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HRO Summit Europe advisers. We will be interested to see how their bid goes to get up the value chain, by offering legal advice on employment matters. The area of learning also has some great examples of innovation. The work of ACS and IBM with their clients in use of mobile and virtual learning games are good examples. It seems the iPad has "landed" and brought learning into the working patterns of employees, rather than dragging them away to the classroom. Resourcing also offers a chance to access new services from suppliers. Capita has been investing in its managed services provision (MSP) offering to improve contractor performance assessment. Deeper data here is driving up the quality of contractors, and also they are enabling buyers to get contractors to put some fees at risk against performance. Also Alexander Mann Solutions has launched its source cloud solution. Here, buyers can access AMS's offshore candidate research capabilities to create and actively manage pools of passive and active candidates without buying the wider RPO service. As firms need to trade more on employment brand to get deeper into the passive candidate market, this could be a service that finds plenty of buyers. Finally, a good deal of innovation is going on in service access that is providing buyers with access to investments that they would struggle to make on their own. We have been impressed with the work on mobile access platforms we have seen from Capita on their own platform. This is particularly applicable to the way this integrates into the working lives of all staff and managers. There is plenty more innovation to come from all the major providers with everyone we have spoken to investing and piloting services in this area. Overall, it's been a good year for the industry in terms of innovation. In our own work, we see that as the feature that will keep the industry alive and attractive to buyers. On that basis, we can look forward to a year of opportunity for buyers and vendors alike. Simon Constance leads the infrastructure practice at Orion Partners, focussing on shared services, centres of expertise, outsourcing, and offshoring. CUSTOM REPRINTS GLOBAL Use reprints to maximize your marketing initiatives and strengthen your brand's value. Reprints are a simple way to put information directly into the hands of your target audience. Having been featured in a well-respected publication adds the credibility of a third-party endorsement to your message. REPRINTS ARE IDEAL FOR: n New Product Announcements n Sales Aid For Your Field Force n PR Materials & Media Kits n Direct Mail Enclosures n Trade Shows/Promotional Events n Conferences & Speaking Engagements n Recruitment & Training Packages n Customer & Prospect Communications/Presentations For additional information, please contact Foster Printing Service, the official reprint provider for Call 866.879.9144 or sales@fosterprinting.com HRO Today Global.

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