruits.
Anti-globalization
Anti-globalization is a term used to describe the political stance of people and groups who oppose the neoliberal version of globalization. Anti-globalization" may also involve the process or actions taken by a state in order to demonstrate its sovereignty and practice democratic decision-making. Anti-globalization may occur in order to maintain barriers to the international transfer of people, goods and beliefs, particularly free market degregulation, encouraged by organizations such as the IMF or the WTO. Moreover, as Naomi Klein argues in her book No Logo anti-globalism can denote either a single social movement or an umbrella term that encompasses a number of separate social movements such as Nationalists and socialists.
In either case, participants stand in opposition to the unregulated political power of large, multi-national corporations, as the corporations exercise power through leveraging trade agreements which in some instances damage the democratic rights of citizens, the environment particularly air quality index and rain forests, as well as national government's sovereignty to determine labor rights, including the right to form a union, and health and safety legislation, or laws as they may otherwise infringe on cultural practices and traditions of developing countries.
Critiques of the current wave of economic globalization typically look at both the damage to the planet, in terms of the perceived unsustainable harm done to the biosphere, as well as the perceived human costs, such as poverty, inequality, miscegenation, injustice and the erosion of traditional culture which, the critics contend, all occur as a result of the economic transformations related to globalization. They challenge directly the metrics, such as GDP, used to measure progress promulgated by institutions such as the World Bank, and look to other measures, such as the Happy Planet Index, created by the New Economics Foundation. They point to a "multitude of interconnected fatal consequences--social disintegration, a breakdown of democracy, more rapid and extensive deterioration of the environment, the spread of new diseases, increasing poverty and alienation which they claim are the unintended but very real consequences of globalization.
One of the key points made by critics of recent economic globalization is that income inequality, both between and within nations, is increasing as a result of these processes. One article from 2001 found that significantly, in 7 out of 8 metrics, income inequality has increased in the twenty years ending 2001. Also, "incomes in the lower deciles of world income distribution have probably fallen absolutely since the 1980s". Furthermore, the World Bank's figures on absolute poverty were challenged. The article was skeptical of the World Bank's claim that the number of people living on less than $1 a day has held steady at 1.2 billion from 1987 to 1998, because of biased methodology.
In either case, participants stand in opposition to the unregulated political power of large, multi-national corporations, as the corporations exercise power through leveraging trade agreements which in some instances damage the democratic rights of citizens, the environment particularly air quality index and rain forests, as well as national government's sovereignty to determine labor rights, including the right to form a union, and health and safety legislation, or laws as they may otherwise infringe on cultural practices and traditions of developing countries.
Critiques of the current wave of economic globalization typically look at both the damage to the planet, in terms of the perceived unsustainable harm done to the biosphere, as well as the perceived human costs, such as poverty, inequality, miscegenation, injustice and the erosion of traditional culture which, the critics contend, all occur as a result of the economic transformations related to globalization. They challenge directly the metrics, such as GDP, used to measure progress promulgated by institutions such as the World Bank, and look to other measures, such as the Happy Planet Index, created by the New Economics Foundation. They point to a "multitude of interconnected fatal consequences--social disintegration, a breakdown of democracy, more rapid and extensive deterioration of the environment, the spread of new diseases, increasing poverty and alienation which they claim are the unintended but very real consequences of globalization.
One of the key points made by critics of recent economic globalization is that income inequality, both between and within nations, is increasing as a result of these processes. One article from 2001 found that significantly, in 7 out of 8 metrics, income inequality has increased in the twenty years ending 2001. Also, "incomes in the lower deciles of world income distribution have probably fallen absolutely since the 1980s". Furthermore, the World Bank's figures on absolute poverty were challenged. The article was skeptical of the World Bank's claim that the number of people living on less than $1 a day has held steady at 1.2 billion from 1987 to 1998, because of biased methodology.
Disadvantages of globalization
Ecological- the advent of global environmental challenges that might be solved with international cooperation, such as climate change, cross-boundary water and air pollution, over-fishing of the ocean, and the spread of invasive species. Since many factories are built in developing countries with less environmental regulation, globalism and free trade may increase pollution. On the other hand, economic development historically required a "dirty" industrial stage, and it is argued that developing countries should not, via regulation, be prohibited from increasing their standard of living. Social (International cultural exchange) - increased circulation by people of all nations with fewer restrictions.
