processes and labour management credentials . Another consideration was UnitingCare was very interested in whether the organisations we partnered with could support communities in the areas in which we worked .”
The chosen partner was the Indian software provider Wipro , named in 2017 as the most ethical company in the world . “ One of the things that attracted us to Wipro was that it is a truly global company , with a large Foundation driven by the company ’ s chairman Azim Premji . Wipro gives an amount of its revenues back to the community in the form of , among other things , support for education in India , community support programmes in India and the Philippines , and , of course , primary healthcare . We were determined to partner with a large organisation that had the depth and breadth of skills that can help support our growth .”
The transformation , largely completed in mid-2018 , has already reduced internal labour , lowered service delivery costs and improved the health of the IT environment . Though projected savings in the current financial year are expected to be minimal , by year 3 of the agreement savings are expected to reach $ 4.3 mil-
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