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Learn MoreEnterprises are transforming their HR operating models to align with evolving talent strategies, EX goals and digital maturity aspirations. With mounting pressure to deliver hyperpersonalized employee journeys, ensure global compliance and drive cost efficiencies, organizations are increasingly turning to multiprocess human resources outsourcing (MPHRO) providers for scalable, agile solutions. Today’s MPHRO engagements extend beyond mere transactional efficiency; they have evolved into strategic partnerships that help enterprises build future-ready workforces. From recruitment and onboarding to learning, payroll and employee engagement, MPHRO providers are central to modernizing HR delivery models.
Global market dynamics are currently characterized by uncertainty and turbulence, driving organizations to increase their focus on cloud-related investments aimed at improving business visibility, predictability and resilience. Tech spending for 2025, especially related to the Microsoft AI and Cloud ecosystem, is mainly driven by investments in cybersecurity, cloud-enabled (and AI-fueled) innovation, data and analytics, digital transformation and infrastructure modernization, particularly hardware/device refresh initiatives as Windows 10 approaches the end of life.
Particularly with the integration of generative and agentic artificial intelligence (AI) technologies. Generative AI usecases have quickly proliferated across all aspects and phases of engineering- spanning from R&D, design, build, test, run/ operations, to aftermarkets, field services, and ultimately in the digital business platformization services. These innovations have transformed various sectors, including chip design, precision manufacturing, life sciences, and service platforms in banking, financial services, insurance, and retail. Hyperscalers—large-scale cloud service providers—have played a pivotal role in this transformation by offering advanced AI services tailored to engineering design applications.
The global capability center (GCC) market is undergoing a rapid transformation, evolving from traditional cost-saving hubs to strategic enablers of enterprisewide digitalization. Organizations are increasingly looking beyond labor arbitrage and are instead positioning their GCCs as CoEs that drive innovation, enhance CX and optimize business operations.
The chemicals industry drives the U.S. economy by generating high-paying jobs, fueling R&D investments and supplying essential chemicals for daily life. Trade is crucial to the industry’s competitiveness. As the second - largest manufacturing export sector in the U.S., the chemicals industry recorded a trade surplus exceeding $30 billion in 2023, with exports supporting nearly 200,000 jobs.