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Summary of key The section on key messages summarizes the CCO market insights
messages The key messages are categorized along three dimensions:
– Market size and buyer adoption
– Value proposition and solution characteristics
– Service provider landscape
Key facts or analyses A section is devoted to each dimension of the summary of key messages (listed
related to a specific above)
topic Each section contains detailed charts on relevant topics within each dimension
Refer to the table of contents (pages 4 and 5) to identify relevant topics covered
within each section
Summary pages at the beginning of each section cover the key trends
Outlook for 2016-2017 The section provides Everest Group’s outlook on the CCO market for 2016-2017
Definitions of Acronyms or technical outsourcing terms are defined in the glossary of terms
unfamiliar terms and (Appendix)
related research Refer to the related Everest Group CCO research publications listed in references
(Appendix)
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Table of contents (page 1 of 2)
Appendix 65
Publicly-announced contracts in 2015 66
Glossary of terms 68
CCO research calendar 70
References 71
Solution characteristics
Appendix
1 2 3 4
Robust definitions and Primary sources of Diverse set of market Fact-based research
frameworks information touch-points
Strategic focus
Impact on cost of process
High
Impact on efficiency or
10x effectiveness of process
Impact on value
proposition to market
Process expertise
Service
Enterprises Providers
1x
Services
0.1x
Industry
Low
Low High
Domain expertise
1
Proprietary database of 2,500+ CCO contracts (updated annually) Service providers covered in the analysis
The database tracks the following elements of each CCO contract:
– Buyer details including industry, size, and signing region
– Contract details including Total Contract Value (TCV), Annualized
Contract Value (ACV), term, start date, service provider FTEs, and
pricing structure
– Scope including buyer geography and functional activities
– Technology including Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
technology, communication technology, and enabler technology
ownership & maintenance
– Global sourcing including delivery locations and level of offshoring
2
Proprietary database of operational capability of 25+ CCO service
providers (updated annually)
The database tracks the following capability elements for each service
provider
– Key leaders
– Major CCO clients and recent wins
– Overall revenue, total FTEs, and contact center employees
– Recent contact center-related developments
– CCO revenue split by geography, industry, and client size
– CCO delivery locations
– CCO service suite
– Contact center-related technology capability
Confidentiality: Everest Group takes its confidentiality pledge very seriously. Any information, which is contract specific, will only be presented back to the industry in an
aggregated fashion
3
Buyer surveys and interactions
Global survey and one-on-one executive-level interviews are undertaken to understand how organizations perceive
performance of their CCO provider. The survey/interviews focus on different aspects of an outsourcing relationship including:
Key drivers for outsourcing CCO
Contract details (including process scope, signing year, and duration)
Overall performance of the service provider including key strengths and improvement areas
Detailed assessment of service provider performance across different elements, such as:
– Performance against key CCO metrics
– Performance across various contact center processes
– Performance during the implementation and transition phases
– Governance and relationship management
Strategy
Channel management
Traditional CCO, primarily
Customer analytics focused on individual
Customer retention management operational services
Performance management & reporting Now, value-added services are
Outbound sales services increasingly being included in
CCO
Inbound sales services
Order fulfillment and transaction processing
Payment collections
Customer service
Customer interaction technology
Everest Group defines the CCO market to include engagements which primarily support all forms of direct and indirect (or in
support of direct) interactions with customers, external and internal to the buyer organization, involving a structured multi-
channel and remote communication environment
CCO does not include contact center services embedded within the scope of outsourcing engagements targeting processes
other than customer care, such as IT Outsourcing (ITO) or Human Resources Outsourcing (HRO)
Outbound sales Inbound sales Order fulfillment and Payment collections Customer service
services services transaction processing Early-stage collections Outbound service
Outbound sales Inbound sales Order management – Channel identification – Query resolution / call-backs
– Telesales Cross- / up-selling – Order validation – Customer loyalty Inbound service
– Telemarketing – Order entry maintenance – Technology support / helpdesk
Data management – Order processing Late-stage collections – Service support
– Data collection Order amendment / exception – Customer-at-risk analysis – Complaint handling
– Data cleansing handling – Customized treatment – Call escalation
and refresh Product activation plan General query handling
