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Centralizing benefits, payroll and other human resources functions not only saves money and improves customer service, it also frees HR professionals to provide more strategic support. Most companies report 21 percent to 80 percent savings by switching their HR delivery mechanism to shared services. Shared services also enables HR professionals to focus on strategic support of the organization instead of being bogged down with routine administrative requests provides even more benefits. Most companies use a combination of outsourced and in-house shared services, depending on their industry, size and other characteristics. Hackett HR Practice Leader Stephen Joyce and Hackett research metrics are spotlighted in this BusinessWeek research report. Click Here to Link to Full Text of Article or visit the following URL: http://mediakit.businessweek.com/pdf/research/HR-Shared-Services- 2007.pdf (Due to its length, this URL may need to be copied/pasted into your Internet browser's address field. Remove the extra space if one exists.) For information on the Hackett research described in this press coverage, visit: http://www.thehackettgroup.com/news For press coverage of Hackett�s research and insights in leading business and trade publications, visit: http://www.thehackettgroup.com/press/ More information on The Hackett Group is available: by phone at (770) 225-7300; by e-mail at info@thehackettgroup.com; or on the Web at www.thehackettgroup.com. About The Hackett Group The Hackett Group, a global strategic advisory firm (NASDAQ:ANSR), is a leader in best practice research and advisory programs, benchmarking and transformation consulting services, including shared services, offshoring and outsourcing advice. Utilizing best practices and implementation insight from more than 4,000 benchmarking studies, executives use Hackett's empirically based approach to quickly define and prioritize initiatives, and to leverage proven strategies that enable world-class performance. Through its sister company REL, Hackett offers working capital solutions focused on delivering significant cash flow improvements. Hackett has worked with 2,700 major corporations and government agencies, including 88% of the Dow Jones Global Titans and 73% of the Fortune 100.