Retirement ServicesRightSourcing

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RightSourcingright·source (rīt′sôrs′)

transitive verb rightsourced-·sourced′, rightsourcing -·sourc′·ing

to transfer (information technology, operations, administrative activities, etc.) to outside contractors, esp. so as to reduce one's operating costs;

to accomplish said transfer and cost reduction without the high risks and management difficulties generally associated with transferring such functions offshore;

to combine high levels of subject matter expertise with lower cost onshore wage rates to produce an ideal solution.

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The Emergence of RightSourcing

In a word…… Initial movement towards IT and BP offshore resources determined cost benefit largely and somewhat simplistically on capacity and unit labor costs. After two decades of experience and a good number of studies, large firms now employ a far more sophisticated cost benefit approach to the onshore/offshore decision.

Capacity, unit labor rates and many previously missed and hidden costs along with new unexpected costs are evaluated throughout the decision making process in order to understand and properly prepare for an outsourced solution.

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Initial offerings

Initial approaches

Lessons learned

The Emergence of RightSourcing

More recently……. US based IT and BPO companies have moved boldly and aggressively to compete with offshore providers.

Looked at narrowly, US based unit costs of labor are not quite as low as firms in India and China, but when total costs for outsourced solutions are accounted for, the pricing become quite competitive.

Managerial headaches and client discontent common in offshore solutions, disappear.

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New developments

Surprising opportunity

Welcome benefits

The Emergence of RightSourcing

Now ….. Companies looking at their own internal IT/BPO costs no longer need to choose between keeping the functions in-house and outsourcing to Asia. There are still business functions where the best choice may be to go offshore, but it’s not a given that offshore is the only shore.

Depending on the particular function, company, industry and numerous other factors, onshore solutions may often provide: significantly greater productivity; increased levels of quality, service and satisfaction; and reduction in cost and risk.

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Real alternatives

Still reasons to offshore

Compelling reasons to onshore

Enterprise Iron RightSourcing

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Enterprise Iron’s RightSourcing model is grounded in a few basic fundamentals: Outsourced corporate functions benefit most when the trade-off between lowered costs and increased

risks is optimized.

Trade-off optimization varies greatly depending on many factors including: industry; function / process type; regulatory and business stability and structure; culture, language, distance, time zones; etc.

Business functions and processes can achieve optimal results by teaming lower cost resources with the right number of industry experts in facilities that exceed requirements in economically friendly onshore regions.

Optimization is synergistic; once transitioned, cost continues to decrease by implementing improvements made possible because the outcomes are greater than the sum of their parts (lower labor rates, industry expertise, facility, economically friendly location and process improvements).

Onshore solutions achieving optimized outcomes can economically compete with offshore solutions while avoiding all offshore downsides (risks, stability, foreign control, client concerns, cultural, lingual issues, etc.).

Offshore RiskThe prevailing wisdom among large US firms is that going offshore, while containing higher risks, and often substantial management difficulties, delivers the cheapest labor rates. In some cases, this is correct. This perspective, however, limits possibilities, and narrows vision.

It is important to be explicit about all the potential avenues of offshore risk:

Contract Limitations: US financial institutions run very specific businesses, with a very specific client base. Some client contracts stipulate that outsourcing to foreign entities is not permitted.

Fiduciary Risk: In the case of some of the specific, transactional functions, errors in Asia will be paid for in the US. Intellectual Property Protection: Protecting intellectual property (IP) is vital when bringing on an outsourcing firm to

work on a proprietary project. Many countries abroad – most notably in the Far East – have gained a reputation for not fully observing copyright laws and legislation relating to Intellectual Property (IP) and identity theft protection.

Location, Location, Location: One of the key reasons domestic outsourcing is a more favorable option versus an offshore option is the close proximity of the operation to the firm’s site.

Language Barriers: One of the most obvious quandaries of an offshore set-up is the language issue. A North American company dealing with a North American outsourcer can rest assured that both parties will communicate in clear understandable English; the same cannot necessarily be guaranteed when dealing with a foreign entity.

Political/Financial Stability: Another value of domestic outsourcing is the political and financial stability in North America. A quick glance at any major newspaper or media outlet will highlight the nefarious actions taking place in many parts of the world.

Summary: In the right situations, an offshore outsourcing strategy is a perfectly sound tactic for firms. However, if you’re a North American financial institution, there are multiple factors that have to be taken into consideration when determining an outsourcing solution. With the Enterprise Iron onshore “RightSourcing” solution, processes can be outsourced onshore, delivering considerable savings – both through lower unit costs of labor, and the additional productivity that comes from our deep knowledge of financial operations.

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The EI RightSourcing SolutionRobust & Secure Facilities, Rapid Deployment, Sustainable Savings

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The Enterprise Iron Facilities

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South DakotaAfter considerable research, Enterprise Iron chose South Dakota as the location for its RightSourcing offering due to a combination of characteristics that make it unique. Red tape is minimal. Taxes are low. Private sector vendors are quick, and extremely responsive. Crime rates are among the lowest in the nation.

South Dakota Labor Pool In short, overall about 60% of South Dakota’s work force has education beyond high school and only 10% of the workforce does not have at least a high school diploma. To bring this into perspective, the high school drop-out rate is only 1.2%, and 89% of graduating seniors go on to higher education. Our employees are intelligent, come from a community with a cultural tradition that values hard work, and all have English as a first language.

South Dakota FacilitiesOur primary location is a seven story building with modern employee elevators. Alarm systems are in place and regular fire and emergency evacuation drills are held. The building has a 15KW generator that will power the entire facility if a power interruption occurs. A robust Business Continuity Plan is in place, and its various elements are tested on an annual or biannual basis.