Return/refund/rebate processing – Schedule-related enquiries
Billing and delivery queries – General product or service
information requests
Solution characteristics
Appendix
Stable growth and spend in CCO market Market size for CCO over time XX% CAGR
US$ billion
The global CCO market grew at ~4% in 2015 to reach
US$75-78 billion, amounting to about a quarter of the total
global contact center spend 78-81
70-75 75-78
65-70
60-65
Rise of multi-geography and sole-source contracts 55-60
CCO revenue by industry over time (both new deals and renewals)
Highest growth in emerging geographies US$ billion
CAGR
From a geography perspective, North America continues to 15-17 (2013-2015)
100% = 19-21
grab the largest portion of the CCO pie and will remain so 5-10%
Others1 9% 10%
for quite some time. Emerging geographies such as Asia Travel & hospitality 3% 4% 10-15%
Pacific, Middle East, and Latin America continue to drive Retail 5% 6%
Healthcare 8% 5-10%
the highest growth and present significant new opportunities 10%
Media 5%
5% 10-15%
Government 5%
6%
New economy buyers drive adoption of CCO Technology 10%
11% 5-10%
Market growth is being driven from industries such as <5%
BFSI 17%
healthcare and travel & hospitality, while telecom and 17%
5-10%
banking, financial services & insurance (BFSI) continue to
<5%
dominate the market. New economy buyers within these 32%
Telecom 31%
industries, that usually fall in the mid- and large-sized <5%
Solution characteristics
BPO pure-plays offering CCO saw higher growth 2015 CCO service provider revenue
Revenue in US$ billion Growth rate
The CCO service provider landscape is broadly divided
(2014-2015)
into CCO specialists, BPO pure-plays, and integrated
IT+BPO players Teleperformance ~3.7 <5%
Among these, CCO specialists dominate the market and Convergys ~3.0 <5%
are the largest in terms of sheer size, but have witnessed
Atento ~2.0 <5%
slowing growth in the past 12-18 months. BPO pure-plays
on the other hand, with a focus on delivering CCO as part Sitel ~1.4 <5%
of an integrated BPO offering, have been witnessing the Concentrix ~1.3 15-20%
highest growth in the market Sykes ~1.3
CCO <5%
specialists
Alorica ~1.2 95-100%
Targeted vertical and geography focus
Service providers have a targeted focus with respect to TeleTech ~1.0 <5%
geography and industries, as evident by the fact that EGS ~1.0 <5%
except Teleperformance, no other service provider
Contax ~0.9 <5%
dominated all the geographies and key industries in 2015
Webhelp ~0.8 10-15%
By buyer geography
By languages supported
By buyer size
Solution characteristics
Appendix
Market size for CCO over time Overall contact center spend in 2015
US$ billion US$ billion
XX% CAGR
100% = 300-320
78-81
70-75 75-78
65-70
60-65
55-60
Outsourcing 22% 25% Outsourcing providers are gaining share globally in the
contact center market, driven by delivering greater value
than in-house centers:
– Third-party service providers bring best-of-breed
technology – such as analytics, automation, and
interaction solutions – that drives better efficiency and
effectiveness; many in-house centers may not have
access to such technologies and may also lack
experience using them
In-house 78% 75% – Most in-house centers lag CCO providers in managing
non-voice channels and value-added services
– Fast expansion of CCO in emerging buyer geographies
with low market penetration enables buyers to adopt
more advanced approaches quickly
– Service providers also typically have a broader
knowledge base for innovation than in-house centers,
leveraging best practices from experiences across
2010 2015 multiple buyers to improve customer satisfaction
3.9
Cost reduction
3.7
2.7
Gaining specific expertise
lacked in-house
3.3
3.0
Improving agility/flexibility
3.1
Not Significantly
important important
Sample size: 78 buyer feedback surveys and interviews conducted between January 2014 till December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
Implementation 4.2
Poor Excellent
performance performance
Sample size: 78 buyer feedback surveys and interviews conducted between January 2014 till December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
1 Based on the correlation coefficient between individual KPI ratings and overall ratings
Sample size: 78 buyer feedback surveys and interviews conducted between January 2014 till December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
Average TCV of CCO contracts (new) Average TCV of CCO contracts (renewals/extensions)
US$ million US$ million
49
39
32
24
15 13
As buyers increasingly look at testing the waters with providers for new contracts, they start with a smaller scope that grows
over time. This has resulted in the size of new contracts going down over the last few years
The size of renewals/extensions now stands at almost three times the size of new contracts, mainly due to the following
factors:
– As emphasis on digital services has expanded, scope of existing engagement during renewals has gone up with addition of
value-added services and non-voice channels
– Existing buyers are rationalizing the number of service providers in their portfolio, leading to larger contract size during
renewals and extensions
TCV of renewals/extensions has also seen a decline in the past 18-24 months, as buyers put more emphasis on automation
and RPA, which impacts the FTE headcount required within the scope of the contract, thus reducing costs for the buyers.
