The Caribbeans, Outsourcing & KPO Opportunities

When it comes to Outsourcing– the Caribbean currently operates in the area illustrated by the blue box with the purple arrow and orange boxes in the image below.

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Where Caribbeans operate in the Global Services Value Chain

Figure 0.1. Section of GVC Upgrading Trajectories for Selected Developing Countries in the Offshore Services Value Chain (Selected Central America and Caribbean Countries) From: Fernandez-Stark, Karina, Penny Bamber, and Gary Gereffi. “The offshore services value chain: upgrading trajectories in developing countries.” International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development4.1-3 (2011): 206-234. [Online] Available at: < https://goo.gl/G3TgGx> [Adapted by Meegan Scott with permission].

The opportunity for really taking a bite into the US$ 88.9 Bn. offshore market alone means we have to be playing in the green box — the KPO area.

Among the kinds of solutions offered in the KPO area are: legal consulting, business analytics, market intelligence and medical transcription.

Lawyers, Engineers, Business Graduates, MBAs, IT Professionals did you hear your name called?

  • Are you ready!
  • Does it fit your business strategy?
  • Is it time to strategy adjust?

It is not that difficult to do.

If you are ready and interested, what services would you love to deliver?

Looking to hear from members of the Caribbean Diaspora as well.

Thanks for sharing your view and aspiration!

I find this topic to be worth considering with so many graduates searching for decent work and on the heels of the Outsource to The Caribbean Conference 2017 (OCC 2017).

Click here to find out more about non-tech job titles and remuneration in the KPO Sub-Sector.

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KPO Opportunities for Professionals Not In IT

Acting on the suggestion of Telly Onu in a Facebook discussion I have created an image that includes select non-tech roles that are available in the KPO sub-sector.  Please click the image to view.

You are welcome to add other non-tech roles and even opportunities available in your company via comments.

Thank you again for sharing!

KPO Market opportunity careers

Non Tech KPO Roles

Illustrated using statistics and information from: Fernandez-Stark, Karina, Penny Bamber, and Gary Gereffi. “The offshore services value chain: upgrading trajectories in developing countries.” International Journal of Technological Learning, Innovation and Development 4.1-3 (2011):
206-234. [Online] Available at: < ; [Illustrated by Meegan Scott]
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Business Checkup — What’s Wrong With This Picture?

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Is something wrong with this picture or is it just me?

What would you change about the time allocation in the chart above?

Have you been tracking how you allocate time spent in your business according to high value and low value activities?

If not its time to get back to your operations plan to see if you have been investing the required hours to each activity in order to deliver the results you desire. Match the reality of how you spend the typical day or week to your planned time allocations. Time translated means money and or life, since cash is the life blood of your business you need to ensure you have and effectively manage your time budget.

Now, if you have not yet translated your business or corporate strategy plan into an operations plan or weekly work plans then just track back down memory lane and estimate what your time allocation looks like. Next create a rough sketch of your own chart —do it on paper, in MS Excel or even MS Word.

Let that picture be your guide for improving and stepping up the discipline required to get the right things done. Don’t throw out your time checkup chart, file it with your monitoring reports.
Based on the insights gained from your chart make a plan for allocating time for ensuring the lion’s share of time goes to the most important activities for delivering strategy and profit.

Plan, there we go again — in the real world, the time plan might not go according to plan each day, but charting the time allocation to revenue and profit serves as a guide and your benchmark. Monitoring that plan will alert you to the need to adjust your time budget in order to catch up when you are falling behind. After all life happens even in business but with the right systems and mental training in place we can stay on top of things. You will find that with time your consciousness will act as a trigger to warn you about your time spend.

The easy way out.
Take a look at the same picture from another viewpoint

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Think about how you spend your work days and work weeks.
Can you spot areas in which you may have run the time red light in your business activities?

Create a Things To-do List and write down your high and low value business activities. Estimate and write down how much time it takes to deliver the most important ones. Estimate how long it takes to deliver the most time-consuming activities that must be done in order to complete other activities in your business process, place an asterisk beside those activities (Those are your bottlenecks).

Now assign time values (hours or days) or percentages of time required to deliver each activity on your list.
You can create the list in your diary, calendar or even on sticky notes (Bear in mind that you could lose your stick notes). You could even type your list into Outlook or other electronic calendar and set it as a recurring event so you receive a reminder at the start, mid-point and/or end of each week.

Those reminders will help you to monitor how you are doing with time. If you fail to manage how time is spent and cost time spent in your business you are sure to end up with a grade C or less on your business report card.

At the end of the day what is wrong with the picture or your version of the picture will depend on the following: your business and revenue models; production process; the service or product you offer; access to human capital; your strengths; your priorities; milestones and business growth objectives.

Thanks for sharing what should be changed about the picture above.
Let us know if the tips shared worked for you.

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Fat or Weight is Not the Issue–Where It Sits On Your Body Might Be.