Spreading of multiculturalism, and better individual access to cultural diversity (e.g. through the export of Hollywood and Bollywood movies). Some consider such "imported" culture a danger, since it may supplant the local culture, causing reduction in diversity or even assimilation. Others consider multiculturalism to promote peace and understanding between peoples. Greater international travel and tourism Greater immigration, including illegal immigration Spread of local consumer products (e.g. food) to other countries (often adapted to their culture).
Worldwide fads and pop culture such as Pokémon, Sudoku, Numa Numa, Origami, Idol series, YouTube, Orkut, Facebook, and MySpace. Accessible to those who have Internet or Television, leaving out a substantial segment of the Earth's population. Worldwide sporting events such as FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. Incorporation of multinational corporations in to new media. As the sponsors of the All-Blacks rugby team, Adidas had created a parallel website with a downloadable interactive rugby game for its fans to play and compete.
Technical Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure and greater transborder data flow, using such technologies as the Internet, communication satellites, submarine fiber optic cable, and wireless telephones Increase in the number of standards applied globally; e.g. copyright laws, patents and world trade agreements. Legal/Ethical The creation of the international criminal court and international justice movements. Crime importation and raising awareness of global crime-fighting efforts and cooperation.
Spreading of multiculturalism, and better individual access to cultural diversity (e.g. through the export of Hollywood and Bollywood movies). Some consider such "imported" culture a danger, since it may supplant the local culture, causing reduction in diversity or even assimilation. Others consider multiculturalism to promote peace and understanding between peoples. Greater international travel and tourism Greater immigration, including illegal immigration Spread of local consumer products (e.g. food) to other countries (often adapted to their culture).
Worldwide fads and pop culture such as Pokémon, Sudoku, Numa Numa, Origami, Idol series, YouTube, Orkut, Facebook, and MySpace. Accessible to those who have Internet or Television, leaving out a substantial segment of the Earth's population. Worldwide sporting events such as FIFA World Cup and the Olympic Games. Incorporation of multinational corporations in to new media. As the sponsors of the All-Blacks rugby team, Adidas had created a parallel website with a downloadable interactive rugby game for its fans to play and compete.
Technical Development of a global telecommunications infrastructure and greater transborder data flow, using such technologies as the Internet, communication satellites, submarine fiber optic cable, and wireless telephones Increase in the number of standards applied globally; e.g. copyright laws, patents and world trade agreements. Legal/Ethical The creation of the international criminal court and international justice movements. Crime importation and raising awareness of global crime-fighting efforts and cooperation.
Effects of globalization
Industrial - emergence of worldwide production markets and broader access to a range of foreign products for consumers and companies. Particularly movement of material and goods between and within national boundaries. Financial - emergence of worldwide financial markets and better access to external financing for borrowers. As these worldwide structures grew more quickly than any transnational regulatory regime, the instability of the global financial infrastructure dramatically increased, as evidenced by the financial crises of late 2008.
Economic - realization of a global common market, based on the freedom of exchange of goods and capital. The interconnectedness of these markets, however meant that an economic collapse in any one given country could not be contained. Political - some use "globalization" to mean the creation of a world government, or cartels of governments (e.g. WTO, World Bank, and IMF) which regulate the relationships among governments and guarantees the rights arising from social and economic globalization. Politically, the United States has enjoyed a position of power among the world powers; in part because of its strong and wealthy economy.
With the influence of globalization and with the help of The United States’ own economy, the People's Republic of China has experienced some tremendous growth within the past decade. If China continues to grow at the rate projected by the trends, then it is very likely that in the next twenty years, there will be a major reallocation of power among the world leaders. China will have enough wealth, industry, and technology to rival the United States for the position of leading world power.
Competition - Survival in the new global business market calls for improved productivity and increased competition. Due to the market becoming worldwide, companies in various industries have to upgrade their products and use technology skillfully in order to face increased competition. Cultural - growth of cross-cultural contacts; advent of new categories of consciousness and identities which embodies cultural diffusion, the desire to increase one's standard of living and enjoy foreign products and ideas, adopt new technology and practices, and participate in a "world culture". Some bemoan the resulting consumerism and loss of languages. Also see Transformation of culture.
