Table 2.

Detailed timeline of interventions detected during the FAO transition process

PeriodManagement actionIntervention type
CI, EI, TI, SI
Management level
C
O
Jun 2008Initial idea to have the same SP as at the corporate level for the offshore subsidiary
Budgeting of the possible FAO process
Agreement of the scope of the FAO process
CIC
Jun to Aug 2008Designing the service contract at the corporate levelCIC
 Designing the service contract at the operational levelCIC, O
 GoLive roadmap, planning of all activities to be done during the transition processTIC, O
Aug to Nov 2008Setting up a cross-functional
Interorganizational team
CI
EI, SI
C (OC)
O
 Detailed analysis of current accounting processesEI, SIO
 Analysis of data concerning the volumes and quality of transactions of each accounting processCIC (OC)
O (SP)
Nov 2008 to Jan 2009Steering group meetings, 4CI
CI, EI, TI
EI
C (OC)
C (SP)
O (SP)
 Operational meetings, 10CI, EI, TI
EI
C, O (OC)
O (SP)
 Planning of the information tehcnology
Analyzing and testing of the work processes
EI
TI
O
C (OC)
 Reeducation session of the cross-functional and interorganizational teamTI, SIO
 Pricing negotiations
Definition of the processes connected to transaction-based pricing
EI
CI
O
C
 Payroll process analysisEI
EI
CI
O
C (OC)
C

Notes:

C = corporate management level; O = operational management level; OC = outsourcing company; SP = service provider; CI = commanding intervention; EI = engineering intervention; TI = teaching intervention; SI = socializing intervention

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