Being overweight does not mean you are unhealthy or at risk for debilitating diseases such as diabetes and strokes. It does not mean you are less fit than many who are thin. Many who are thin walk around with a ton of health issues not known to some of us plus sized beauties. The problem is where the weight sits on your body, unless of course you are morbidly obese, even then you can be in better health than someone who is very slim. So focus on maintaining your plus size beauty around waistline management if you have no major health issues. If you already have one or more weight related health issues, then waistline management is still applicable to you.

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Beyond Education and Awareness Creation—To Real Social Marketing Solutions for Weight Loss

Read more if you are a medical doctor or nutritionist who help patients with their weight loss and related health issues such as diabetes and hypertension. Read more if you struggle with weight loss or weight related health issues.

It’s time to get beyond awareness creation and education when it comes to helping your patients, clients or family members to achieve their weight loss goals, manage their diabetes, hypertension, or high cholesterol.  It’s time to provide a real social marketing solution–that is something that works for them.

I mean a solution that is doable, affordable, easy to find, and does not require a major lifestyle or image change. Because it is doable your patient or loved one will be able to sustain their effort to lose weight as well as lose and keep the weight off. They will no longer struggle with the frustration or gains and losses that comes with high maintenance cost including routine, budget or lifestyle changes which make them sustainable for only a short period of time.  JAVITA offers a range of product solutions that are within the individual’s daily routine and budget! It means sticking with the program is easy and success with weight loss will also be easy and sustainable.

Most people drink coffee so why not offer Burn + Control Coffee which cost less than a regular cup at the Coffee Shop?

What about those who don’t drink coffee? There is Lean + Green Tea.

There is no denying that long work hours often disrupt meal times resulting in a rush for sweets or carbs when starvation sets in.  For individuals with metabolic problems there is the additional challenge of spikes in energy and blood sugar levels.  But there is a simple solution for this problem, just have on hand a stick of ActiveBlendz Rush. Pour it into a bottle or glass of water, shake or stir, and drink for extra energy and time to wait to sit and enjoy a healthy and nutritious meal.

javita productsEach stick gives energy and control and contains no added sugar or artificial sweeteners.

Both ActiveBlendz Rush and Control are perfect for conditioning the body for less calorie intake in the afternoon while adding needed energy and focus. ActiveBlendz Control is perfect for jumpstarting the metabolic process, supports fat burning, and definitely helps to reduce cravings.

Medical professionals will tell you that today weight is not so much the issue for many, the real problem has to do with where the weight sits on the individual’s body. The waistline is one area in which weight must be controlled if health is to be preserved. Lean + Green when used alone or in combination with ActiveBlendz Control or Burn + Control goes to work on the waistline.  The slimming effect on the waistline is very noticeable.

The body was meant to move about and to be exercised, whether the goal is to lose weight or to find extra energy for getting the most out of each workout session, all that is required is a stick from the range of products mentioned above, a bottle or a glass of water, shake or stir and drink.  The products are tasty and can be had hot or cold in order to enjoy an optimal workout.

Fiber+ is a new addition to the range of products, it presents additional control when it comes to portion and calorie intake.  Fiber+ also comes in a convenient stick and is mixed in a bottle or glass of water and taken before a meal for fiber plus the feeling of fullness.AB_Fiber_packets-200x200

So what’s so special about these teas, coffees and beverages that make them work? The combination of ingredients, the growing environment of the ingredients, processing, packaging plus convenience.

For instance, the Lean + Green Tea comes packed with Garcinia Cambogia and Gymnema Sylvestre.

Of five top plants used as alternative treatment for weight loss and related health issues one returned no reported side effects, that was Garcinia Cambogia (Potential of Traditional Medicinal Plants for Treating Obesity: A Review, pg. 3).

Burn + Control Coffee is infused with Yerba Mate and Garcinia Cambogia. In addition, to the delicious pineapple and tangerines Rush is packed with tea and coffee extracts, while Control contains Garcinia Cambogia, Gymnema Sylvestre, Pomegranates and Concord Grapes.

The Green tea in Javita’s Lean + Green is grown in the Shizouka, a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System.

Give your patients, clients, or yourself real options and proven solutions for managing or losing weight. The products are also safe for children. Find out more by clicking on the Our Products tab at the following link http://www.myjavita.com/xlelegance. You may also request an even more detailed product catalogue or samples by using the contact us button at link provided.

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Fiber+ —For Health and Weight Loss

AB_Fiber_packets-200x200Need more fiber in your diet?

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AB_Fiber-Carton-Right-3D-r2-200x200ActiveBlendz Fiber+ another real, practical, convenient, and affordable health and weight management solution from JAVITA.  Why go to war if you don’t have to? Let ActiveBlendz Fiber+ fight the battle of portion control for you. It goes straight to the heart of portion control–one of the biggest enemies in the battle against weight gain. With ActiveBlendz Fiber+ you are in control of your calorie intake.

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