{"id":1153,"date":"2019-07-01T15:08:15","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T15:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sage-new-clone.local\/en-au\/blog\/?post_type=sage_glossary&#038;p=1153"},"modified":"2025-10-10T13:52:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T05:52:07","slug":"bpo-business-process-outsourcing","status":"publish","type":"sage_glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/bpo-business-process-outsourcing\/","title":{"rendered":"What is BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)?"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header has-dark-background-color entry-header--has-illustration entry-header--has-illustration--generic\">\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__row row align-center\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col col-lg-7 col-xlg-6 entry-header__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"component component-single-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-header__misc text--subtitle text--uppercase text--small\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/\" class=\"entry-header__link\">Glossary definition<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-title-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"entry-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWhat is BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)?\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"single-post-details container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"reading-time\"> min read<\/span>\n\t\t<button\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"social-share-button button button--icon button--secondary js-social-share-button\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-title=\"What is BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)?\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-url=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/glossary\/bpo-business-process-outsourcing\/\"\n\t\t\tdata-share-text=\"Please read this interesting article\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__share-label\">Share<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-label\" hidden>Copy Link<\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"social-share-button__copy-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\" hidden>Copied<\/span>\n\t\t<\/button>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/header>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-bpo-business-process-outsourcing\">What is BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Business Process Outsourcing, or BPO, refers to the process of contracting standard business functions to be handled by a party outside of the company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BPO functions most commonly outsourced include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>customer service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>accounting<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>payroll<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>human resources management.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Companies can often benefit from implementing the practice of BPO, meaning more flexibility and cost efficiency can be achieved. Third-party providers set up for a dedicated task such as payroll perform more efficiently and are able to transfer those cost savings to their clients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-difference-between-bpo-and-a-call-center\">What is the difference between BPO and a Call Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Call centers are a type of BPO. For example, a manufacturer may outsource their customer service to a call center. But business process outsourcing isn\u2019t limited to customer service, or to call centers. The same manufacturer might use BPO to outsource payroll, accounting, and similar administrative tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-bpo-in-real-estate\">What is BPO in real estate?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>BPO is used to outsource front-office administrative tasks like property listing, and back-office tasks like research or accounting. This allows brokers the freedom to spend their productive time with the work for which they\u2019re specialized, rather than being constrained by administrative duties. Consequently, BPO can drive down the costs of asset summary, loan sizing, lease abstraction, and so forth.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"single-cta\">\n\t<div class=\"single-cta__positioner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__wrapper has-dark-background-color\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"single-cta__title h3\">Subscribe to the Sage Advice Newsletter<\/h2>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"single-cta__description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Get a roundup of our best business advice in your inbox every month<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a\n\t\t\t\t\t\thref=\"#gate-9bb1029b-6379-408c-b78c-6f45c352c6f3\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"single-cta__button button button--primary\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t>Subscribe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1178687924-1440x810.jpg\" class=\"single-cta__image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sage.com\/en-my\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1178687924-1440x810.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 48em) 33vw, 100vw\" \/>\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)? 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