{"id":3957,"date":"2019-07-02T20:14:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T20:14:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/?p=3957"},"modified":"2022-09-02T08:47:42","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T08:47:42","slug":"popular-locations-for-shared-services-in-asia-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peeriosity.com\/shared-services\/articles\/2019\/07\/popular-locations-for-shared-services-in-asia-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"Site Selection for Shared Services in Asia-Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

For companies that have moved beyond a country-by-country design to leverage scale across geographies, the most common model is to have a physical location that supports one or more geographic regions.\u00a0 Servicing business activity in the Asia-Pacific region often means having a Shared Services center in the region, in addition to opportunities that may exist for global processing<\/a> from an Asia-Pacific location<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Making the location decision for Asia-Pacific, or fine-tuning a decision that\u2019s already been made, isn\u2019t easy.\u00a0 While it\u2019s possible to hire a consultant to provide insights into this issue, for many a better alternative is to network directly with peers who have direct experience, without any bias or reasons to influence your decision, other than to candidly share their insights and opinions with the hope that others can benefit. \u00a0\u00a0Fortunately, members of Peeriosity\u2019s Shared Service Leadership best practice research<\/a> community are well-positioned to understand and learn from the actual experiences of leading peers; all within the safety and security of being part of a private professional research network, with access, restricted to peer practitioners. <\/span><\/p>\n

iPollingTM<\/sup> Results Review
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A recent Peeriosity poll created explored the locations commonly selected in Asia-Pacific, and the range of reasons for the selection.\u00a0 With regards to the primary location, 33% have a primary regional location<\/a> in India and 24% have a primary regional location in Malaysia.\u00a0 Other popular choices included China, Singapore, and Australia, with several selecting the Philippines or New Zealand.\u00a0 Here are the details:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ipolling:<\/span><\/p>\n

When exploring the primary reason a country was selected, 50% was because of favorable labor quality and low cost.\u00a0 For 40% the primary reason was tied to where the company already had a presence, including being headquartered in a country, with the remaining 10% based on other factors.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"ipolling:<\/span><\/p>\n

Here are a few of the comments from Peeriosity members:<\/span><\/p>\n