K2's 2024 Effective Automation And Outsourcing

Prerequisites

Fundamental understanding of business-related technology

Highlights

• Overview of how firms and businesses currently use automation and outsourcing
• Discussion of the management and regulatory compliance issues with offshore and onshore outsourcing use in small and mid-size organizations
• Review of which tasks are best suited for offshoring, which solutions are best for onshore outsourcing, and which solutions can be solved with technology
• Discussion of specific solution providers which provide solutions for tax and accounting firms as well as internal accounting departments

Objectives

• Identify at least three business processes that can be made significantly more cost-effective using automation and outsourcing
• Identify at least three tasks that are not appropriate for offshore outsourcing and automation
• Identify at least one service provider or technology solution discussed in the course which provides a solution to a common accounting-oriented task
• List examples of why outsourcing and automation have been used in enterprises and multinationals but have weak adoption in small and mid-sized businesses

Preparation

None