Economic - realization of a global common market, based on the freedom of exchange of goods and capital. The interconnectedness of these markets, however meant that an economic collapse in any one given country could not be contained. Political - some use "globalization" to mean the creation of a world government, or cartels of governments (e.g. WTO, World Bank, and IMF) which regulate the relationships among governments and guarantees the rights arising from social and economic globalization. Politically, the United States has enjoyed a position of power among the world powers; in part because of its strong and wealthy economy.
With the influence of globalization and with the help of The United States’ own economy, the People's Republic of China has experienced some tremendous growth within the past decade. If China continues to grow at the rate projected by the trends, then it is very likely that in the next twenty years, there will be a major reallocation of power among the world leaders. China will have enough wealth, industry, and technology to rival the United States for the position of leading world power.
Competition - Survival in the new global business market calls for improved productivity and increased competition. Due to the market becoming worldwide, companies in various industries have to upgrade their products and use technology skillfully in order to face increased competition. Cultural - growth of cross-cultural contacts; advent of new categories of consciousness and identities which embodies cultural diffusion, the desire to increase one's standard of living and enjoy foreign products and ideas, adopt new technology and practices, and participate in a "world culture". Some bemoan the resulting consumerism and loss of languages. Also see Transformation of culture.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Measuring globalization
Promotion of free trade: Reduction or elimination of tariffs; creation of free trade zones with small or no tariffs Reduced transportation costs, especially resulting from development of containerization for ocean shipping. Reduction or elimination of capital controls Reduction, elimination, or harmonization of subsidies for local businesses Creation of subsidies for global corporations Harmonization of intellectual property laws across the majority of states, with more restrictions. Supranational recognition of intellectual property restrictions (e.g. patents granted by China would be recognized in the United States).
Goods and services, e.g. exports plus imports as a proportion of national income or per capita of population. Labor/people, e.g. net migration rates; inward or outward migration flows, weighted by population Capital, e.g. inward or outward direct investment as a proportion of national income or per head of population Technology, e.g. international research & development flows; proportion of populations (and rates of change thereof) using particular inventions (especially 'factor-neutral' technological advances such as the telephone, motorcar, broadband).
As globalization is not only an economic phenomenon, a multivariate approach to measuring globalization is the recent index calculated by the Swiss think tank KOF. The index measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political. In addition to three indices measuring these dimensions, an overall index of globalization and sub-indices referring to actual economic flows, economic restrictions, data on personal contact, data on information flows, and data on cultural proximity is calculated.
Globalization – the growing integration of economies and societies around the world – has been one of the most hotly-debated topics in international economics over the past few years. Rapid growth and poverty reduction in China, India, and other countries that were poor 20 years ago, has been a positive aspect of globalization. But globalization has also generated significant international opposition over concerns that it has increased inequality and environmental degradation.
Goods and services, e.g. exports plus imports as a proportion of national income or per capita of population. Labor/people, e.g. net migration rates; inward or outward migration flows, weighted by population Capital, e.g. inward or outward direct investment as a proportion of national income or per head of population Technology, e.g. international research & development flows; proportion of populations (and rates of change thereof) using particular inventions (especially 'factor-neutral' technological advances such as the telephone, motorcar, broadband).
As globalization is not only an economic phenomenon, a multivariate approach to measuring globalization is the recent index calculated by the Swiss think tank KOF. The index measures the three main dimensions of globalization: economic, social, and political. In addition to three indices measuring these dimensions, an overall index of globalization and sub-indices referring to actual economic flows, economic restrictions, data on personal contact, data on information flows, and data on cultural proximity is calculated.
Globalization – the growing integration of economies and societies around the world – has been one of the most hotly-debated topics in international economics over the past few years. Rapid growth and poverty reduction in China, India, and other countries that were poor 20 years ago, has been a positive aspect of globalization. But globalization has also generated significant international opposition over concerns that it has increased inequality and environmental degradation.
Globalization
Globalization (globalisation) in its literal sense is the process of transformation of local or regional phenomena into global ones. It can be described as a process by which the people of the world are unified into a single society and function together. This process is a combination of economic, technological, sociocultural and political forces. Globalization is often used to refer to economic globalization, that is, integration of national economies into the international economy through trade, foreign direct investment, capital flows, migration, and the spread of technology.