Also, with advancement of technology that allows multi-channel solutions, more customer queries are now being transferred
to lower-cost channels such as chat
Source: Everest Group (2016)
2012-2013 2014-2015
1 Industries with more than 70% of contracts adopting the sourcing model
Sample size: 896 CCO contracts signed between January 2012 to December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
CCO revenue by industry over time (both new deals and renewals)
US$ billion
CAGR
100% = 15-17 19-21 (2013-2015) Travel & hospitality continues to experience
healthy growth in CCO adoption, led by Online
Travel Agencies (OTAs) and airlines
Others1 9% 10% 5-10%
Travel & hospitality 3% 4% Surge in CCO within online retailers, especially
Retail 5% 6% 10-15%
within developing economies, is driving growth in
Healthcare 8% retail
10% 5-10%
Media 5%
Government 5%
5%
10-15% • The surge in CCO adoption in healthcare due to
6% the introduction of Affordable Care Act (ACA) in
Technology 10% the United States in 2012-2013 has settled now,
11% 5-10%
but the vertical continues to see steady growth
BFSI 17% <5%
17% BFSI has seen flat growth, resulting in loss of
5-10% market share in the last 12-24 months
Though telecom continues to be the largest CCO
<5% vertical, high cost pressure on players has led to
Telecom 32% 31% controlled outsourcing spend and below market
<5% growth rate for the vertical
With telecom and BFSI being the oldest and the
most penetrated industries for CCO, growth
2013 2015 opportunity in these verticals is relatively lower
1 Others include energy & utilities, logistics, manufacturing, and professional services
Note: Based on the capability assessment of 25+ service providers covered in this analysis (refer to page 8 for a complete list)
Source: Everest Group (2016)
CCO revenue by signing region over time (both new deals and renewals)
US$ billion
CAGR
Latin America and Asia Pacific posted lower than expected
100% = 15-17 19-21 (2013-2015)
growth rates in 2015 due to depreciation of local currencies
against the US dollar, but otherwise posted high to moderate
LATAM 11% 10% <5% growth, over the last two years, when excluding currency effects
China witnessed huge surge in demand, driven by adoption by
APAC 11% 12% MNC buyers who leveraged outsourcing in other regions, as well
5-10%
as by local buyers to compete with global brands
UK 13% 13%
~5% United Kingdom continues to grow at just above market rate,
driven by public sector spending
CEMEA1 18% 18%
While Continental Europe saw consolidation with several large
5-10% firms such as Capita and Webhelp picking up stake in smaller
ones, Middle East provided ample growth opportunities, as more
buyers tap into the markets in this region to drive their business
1.8-2.0 120-130
0.9-1.1 65-70
2013 2015
CCO revenue by buyer size over time (both new deals and renewals)
US$ billion
CAGR
100% = 16-18 19-21 (2013-2015)
Revenue from small buyers grew at market rate,
15% driven by relatively small-sized service providers
Small buyers4 17% <5%
looking to expand their business by tapping such
clients
Mid-sized buyers3 15% 16% 5-10%
Mid-sized and large buyers are leading the overall
growth in the market, driven by new economy
Large buyers2 19% 20% 5-10% companies that are leveraging customer service
to attract new customers and retain existing ones
Solution characteristics
– Summary
– Delivery model
– Channel mix
– Technology
– Automation
– Value-added process
– Pricing model
Appendix
Value proposition
In the digital age, changing customer preferences have resulted in focus beyond process excellence by
building digital capabilities and enhancing business outcomes
There are six CCO solution characteristics that are driving this digital transformation – delivery model,
channel mix, value-added services, technology, automation and pricing model – as discussed below
Delivery model
The delivery model has changed with more contracts having significant onshore delivery in response to the
growing demand of buyers to focus on customer experience and their expectation to have agents closer to
home
The increased demand for onshore presence can also potentially increase the total cost of ownership for
buyers. They increasingly look for solutions such as WAHA, multi-channel adoption, and automation that
would reduce costs while ensuring high quality of customer service
With technology advancements ensuring enhanced security and ease of implementation, buyers now
consider including WAHA delivery model in their CCO strategy
Channel mix
While the share of voice channel has reduced over time, newer channels such as social media and chat
have witnessed high growth and now account for over 10% of the overall CCO revenue
Multi-channel contracts accounted for nearly one-fourth of the total CCO contracts in which clearly
indicates the changing consumer preference to connect through multiple channels.
