Shared Services Centers in the Netherlands

Your strategic location for bottom-line success

If you're thinking about establishing or consolidating a Shared Services Center (SSC) in Europe, the Netherlands is your answer. The Netherlands offers a:

• Strategic location and highly developed telecommunications and transportation infrastructure that ensures easy access to your European customers
• Skilled, multilingual, flexible and productive workforce
• Government and tax environment conducive to business
• International, service-oriented culture

Cost savings of up to 40% are not unusual with Netherlands-based SSCs - which is exactly why so many world-class companies have set up operations here, from Nike and Reebok to American Medical Systems and Sun Microsystems. They've discovered a combination of efficiencies in the Netherlands unmatched elsewhere in Europe.

Just look at what leading sources are saying about business in the Netherlands. For example, IMD's 2005 World Competitiveness Yearbook ranks the Netherlands #1 in Europe in terms of availability of skilled labor.

In another key criteria for SSC's, multilinguality, Ernst and Young rated the Netherlands #1 in Europe as well.

A recent study conducted by IBM found that the Netherlands had the right blend of qualitative and quantitative factors to make it an ideal place for an SSC. To view chart - click here.

If you're ready for improved efficiencies and lowered costs, click on the buttons below and discover the many benefits of setting up an SSC in the Netherlands. Be sure to see Companies Here for case histories from world-class companies revealing why they chose the Netherlands for their SSC.