The United Nations ESCWA has written that globalization "is a widely-used term that can be defined in a number of different ways. When used in an economic context, it refers to the reduction and removal of barriers between national borders in order to facilitate the flow of goods, capital, services and labour...although considerable barriers remain to the flow of labour...Globalization is not a new phenomenon. It began in the late nineteenth century, but its spread slowed during the period from the start of the First World War until the third quarter of the twentieth century.
This slowdown can be attributed to the inward looking policies pursued by a number of countries in order to protect their respective industries...The pace of globalization picked up rapidly during the fourth quarter of the twentieth century. Tom G. Palmer of the Cato Institute defines globalization as "the diminution or elimination of state-enforced restrictions on exchanges across borders and the increasingly integrated and complex global system of production and exchange that has emerged as a result.
Globalization, since World War II, is largely the result of planning by politicians to breakdown borders hampering trade to increase prosperity and interdependence thereby decreasing the chance of future war. Their work led to the Bretton Woods conference, an agreement by the world's leading politicians to lay down the framework for international commerce and finance, and the founding of several international institutions intended to oversee the processes of globalization. These institutions include the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank), and the Internationa Monetary Fund. Globalization has been facilitated by advances in technology which have reduced the costs of trade, and trade negotiation rounds, originally under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which led to a series of agreements to remove restrictions on free trade.
The United Nations ESCWA has written that globalization "is a widely-used term that can be defined in a number of different ways. When used in an economic context, it refers to the reduction and removal of barriers between national borders in order to facilitate the flow of goods, capital, services and labour...although considerable barriers remain to the flow of labour...Globalization is not a new phenomenon. It began in the late nineteenth century, but its spread slowed during the period from the start of the First World War until the third quarter of the twentieth century.
This slowdown can be attributed to the inward looking policies pursued by a number of countries in order to protect their respective industries...The pace of globalization picked up rapidly during the fourth quarter of the twentieth century. Tom G. Palmer of the Cato Institute defines globalization as "the diminution or elimination of state-enforced restrictions on exchanges across borders and the increasingly integrated and complex global system of production and exchange that has emerged as a result.
Globalization, since World War II, is largely the result of planning by politicians to breakdown borders hampering trade to increase prosperity and interdependence thereby decreasing the chance of future war. Their work led to the Bretton Woods conference, an agreement by the world's leading politicians to lay down the framework for international commerce and finance, and the founding of several international institutions intended to oversee the processes of globalization. These institutions include the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (the World Bank), and the Internationa Monetary Fund. Globalization has been facilitated by advances in technology which have reduced the costs of trade, and trade negotiation rounds, originally under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which led to a series of agreements to remove restrictions on free trade.
Homesourcing
Homesourcing also known as homeshoring is "the transfer of service industry employment from offices to home-based employees with appropriate telephone and Internet facilities". Homeshoring is best thought of as a combination of outsourcing and telecommuting. Homesourcing refers to hiring employees or engaging independent contractors. Homesourced workers are sometimes required to come to an office for training from time-to-time. Traditionally, employers were most likely to homeshore call-centers and other customer service processes. However, this trend is changing as employers realize a wider variety of work is amenable to homeshoring.
Knight Ridder Newspapers reports "it's no longer just call centers and information-technology jobs. Now it's architects, accountants, tax preparers and financial analysts. Worker preference – homesourced workers often need to work from home or strongly prefer to work from home. They appreciate this opportunity, and therefore are loyal. Reduced costs for the employer as homesourced workers often provide their own telephone equipment and computer systems. Employer also saves on cost of office space.
Using homesourced workers that are local to the area where they are calling precludes the prejudice that is sometimes created from regional accents, mannerisms and rates of speech Possible tax advantages for the worker using part of their home for business purposes. it provides the employer the ability to provide work to individuals who through disability are unable to travel to a workplace.
An early example of homesourcing in fiction can be found in the 1939 Heinlein book For Us, The Living. The character of Diana, a nationally-renowned dancer, is shown performing in her own home for a broadcast audience, which sees her dancing on sets added by the broadcasting company to her original feed. The mechanism for this homesourcing is not described technically, but it appears to be similar to a high-definition video signal interfaced with something like modern chroma key technology.