The Enterprise Iron Facilities

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SecurityOur current baseline setup has each floor accessible only with a magnetic key. The elevators are also controlled in a manner in which only authorized personnel can enter the specific floors that they work on, again via magnetic key. The building, however, is configured in such a way as to be extremely flexible. Security vendors are in place, and any additional security required by a client can be installed and configured rapidly. If desired, security guards can be assigned.

Bandwidth & Network CapabilitiesWe currently have our bandwidth set at 20Mb, and can, with a phone call, increase that to 50Mb, a 100Mb, 1Gb, and upwards for both upload and download. This connection is also SONET ring protected by the bandwidth provider for failover and redundancy of the entire network. A VPN connection can easily be setup between client locations and our facility. The building is intelligently networked, with equipment and software suitable to provide network security at the high levels required by our financial industry clients.

The EI Model: Management

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Enterprise Iron utilizes low wages rates and high productivity of South Dakota employees – producing basic operations that are much less expensive than the in-house costs our clients pay.

Enterprise Iron manages those employees with high level managers –generally using teams of ten, including one senior SME and nine lower cost employees.

The blended rate of these teams is slightly higher than the costs that might be obtained offshore in Asia, but this unique model unleashes possibilities for both additional cost savings, and higher client satisfaction, through:

1. Faster deployment of the solution;2. Much higher productivity per unit of labor;3. The ability to optimize client processes;4. The ultimate goal of combining highly trained and well managed

employees, using optimized processes, to reduce the total number of people required to achieve the same production.

The EI Model: Transition

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Enterprise Iron uses a proprietary transition process called “T-Link” to move client business functions to its facilities.

INSTITUTIONALIZE STABILIZE OPTIMIZEStrategicApproach

Stages TransitionPlanning

TransitionPilot

EI Site Readiness

ParallelOperations Migrate

• Current Stateassessment

• Develop transition plan

• Staff planning, skills review,

• Pricing• Site visit• BCP Plan• Establish Pilot

team

Monitor

• Document all processes

• Knowledge transfer of applications & tools

• Develop & deliver training

• Establish communication process for Client home and onshore teams

• Technology & comms setup

• OJT for Pilot team at TC locales

• Continue with training for each tranche of on-boarded personnel

• Build-out for Operations readiness

• Implement & test comms, technology, security, access

• Test disaster recovery

• Develop SLAs• Develop SOPs• Overall Operations• Problem Escalation• Reporting Systems• SystemsTools/user

manuals• Metrics

• Pilot team returns to train new recruits in Millbank

• Shadow and “buddy” system established

• Previous agreed upon transfer of plans and processes are cut over

• Validate transaction processing, establish metrics and refine service levels

• Complete migration of teams and processes to Millbank

• 100% volume transfer

• Reviews and audits conducted

• Formal client reporting established

• Change and Process Improvement program assimilated into daily operations

EI Site Readiness

ParallelOperations Migrate Monitor

RightSourcing ServicesEnterprise Iron offers three types of RightSourcing, designed to fit your unique needs

Full Rightsourcing

CollaborativeRightSourcing

Call Center

RightSourcing

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An entire business function is moved to our onshore facilities.

All management and processing is handled by Enterprise Iron staff.

Client has known costs, and productivity is assured by detailed SLAs.

A business function is partially moved to Enterprise Iron facilities.

Combines client and Enterprise Iron management and staff to optimize processes.

Client has flexibility to expand or contract staff for seasonal or market fluctuations.

Additional Call Center support is available for client facing processes.

Expertise and management of business processes are shared with the Call Centers, enabling 2nd and 3rd level escalation support.

Bilingual (Spanish) support possible.

EI Retirement RightSourcing

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Retirement RightSourcing

Operations Production (Pay-In and Pay-Out)Execute enrollments, contributions, asset transfers and withdrawals for Pension and IRA product clients while meeting service level agreements. Enrollments Contributions Asset Transfers Withdrawals

Production Support and ControlsContinuously monitor controls, and identify and eliminate defects in client production environments. Serve as a central organization to perform independent quality assurance, root cause analysis, investigations, data aggregation and implement improvements. Participant Cash Operations Tax Operations Quality Risk and Controls Operations Customer Care Participant Values and Centralized Adjustments Operations Analysis and Implementation Transactional Integrity and Investigations

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Plan Sponsor ServicesSupport and seamlessly deliver new regulatory capabilities, products and services in the Institutional & Individual Operations unit. Defining, implementing and continuously improving service commitments clients have with their institutional clients. Plan Audits ERISA 5500 Plan Reporting Operations' Support of the RFP Process for New Institutional

Mandates New Plan, Product and Service Implementations

Decision SupportEnable client Operations teams to meet their goals with support in the following functions: Training and Communications Procedure Documentation Metrics Reporting Program and Project Management

Treasury OperationsEnsure that all Individual and Institutional Participant cash transactions are processed timely and accurately. Additionally, support daily fund trades, trade settlements, dividend, and capital gain allocations, as well as verify tax withholdings and facilitate reporting to participants and regulatory agencies. Participant Cash Contributions / Distributions Tax Operations Fund Operations

Enterprise Iron, with its considerable experience in the highly specialized field of Retirement Services, is capable of providing superlative value to its clients. Potential candidate functions for our Retirement Services RightSourcing include:

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Contact Enterprise Iron

For more information see our website:http://www.eifis.com

Contact Information:

485C Route 1 SouthSuite 350

Iselin, New Jersey 08830

Email: info@eifis.com

Phone: +1.888.242.4682