Not surprisingly, inclusion of non-voice channels, especially chat, has grown rapidly within multi-channel
contracts in the past two years
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Value proposition and solution characteristics – summary
(page 2 of 2)
Technology
Enabler technology investments continue to increase with the share rising to three-fourths of technology
investments
Among enabler technologies, investments in automation, analytics and multi-channel solutions have
increased significantly in the past two years
Automation
Increased adoption of advanced automation technologies has led to lower cost of ownership, reduction of
average resolution time, and increased customer delight for buyers
The forward-looking automation solutions such as cognitive technology have maximum impact in customer
experience
Value-added services
Inclusion of value-added services continues to grow steadily with more than 60% of contracts signed in
2014-15 having at least one of the value-added services within scope
Compared to new contracts, renewals/extensions saw a much higher inclusion of value-added services
(44% vs. 70% for renewals)
Pricing model
With the evolution of digital customer care, outcome-based pricing has become more relevant for buyers
and service providers
Contracts with outcome-based pricing have more than doubled among new contracts, which indicates that
buyers increasingly adopt sophisticated KPIs to align pricing with service quality
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Digital transformation of contact center
As customer preferences are changing, buyers should focus beyond process excellence
by building digital capabilities and enhancing business outcomes
2
Channel mix Shift from voice-only contact center solutions to multi-channel contact
center with increased adoption of new-age channels
3
Building digital Technology Focus has shifted from CRM and communication technology to enabler
capabilities technologies such as automation, analytics, and social media
4
Automation Forward-looking solutions such as cognitive automation and proactive
customer outreach to increase service quality and delight customers
5
Value-added The scope of CCO deals is expanding beyond operational processes to
Enhancing services include value-added processes
business value
6
/outcomes Pricing model Building non-linear, mutually beneficial pricing structures, which reward
service delivery that matches buyer expectations
The following pages describe the above solution trends in more detail
Source: Everest Group (2016)
100% = 477 763 377 The delivery mix has been constantly
changing over the last five years to a balanced
model between onshore and offshore,
because of increased strategic priority of
Significant buyers towards customer retention than cost
35%
onshore delivery1 reduction. Low quality of service is considered
49% 53% to be the main reason for increasing buyer
preference for onshore contact centers
1
Fluctuations in staff requirements
Note: Based on the capability assessment of 25+ service providers covered in this analysis (refer to page 8 for a complete list)
Source: Everest Group (2016)
More than
23% 26%
two channels Multi-channel contracts have steadily
increased over the past five years
Communication technology
Key Organize, automate, and Supports all access channels Facilitate better customer
objective synchronize all customer-facing that are used by customers experience by ensuring process
functions efficiency and quality of service
Technology Primarily proprietary, with some Mix of proprietary and Primarily proprietary, with some
ownership instances of partnership-led partnership-led instances of partnership-led
Maturity
High Medium to high Medium
level
CCO technology investments by category over time Enabler technology-related investments reported in
Percentage of investments 2014-2015
Number of instances
Enabler Others
tchnology 35%
12%
60%
72% Social media 12%
42% Analytics
Communication 40%
technology
Multi-channel 16%
26% solutions
CRM 19%
25% 18%
technology 14% 9%
Automation
2008-2010 2011-2013 2014-2015
About three-quarters of the investments made by service providers were in enabler technologies with more focus on
strengthening analytics, social media, multi-channel and automation capabilities. Automation and multi-channel solutions
have seen significant rise in investments in the last 12-18 months. We discuss automation technologies in detail on slides 44
and 45
While the share of CRM and communication technologies has declined from 65% to 27%, the share of enabler technologies
has more than doubled in the past five years
Sample size: Based on 150+ technology investments reported by service providers till December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
Low High
High
Forward-looking automation
Automated post-service follow-up,
proactive consumer outreach, social
media monitoring, and notification
Assisted automation: Cognitive Emerging automation
Impact on technology that is able to learn the Self-service, virtual agents for
customer pattern of agent actions and recurring chats, robotic process automation,
experience issues over time and push relevant intelligent agent desktop interfaces
questions and responses that would and voice to text