Knight Ridder Newspapers reports "it's no longer just call centers and information-technology jobs. Now it's architects, accountants, tax preparers and financial analysts. Worker preference – homesourced workers often need to work from home or strongly prefer to work from home. They appreciate this opportunity, and therefore are loyal. Reduced costs for the employer as homesourced workers often provide their own telephone equipment and computer systems. Employer also saves on cost of office space.
Using homesourced workers that are local to the area where they are calling precludes the prejudice that is sometimes created from regional accents, mannerisms and rates of speech Possible tax advantages for the worker using part of their home for business purposes. it provides the employer the ability to provide work to individuals who through disability are unable to travel to a workplace.
An early example of homesourcing in fiction can be found in the 1939 Heinlein book For Us, The Living. The character of Diana, a nationally-renowned dancer, is shown performing in her own home for a broadcast audience, which sees her dancing on sets added by the broadcasting company to her original feed. The mechanism for this homesourcing is not described technically, but it appears to be similar to a high-definition video signal interfaced with something like modern chroma key technology.
Nearshoring
Nearshoring means sourcing service activities to a foreign, lower-wage country that is relatively close in distance or time zone (or both). The customer expects to benefit from one or more of the following constructs of proximity: geographic, temporal, cultural, linguistic, economic, political, or historical linkages. Similar terms include nearsourcing and nearshore outsourcing. The service work that is being sourced may be a business process or software development. As with offshore, the term "nearshore" was originally used in the context of fishing and other ocean-based activities and later adapted by the business world.
Nearshoring is a derivative of the business term offshoring. Offshoring is a business activity that is complex and risky because it involves working with a foreign, distant organization. In contrast, nearshoring is understood to mean that the business has reduced the complexity and risk of offshoring. Examples of nearshoring: American clients nearshoring to Mexico, Austrian clients nearshoring to Slovakia, Japanese clients nearshoring to China. The complexity of offshoring stems from different languages and cultures, long distances and different time zones, spending more time and effort on establishing trust and long-term relationships, overriding communication barriers and activities of that kind. Nearshoring is the process by which an activity is transitioned from an onshore location to a geography which is closer than an offshore location. Typically, this would be a short flight away.
Softtek, a Mexican company which provides nearshore outsourcing to the US and the European Union has trademarked the term "Near Shore." Major nearshoring destinations for US businesses are Mexico, Central America and Canada, Western Europe, Ireland, Eastern Europe. Some other companies concentrate on serving independent software product development companies in the North America regions. Most organizations give preferences to nearsourcing over offshore outsourcing for a variety of reasons (both internal and external), including physical and time zone proximity, cultural affinity and other ones.
Sense of humor, the directness of communications have always been important cultural elements of successful interactions and a constant point of frustration when crossing cultural barriers. Being different from the start can easily create tremendous hurdles in a project. But proximity can be a potential access to the extended market. Besides a nearshoring company's staff can possess engineering and technical talent and you are much more eager to feel free talking over project pitfalls due to the similarity of school and university education in neighboring countries.
Nearshoring is a derivative of the business term offshoring. Offshoring is a business activity that is complex and risky because it involves working with a foreign, distant organization. In contrast, nearshoring is understood to mean that the business has reduced the complexity and risk of offshoring. Examples of nearshoring: American clients nearshoring to Mexico, Austrian clients nearshoring to Slovakia, Japanese clients nearshoring to China. The complexity of offshoring stems from different languages and cultures, long distances and different time zones, spending more time and effort on establishing trust and long-term relationships, overriding communication barriers and activities of that kind. Nearshoring is the process by which an activity is transitioned from an onshore location to a geography which is closer than an offshore location. Typically, this would be a short flight away.
Softtek, a Mexican company which provides nearshore outsourcing to the US and the European Union has trademarked the term "Near Shore." Major nearshoring destinations for US businesses are Mexico, Central America and Canada, Western Europe, Ireland, Eastern Europe. Some other companies concentrate on serving independent software product development companies in the North America regions. Most organizations give preferences to nearsourcing over offshore outsourcing for a variety of reasons (both internal and external), including physical and time zone proximity, cultural affinity and other ones.
Sense of humor, the directness of communications have always been important cultural elements of successful interactions and a constant point of frustration when crossing cultural barriers. Being different from the start can easily create tremendous hurdles in a project. But proximity can be a potential access to the extended market. Besides a nearshoring company's staff can possess engineering and technical talent and you are much more eager to feel free talking over project pitfalls due to the similarity of school and university education in neighboring countries.
