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The general rule of the thumb is that rule-based, homogeneous, non-critical transaction processes are suitable for shared services.
In a survey on SSC, the following are revealed ( by %):
(A) Top Five (5) Shared Services performed:

Accounts payable
Accounts receivable
Travel expenses
General ledger and consolidation
Payroll and benefits

(B) […]

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Further to my earlier article on management fee/transfer fee and the type of management services to be rendered, append below is a very comprehensive list of management services issued by our Malaysian Custom Authorities who is also in charge of the service tax:
(i) Corporate […]

Reported in The Star that:
“ Diagonal Consulting Sdn Bhd, a Britain-based business and technology consultancy company, has relocated its operational headquarters (OHQ) to Kuala Lumpur from Singapore.
“Diagonal invested about RM2mil to establish the OHQ at the Petronas Twin Towers.
The key reason to relocate was the 50% cheaper operational cost compared with Singapore, as well […]

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There are a few ways whereby multinational companies restructure to accommodate sharing of financial or other services:

By setting up a SINGLE centre for all operating units
This is the most ambitious option as it involves sharing services globally across the entire corporation. On one side […]

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This is the 2nd part of a series of articles on Shared Service Centres (SSCs).
In the first part of the series, we discussed that one of the major benefits of a SSC is the improvement in quality of service delivered to its customers - […]