be useful for conversations
Deflection of calls to completely
non-human interface, automating
time-consuming tasks to reduce Established automation
agents’ workload IVRs, ACDs and outbound e-
mail confirmations
Established older technology
solutions that were implemented
in contact center space long
before other process areas
2 Automated text analysis and reply scripts First-level queries would be resolved much
faster reducing average resolution time
The text in e-mail and chat channels could be analyzed at the back-
end and automated reply scripts sent to customers
Inclusion of value-added services1 in CCO contracts Inclusion of value-added services1 in CCO contracts
Percentage of contracts Percentage of contracts
New contracts
Renewals/extensions
2014-2015 62%
Inclusion of value-added services within CCO contracts continues to grow at a steady rate, wherein more than 60% of
contracts signed in 2014-2015 have at least one of the value-added services within scope
Contracts with renewals/extensions had greater inclusion of value-added services. As these services are relatively complex in
nature, buyers tend to include them mostly in cases of renewals/extension contracts, since buyer confidence is higher when
engaging with service providers where they have prior successful relationship
1 Value-added services include performance management, customer retention, customer analytics, and channel management
Sample size: 2,463 CCO contracts signed till December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
All value-added processes have witnessed increased inclusion in contracts over the past few years
While the inclusion of performance management and channel management has seen a steady growth, customer retention
and customer analytics has more than doubled in the past four years. This indicates the fact that buyers look beyond
outsourcing the traditional processes within CCO and expect that service providers have deep expertise in value-added
services in order to improve customer experience
Sample size: 1,617 CCO contracts signed between January 2008 and December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
Typical options for pricing resource units Typical pricing structures in CCO
in outsourcing
Outcome-based pricing Directly related to the
Based on the outcome achieved business
Business
by the service provider’s Business outcome-oriented,
outcome
contribution (e.g., client not process-oriented
satisfaction and collections
achieved)
Transaction-based pricing
Based on the volume of output
(calls/e-mails) managed.
Additional/Reduced Resource Aggregation or summary of
Charges (ARCs/RRCs) are also process activities
used to account for volume Process groupings encourage
Process Process investment by service provider
fluctuations
output output to increase productivity
Direct correlation to business
Fixed fee pricing drivers
Fixed fee for a pre-determined
volume of activity with a “dead
band”. Might include ARCs/RRCs
Sample size: 557 new CCO contracts signed between January 2012 and December 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
Appendix
The service provider landscape for CCO includes CCO specialists, BPO pure-plays, and integrated
IT+BPO players
The market is dominated by CCO specialists, with nine specialists having revenue in excess of US$1
billion. Teleperformance, Convergys, and Atento are the top three service providers in the CCO space.
Xerox and Capita were the only non-CCO specialists with over US$1 billion in revenue
The leading service providers in terms of market share differ significantly across geographies. Except for
Teleperformance, no other service provider is a top player across all the major geographies
The mix of leading providers also changes across the key industry segments with variations across
telecom, BFSI, technology, healthcare, retail, and travel & hospitality. Teleperformance again featured
among the top players across all these industries
Technology is the leading investment theme in CCO, followed by scale. Enabler technologies accounted
for about half of the reported investments in 2014-2015. Analytics, automation, and multi-channel tools
were the major areas of investments within enabler technologies
Consolidation within CCO continued into 2015 as well, with some of the big scale acquisitions and mergers
including that of West Corp’s CCO arm by Alorica and multiple acquisitions of smaller companies within
Europe by both Webhelp and Capita
NOT EXHAUSTIVE
Predominantly focused on contact Integrated players that provide Have significant presence across
center outsourcing services across ITO and BPO BPO segments (e.g., FAO, PO, and
Do not have a significant play in Have a significant ITO portfolio HRO) beyond CCO
other BPO/ITO segments beyond BPO Do not have a significant ITO play
Top five CCO service providers based on market share across geographies
Note: The analysis does not take into consideration the acquisition of EGS by Alorica announced on June 1, 2016
Source: Based on operational capability assessment of 25+ service providers; annual reports; Everest Group estimates
Top five CCO service providers based on market share in leading industry segments
Note: The analysis does not take into consideration the acquisition of EGS by Alorica announced on June 1, 2016