Effects of factor of production mobility
According to classical economics, the three factors of production are land, labor, and capital. Offshoring relies heavily on the mobility of two of these factors. That is, how offshoring affects economies depends on how easily capital and labor can be repurposed. Land, as a factor of production, is generally seen to have little or no mobility potential. The effects of capital mobility on offshoring have been widely discussed. In microeconomics, a corporation must be able to spend working capital to afford the initial costs of offshoring. If the state heavily regulates how a corporation can spend its working capital, it will not be able to offshore its operations. For the same reason the macro economy must be free for offshoring to succeed. Generally, those who favor offshoring support capital mobility, and those who oppose offshoring call for greater regulation.
Labor mobility also plays a major role, and it is hotly debated. When computers and the Internet made work electronically portable, the forces of free market resulted in a global mobility of work in the services industry. Most theories that argue offshoring eventually benefits domestic workers assume that those workers will be able to obtain new jobs, even if they have to obtain employment by down pricing themselves back into the labor market (by accepting lower salaries) or by retraining themselves in a new field. Foreign workers benefit from new jobs and higher wages when the work moves to them.
In the developed world, moving jobs out of the country dates to at least the 1960s and has continued since then. It was characterized primarily by the transferring of factories from the developed to the developing world. This offshoring and closing of factories has caused a structural change in the developed world from an industrial to a post-industrial service society. During the 20th century, the decreasing costs of transportation and communication crossed with great disparities on pay rates made increased offshoring from wealthier countries to less wealthy countries financially feasible for many companies. Further, the growth of the Internet, particularly fiber-optic intercontinental long haul capacity, and the World Wide Web reduced "transportation" costs for many kinds of information work to near zero.
With the development of the Internet, many new categories of work such as call centres, computer programming, reading medical data such as X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging, medical transcription, income tax preparation, and title searching are being offshored. Before the 1990s, Ireland was one of the poorest countries in the EU. Due to Ireland's relatively low corporate tax rates, US companies began offshoring of software, electronic, and pharmaceutical intellectual property to Ireland for export. This helped create a high-tech "boom" and which led to Ireland becoming one of the richest EU countries.
Labor mobility also plays a major role, and it is hotly debated. When computers and the Internet made work electronically portable, the forces of free market resulted in a global mobility of work in the services industry. Most theories that argue offshoring eventually benefits domestic workers assume that those workers will be able to obtain new jobs, even if they have to obtain employment by down pricing themselves back into the labor market (by accepting lower salaries) or by retraining themselves in a new field. Foreign workers benefit from new jobs and higher wages when the work moves to them.
In the developed world, moving jobs out of the country dates to at least the 1960s and has continued since then. It was characterized primarily by the transferring of factories from the developed to the developing world. This offshoring and closing of factories has caused a structural change in the developed world from an industrial to a post-industrial service society. During the 20th century, the decreasing costs of transportation and communication crossed with great disparities on pay rates made increased offshoring from wealthier countries to less wealthy countries financially feasible for many companies. Further, the growth of the Internet, particularly fiber-optic intercontinental long haul capacity, and the World Wide Web reduced "transportation" costs for many kinds of information work to near zero.
With the development of the Internet, many new categories of work such as call centres, computer programming, reading medical data such as X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging, medical transcription, income tax preparation, and title searching are being offshored. Before the 1990s, Ireland was one of the poorest countries in the EU. Due to Ireland's relatively low corporate tax rates, US companies began offshoring of software, electronic, and pharmaceutical intellectual property to Ireland for export. This helped create a high-tech "boom" and which led to Ireland becoming one of the richest EU countries.
Concerns of Offshoring
With the offshoring of call-center type applications, debate has also surfaced that this practice does serious damage to the quality of customer service and technical support that customers receive from companies who do it. Call centers have sprung up in South Africa, India, Canada and the Caribbean. Many US companies have caught much public ire in the US for their decisions to use Indian labor for customer service and technical support, mostly because of the apparent language barrier that it creates. While India, for example, has a high level of younger skilled workers who are capable of speaking English as one of their native languages, their English skills have caused debate in North America.]Criticisms of outsourcing from much of the American public have been a response to what they view as very poor customer service and technical support being provided by overseas workers attempting to communicate with Americans.
