Outsourcing From Within: Orbograph & Goodwill Industries Create New Opportunities for U.S. Workers
13 Outubro 2004 - 12:40PM
PR Newswire (US)
Outsourcing From Within: Orbograph & Goodwill Industries Create
New Opportunities for U.S. Workers Orbograph and Goodwill
Industries offer breakthrough program to expand domestic employment
opportunities BILLERICA, Mass., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Outsourcing
can be a powerful tool for creating American jobs and reducing the
number of U.S. citizens who rely upon Federal assistance. This
statement may stand in stark contrast to popular opinion, but
Orbograph, a leading provider of recognition solutions for the
banking and financial service industries, and Goodwill Industries
of Omaha, NE have developed a program that makes outsourcing a
profitable, effective and socially responsible practice for
U.S.-based businesses. OrboCAR(R) APEX(R), a technology pioneered
by Orbograph, is an Internet- based solution that enables
individuals to remotely perform critical image recognition, data
entry and data repair functions for banks and their supporting
businesses. Such labor-intensive tasks are prime candidates for
outsourcing to countries where labor costs are low, but Orbograph
recognized an opportunity to perform the same work, with similar
effectiveness, within the United States. "Outsourcing has become
popular because technology makes it possible to sever the physical
ties between employees and employers," said Ori Sarid, Orbograph's
General Manager. "Through our partnership with Goodwill Industries,
we're using our technologies to help Americans who wish to re-join
the workforce -- or perhaps join the workforce for the very first
time -- to learn new skills, earn a good wage and become
self-reliant ... all while delivering substantial cost savings to
the businesses we serve." Using APEX, members of Goodwill's
"Welfare-to-Work" program perform data completion activities for
Orbograph's customers while learning skills that will help them to
gain financial independence. In return, banks save on overhead
expenses associated with the part-time or temporary employees who
typically perform those tasks on-site. "With nothing more than
personal computers and an Internet connection, we're now able to
create unprecedented work opportunities right here in the
communities we serve," said Linda Kizzier, Goodwill's Director of
Employment and Training. "Not only are we helping to keep jobs in
the United States, we're opening doors for people who are trying to
achieve financial independence as well. The banks benefit. Our
communities benefit. It's a true win-win situation." APEX is also
used to connect U.S.-based businesses with offshore labor markets,
and for many companies this is still a viable alternative. The key
to long-term success, however, comes through the creation of
programs such as the Goodwill initiative. "Today's economy is a
global economy, there's no escaping that fact," said Sarid. "But
making it beneficial for all parties requires striking a balance:
conduct business internationally while tending to responsibilities
at home." For more information, visit http://www.orbograph.com/.
About Orbograph Orbograph (http://www.orbograph.com/), a subsidiary
of Orbotech (NASDAQ: ORBK), is the leading developer of recognition
solutions for the U.S. check processing market. Our technologies
are in use at hundreds of banks and financial institutions across
North America, processing millions of items each day. Through our
recognition solutions, Business Process Outsourcing technologies,
image quality assurance applications and data collection/data
mining tools, we enable customers to reduce costs, improve
operational efficiencies and achieve rapid ROI. About Goodwill
Industries Goodwill Industries Inc., Serving Eastern Nebraska and
Southwest Iowa, (http://www.goodwillomaha.com/), has been providing
employment programs and job opportunities since 1933. The revenue
generated from the sale of donated items at Goodwill retail stores
is used to help fund these employment programs for people with
disabilities and other disadvantages. NOTE: Actual performance may
vary according to hardware used, configuration or other factors
within your processing environment. Statistics cited in this
release do not constitute guarantees of performance. Press Contact:
Marc A. Moschetto Director, Marketing Communications 978-901-5040
DATASOURCE: Orbograph CONTACT: Marc A. Moschetto, Director,
Marketing Communications of Orbograph, +1-978-901-5040, Web site:
http://www.goodwillomaha.com/ http://www.orbograph.com/
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