Source: Based on operational capability assessment of 25+ service providers; annual reports; Everest Group estimates
100% = 117
Others CRM technology Enabler technologies accounted for over half of the
total investments reported by service providers in
7% 6% 2014-2015. Most of these investments were made in
Communication
12% technology analytics, social media, and multi-channel technologies
• HGS developed solutions related to interaction analytics and Assisted Chat that uses analytical modelling
• Knoah invested in KnoahsARK 360, a cloud-based & mobile-compatible reporting and analytics solution
• Alorica invested in Alorica Outreach – a B2C revenue-generation solution that promotes “Smart Calls”
Analytics 1 9 • Xerox invested in Xerox Analytical and Customer Experience services
• Aegis and Intelenet invested in speech and text analytics
• Genpact partnered with Arria, a company that creates language narratives from complex data sources
Multi-channel • TCS invested in solutions such as Click to Call, Click to Chat, and Web Chat
1 7 • Alorica invested in multi-channel solution that offers a seamless brand experience across different channels
tools
• HGS developed Digital Natural Assist (DNA) to streamline customer service communications across all
channels
• Genpact invested in Multichannel Customer Acquisition & Servicing (MCAS) system of engagement
• Aegis invested in omnichannel contact center solution
• Conduit Global partnered with Touchcommerce to offer high caliber chat technology to its clients
Social media 2
• Intelenet developed social media analytics tools for measuring, analyzing, and interpreting interactions and
associations between people, topics, and ideas on social media channels
• TCS is working on Digital Social Experience Management – a unified single window social media interaction
platform to cater to the customer interaction needs from prominent social media touch-points
Sample size: 150+ investments reported till 2015
Source: Everest Group (2016)
• EGS invested in social media CRM that builds upon CRM capabilities by leveraging social media channels
CRM • Minacs invested in ALT CRM capability which is capable of collecting big data, analyzing it, and automating
technology 2 response on a multi-channel platform
• EGS invested in call routing technology that aligns agent and caller personalities to improve performance
• HPE entered into a partnership with Avaya to upgrade its CCO platform
• EXL invested in Avaya SIP infrastructure
• Sitel invested in AT&T IP Flex Technology to eliminate the costs for TDM trunks, provide instant capacity for
Communication customer call spikes, and eliminate toll free charges
5 1
technology • TCS upgraded its existing Avaya & Aspect platform
• EGS partnered with Verint for audio recording platform
Centers of • Alorica set up Center of Analytical Excellence, which is a dedicated team of graduates and postgraduates that
Excellence work as internal consultants for process optimization
(CoE) 1 4 • EXL invested in executive Innovation Lab in Philippines for positive client showcasing
/ specialized • HGS MENA was set up in 2015 to tap opportunities in the Middle East markets
hubs • Minacs set up its second analytics command center in Nova Scotia, United States
• Dell partnered with a leading customer interactions company to develop innovation labs and showcase
centers in Dell facility
Leaders
Market Success
Major Contenders
Measures success
achieved in the market
Aspirants
Appendix
Steady market growth as The CCO market is expected to grow at ~4% over the next couple of years, as
CCO market transitions service providers transition from traditional service delivery to meet client
to digital age requirements in the digital age and stay relevant in the market. Post this phase,
growth is again expected to pick up in a few years
Growth to be driven by Asia Pacific, Middle East, and Eastern Europe are expected to drive growth in the
emerging markets future, while United States will continue to remain the most important CCO market
in the foreseeable future
Healthcare, retail, and travel & hospitality are expected to drive fast-paced growth
due to changes happening in these industries
New economy companies are expected to drive growth in the mid- and large-buyer
segments, while they will also have an impact on traditional CCO buyers and how
they do their business
Increased cost of Tincreased demand for onshoring would further increase the total cost of ownership
ownership due to rise in for buyers. Hence, buyers would look for alternative solutions such as multi-channel
onshoring delivery, WAHA model, and automation technologies to reduce cost of operations
and he increase value for their customers
Multi-channel solutions Multi-channel solutions, especially inclusion of chat and social media, would
to be dominant across continue to increase with more customers preferring to connect with brands through
new contracts new-age channels than voice channel
Automation to replace Increased adoption of automation would have an impact on the relevance of
transactional work done offshore delivery, as processes could be executed onshore at much lower cost than