Some claim that companies lose control and visibility across their extended supply chain under outsourcing, creating increased risks. A 1995 quantitative survey of 121 electronics industry participants by Industry Directions Inc and the Electronics Supply Chain Association (ESCA) found that 69% of respondents said they had less control over at least 5 of their key supply chain processes since the outsourced model took hold, while 66% of providers felt their aggregate risk with customers was high or very high. 36% of providers responded that they felt an increased risk of uncertainty compared to their uncertainty risk prior to the rise to prominence of the outsourced model. 62% of respondents described as "problematic" at least two core trading partner management practices, which included performance management and simple agreement on results. 40% of all respondents encountered resistance to sharing risk in outsourced partnership agreements, according to the research.
The transfer of knowledge outside a country may create competitors to the original companies themselves. Chinese manufacturers are already selling their goods directly to their overseas customers, without going through their previous domestic intermediaries that originally contracted their services. In the 1990s and 2000s, American automakers increasingly turned to China to create parts for their vehicles. By 1996, China leveraged this know-how and announced that they will begin competition with American automakers in their home market by selling fully Chinese automobiles directly to Americans. When a company moves the production of goods and services to another country, the investment that companies would otherwise make in the domestic market is transferred to the foreign market. Corporate money spent on factories, training, and taxes, which would otherwise be spent in the market of the company is then spent in the foreign market.
Offshoring proponents often say it is necessary to move jobs overseas due to a looming shortage of qualified workers in the domestic market and the booming number of qualified candidates in foreign markets, particularly in China and India. A study by Duke University found that 222,335 engineers graduate annually from American universities, far more than the 70,000 often quoted in the media. Furthermore, the Duke study highlights the conflicting numbers coming out of China, India, and the US. China and India, in their official numbers cited by the media, both count the graduates from three year training programs and diploma holders, equivalent to Associates degrees in the US. The media then compares the China and India numbers to US numbers of four-year Baccalaureate programs. Duke University estimates the total number of engineers with Bachelor's degrees produced annually for the three countries to be 351,537 for China, 112,000 for India, and 137,436 for the US. These figures make the US the per capita leader in producing technology specialists.
Some claim that companies lose control and visibility across their extended supply chain under outsourcing, creating increased risks. A 1995 quantitative survey of 121 electronics industry participants by Industry Directions Inc and the Electronics Supply Chain Association (ESCA) found that 69% of respondents said they had less control over at least 5 of their key supply chain processes since the outsourced model took hold, while 66% of providers felt their aggregate risk with customers was high or very high. 36% of providers responded that they felt an increased risk of uncertainty compared to their uncertainty risk prior to the rise to prominence of the outsourced model. 62% of respondents described as "problematic" at least two core trading partner management practices, which included performance management and simple agreement on results. 40% of all respondents encountered resistance to sharing risk in outsourced partnership agreements, according to the research.
The transfer of knowledge outside a country may create competitors to the original companies themselves. Chinese manufacturers are already selling their goods directly to their overseas customers, without going through their previous domestic intermediaries that originally contracted their services. In the 1990s and 2000s, American automakers increasingly turned to China to create parts for their vehicles. By 1996, China leveraged this know-how and announced that they will begin competition with American automakers in their home market by selling fully Chinese automobiles directly to Americans. When a company moves the production of goods and services to another country, the investment that companies would otherwise make in the domestic market is transferred to the foreign market. Corporate money spent on factories, training, and taxes, which would otherwise be spent in the market of the company is then spent in the foreign market.
Offshoring proponents often say it is necessary to move jobs overseas due to a looming shortage of qualified workers in the domestic market and the booming number of qualified candidates in foreign markets, particularly in China and India. A study by Duke University found that 222,335 engineers graduate annually from American universities, far more than the 70,000 often quoted in the media. Furthermore, the Duke study highlights the conflicting numbers coming out of China, India, and the US. China and India, in their official numbers cited by the media, both count the graduates from three year training programs and diploma holders, equivalent to Associates degrees in the US. The media then compares the China and India numbers to US numbers of four-year Baccalaureate programs. Duke University estimates the total number of engineers with Bachelor's degrees produced annually for the three countries to be 351,537 for China, 112,000 for India, and 137,436 for the US. These figures make the US the per capita leader in producing technology specialists.
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