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PIOJ Growth-Inducement Strategy - Planning Institute of Jamaica

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Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry 62<br />

1.0 Background<br />

<strong>Jamaica</strong> as an outsourcing destination is currently categorized by a concentration <strong>of</strong> call<br />

or contact centres and BPO activities. Approximately 26 firms, which have created some<br />

9,500 jobs within the <strong>of</strong>fshore industry, <strong>of</strong>fer services ranging from finance & accounting<br />

functions, voice customer support to network operations support & debt collection.<br />

Figure D.1 graphically illustrates the range <strong>of</strong> services <strong>of</strong>fered by the local industry.<br />

Figure D.1 Structure <strong>of</strong> the <strong>Jamaica</strong>n BPO Industry<br />

Data entry/<br />

transcription<br />

Call/contact<br />

centres<br />

Business<br />

process<br />

outsourcing<br />

(BPO*)<br />

Knowledge<br />

process<br />

outsourcing<br />

(KPO**)<br />

Non-core operations<br />

in <strong>Jamaica</strong><br />

Core operations<br />

in <strong>Jamaica</strong><br />

Limited or no operations<br />

in <strong>Jamaica</strong><br />

Increasing complexity<br />

* E.g., Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, payments processing, purchasing, insurance management<br />

** E.g., Market & equity research, analytics & data mining, legal services, engineering design, contract development<br />

2.0 <strong>Growth</strong> Trends<br />

Data from JAMPRO show that while the industry has attracted capital investment <strong>of</strong> over<br />

US$691 million and generated 10,871 jobs between 2006 and 2010, there have been no<br />

significant investments in the past five (5) years. This is juxtaposed against robust<br />

performance in the global BPO market over the last 10 years which is projected to<br />

continue over the next five years. The International Data Corporation (IDC) projects that<br />

the global BPO market will grow by 9% per annum and earnings will climb to just under<br />

US$1 trillion by 2014. Offshore BPO is also expected to increase at a cumulative annual<br />

growth rate <strong>of</strong> 25% reaching US$135 billion by 2014.<br />

The Caribbean and Latin American market accounts for US$2.5 billion <strong>of</strong> total revenue<br />

from the BPO industry, representing 5.8% <strong>of</strong> the total market share. This opportunity is<br />

expected to grow by some 20% per year and should therefore amount to US$5 billion by<br />

62 Prepared by JAMPRO.<br />

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