from offshore locations in offshore locations. Buyers and service providers must, therefore, consider the
role of automation and its impact on shoring mix
Channel management to provide an integrated single-view to customers through
multiple touch-points is going to be more critical in coming years to deliver a
seamless experience
More consolidation The market will continue to see M&As in the coming years, as service providers
expected in CCO space look to maintain market supremacy from share perspective as well as plug gaps in
their capabilities by acquiring other firms
Appendix
– Publicly-announced contracts in 2015
– Glossary of terms
– CCO research calendar
– References
NOT EXHAUSTIVE
Service Buyer Buyer signing
Quarter Buyer provider industry region Brief description
Q4 2015 City of El Paso DATAMARK Government United States DATAMARK, Inc. was selected by the City of El Paso to staff
and manage the city’s 311 Customer Service Call Center. The
call center, staffed by approximately 34 agents, handles calls in
English and Spanish placed to the city’s 311 non-emergency
phone number
Q4 2015 First Hawaiian TSYS BFSI United States TSYS announced that the First Hawaiian Bank signed an
Bank agreement for TSYS to continue its more than 15-year old
relationship
Q4 2015 Florida Xerox Government United States The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has awarded
Department of Xerox a contract for the implementation of a state-of-the-art
Transportation customer service system for processing toll transactions across
the state
Q4 2015 Whirlpool Transcom Retail Europe Transcom signed an agreement with Whirlpool Corporation to
Corporation implement a call center integration program across Europe
Q3 2015 Banco Santander Transcom BFSI United States Transcom announced that it renewed its agreement with Banco
Santander for outsourced customer care services
Q3 2015 NCP Bellrock Others United Bellrock was awarded a new maintenance management
Kingdom contract with NCP. The scope of the contract also includes 24/7
contact center services
Q3 2015 Commerzbank Worldline BFSI Germany Worldline and Commerzbank extended their existing processing
contract for a further seven years. In addition to technical
processing, the contract also provides customer services
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Quarter Buyer provider industry region Brief description
Q2 2015 Dixons Carphone DHL Retail United DHL was awarded a £78 million, three-year contract with
Kingdom Dixons Carphone to manage its UK national distribution to
stores and customer service centers
Q2 2015 Centers for General Healthcare United States General Dynamics will provide contact center support for health
Disease Control Dynamics departments, healthcare providers, and more than 3,300 users
and Prevention of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vaccine
Tracking System (VTrckS), a secure web-based system
Q2 2015 Australian Optus Government Australia Optus extended its managed services contract with the ATO
Taxation Office until June 20, 2018. Under the extension, Optus will continue to
(ATO) deliver all voice and data communications (mobile and fixed),
contact center, and videoconferencing services
Q1 2015 National Careers Serco Government United Serco secured a new three-year contract for delivering contact
Service Kingdom center services for the National Careers Service
Q1 2015 Nextel AlmavivA do Telecom Brazil AlmavivA do Brasil , a subsidiary of AlmavivA, signed a Euro
Communications Brasil 100 million euro contract with Nextel for the management of call
center, back-office, collection, and retention.
Q1 2015 Reliance Vertex Telecom India Reliance Communications awarded a nearly Rs750-crore deal
Communications to the Indian unit of UK-based Vertex to outsource its call center
and shared services operations
Term Definition
ACV Annualized Contract Value is calculated by dividing the Total Contract Value (TCV) by the term of the
contract
ARC/RRC Additional/Reduced Resource Charges are used to adjust the “base fee” charged by service providers to
account for an increase/decrease in the volume of services relative to the agreed baseline. Typically, the
baseline is a range of volumes, resulting in a “dead band”
BPO Business Process Outsourcing refers to the purchase of one or more processes or functions from a
company in the business of providing such services at large, or as a third-party provider
Buyer The company/entity that purchases outsourcing services from a service provider
Contract term The duration of the outsourcing contract. It drives the schedule over which the buyer or service provider
amortizes capitalized costs, or the period over which Net Present Value (NPV) / Internal Rate of Return
(IRR) is calculated
Dead band Dead bands are specified ranges of volumes (e.g., ±10% of current volumes) for which the price is
constant. The price may be either a fixed price (e.g., US$0.5 million) or a per-unit price (e.g., US$1.00 per
invoice). Outside of the specified range of volumes, the price changes in a defined manner, which is
negotiated. From a buyer’s perspective, dead bands are used to create predictability of charges; from a
service provider’s perspective they are used to reduce the administrative effort required to invoice a buyer.
