About the Black Book of Outsourcing
The Black Book of Outsourcing: How to Manage
the Changes, Challenges and Opportunities, the best-selling business book from Wiley
Publishers, was first published in May 2005. An updated edition of ?Black Book?
is currently under development for December 2007 release. The ?Black Book? is available
in English, Russian, Spanish and Simple Chinese translations, as well as in audio,
digital and print book medias wherever books are sold. TheBlackBookOfOutsourcing.com
About Brown-Wilson Group
Douglas Brown and Scott Wilson, are principals of Brown-Wilson
Group, an outsourcing industry intelligence and data reporting firm serving outsourcing
buyers, investors, venture capital firms, corporate decision makers, organizational
influencers and analysts. They are also co-authors, of The Black Book of Outsourcing.
Brown-Wilson provide intelligence reporting and business development services on
all segments of the outsourcing and offshoring industry Brown-Wilson.com
About the Black Book Top Outsourcing Vendors &
Top Advisors Rankings
The Black Book initiative sponsors the only annual, independent, non-biased ranking
of 300 outsourcing advisors and 4,500 vendors as completely scored from over 20,000
outsourcing users' and clients' ballots. The Top 50 Best Managed Global Outsourcing
Vendors ranking is based on a twenty-six measures of leadership excellence, including
client satisfaction with senior management direction, leadership impact on outsourcing
results, business transformation practices, client relations management, and indicators
of C-Level officer commitment. Sublists in twelve categories of outsourcing, cover
over 500 outsourcing functions, in 40 industries, from multiple organization sizes
and locations. Sublists are rankings based on eighteen criteria of operational excellence
and client satisfaction with outcomes. Surveys are conducted each year, currently
in its fourth update, beginning in March with results announced in June.
Executive Management
Douglas Brown
Managing Partner
doug.brown@brown-wilson.com
Cell 727.463.7806
Scott Wilson
Partner, Chief Marketing Officer
scott.wilson@brown-wilson.com
Cell 727.479.2832
Main Offices
Clearwater, Florida, USA
Tel 727.784.6689
Facts and Stats
In 2006, the Black Book database of vendor satisfaction scores was accessed by outsourcing
decision makers and buyers for multiple reasons outlined below. TheBlackBookOfOutsourcing.com
- Web Searches: 228,000 Results Searches
by Outsourcing Buyers (41% of Buyers
in RFI stages)
- Custom Reporting: Full Vendor Management
and Performance Outcome Detail Score & Ranking Reports requested by:
715 MNC or Large Market Corporate Buyers (64%
in Final RFP evaluations)
406 Mid Market Corporate Buyers (92%
in Final RFP evaluation)
388 Media Reporters and Editors referencing vendors for articles/stories
(88% pub rate)
343 Current Outsourcing Clients investigating their present vendors
and change options
61 Investment Firm Analysts evaluating Outsourcing Vendor Management
& Performance
59 Venture Capital & Private Equity Firms in stages of outsourcing
investor due diligence
28 Outsourcing Advisory and Research Firms also influencing vendor
selections
11 International Legal Practices guiding Outsourcing Decisions
167 Competitor Outsourcing Vendors purchased custom reports for
marketing and business development collaterals, which included rankings of over
1500 competitive service providers.
In 2007, 117,800 invitations were issued to outsourcing users and
decision makers globally, garnering over 21,000 validated responses
evaluating 4,550 global outsourcing vendors.
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