The design of dead bands reflects the variability of a service provider’s cost structure and its risk tolerance
FAO Finance and Accounting Outsourcing is the transfer of ownership of some or all finance and accounting
processes or functions to a service provider. This could include administrative, delivery, or management-
related processes or functions
FTEs Full-Time Employees on the rolls of the company
Term Definition
GIC Global In-house Centers are service delivery operations in lower cost geographies, which are owned and
operated by the same company receiving the services (i.e., not third-party outsourcing)
HRO Human Resources Outsourcing is the transfer of ownership of some or all human resource processes or
functions to a service provider. This could include administrative, delivery, or management-related
processes or functions
ITO Information Technology Outsourcing is the transfer of ownership of some or all information technology
processes or functions to a service provider. This could include administrative, delivery, or management-
related processes or functions
Offshoring Transferring activities or ownership of a complete business process to a different country from the country
(or countries) where the company receiving the services is located. This is primarily done for the purpose of
gaining access to a lower-cost labor market, but may also be done to gain access to additional skilled labor,
establish a business presence in a foreign country, etc. Companies may utilize offshoring, either through an
outsourcing arrangement with a third party, or by establishing their own captive presence in the offshore
location, among other business structures
PO Procurement Outsourcing is the transfer of ownership of some or all procurement processes or functions to
a service provider. This could include administrative, delivery, or management-related processes or
functions
Service provider A company/entity that provides outsourcing services to another company/entity
TCV Total Contract Value is the potential revenue associated with the contract and estimated at the
commencement of the contract (e.g., sum total of revenue accrued to the service provider from the contract
over the entire contract term, usually measured in millions of dollars)
Published Current
CCO Pricing Trends: The Realities of Outcome-Based Pricing Adoption January 2016
Clever Machines at Your Service February 2016
Analytics Business Process Services (BPS) – Annual Report 2016 March 2016
Service Delivery and Demand Dynamics in Latin America March 2016
Heralding a New Era of Transformative Business Process Services through Technology April 2016
Analytics Business Process Services (BPS) – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016 April 2016
Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016 May 2016
Analytics BPS – Service Provider Profile Compendium 2016 June 2016
Making the Work-At-Home-Agent (WAHA) Model Work: A Buyer’s Perspective June 2016
Achieving Maximum BPO Value: How Smart Buyers Structure Contact Center Relationships June 2016
The Dynamics Behind the Alorica - EGS Deal June 2016
Unlocking Next-Generation Value through Technology-Embedded Business Process Services | Part 1 July 2016
Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) - Annual Report 2016 July 2016
Technology in BPS - Market Landscape Refresh Q3 2016
Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Service Provider Profile Compendium 2016 Q3 2016
Technology in BPS – Service Provider Compendium 2016 Q3 2016
Technology in BPS - Service Provider Landscape 2016 Q3 2016
Healthcare CCO: An Updated Market Overview and PEAK Matrix Q4 2016
RPA and Technology Innovation in CCO Q4 2016
SDA in Business Process Services (BPS) – Service Provider Landscape Q4 2016
SDA in BPS - Service Provider Profile Compendium 2016 Q4 2016
The following documents are recommended for additional insight into the topic covered in this report. These documents either
provide additional details or complementary content that may be of interest
1. Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Identifying the Differentiators of High Growth CCO Providers (EGR-2015-1-R-1636);
2015. This viewpoint provides coverage of service providers that have expanded at a higher pace than the market growth rate, and the
growth strategies adopted by them that have allowed them to expand at such pace. It looks at how these new areas of focus being
pursued by these service providers are shaping up in the contact center space and are driving growth in the industry.
2. Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Service Provider Profile Compendium 2015 (EGR-2015-1-R-1579), 2015. This report provides
comprehensive, fact-based snapshots of 20+ major CCO service providers. Each profile highlights a service provider’s delivery
capability, market strategy, key organizational developments, delivery footprint, and client portfolio along various dimensions such as
geography and industry. In addition, each profile provides the positioning of the service provider on the Everest Group PEAK Matrix with
an insightful analysis of its capabilities.
3. Contact Center Outsourcing (CCO) – Service Provider Landscape with PEAK Matrix™ Assessment 2016 (EGR-2016-1-R-1771);
2016. This report focuses on service provider positioning in the CCO market, changing market dynamics & emerging service provider
trends, and assessment of service provider delivery capabilities.
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