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Case study 07 · Managed Services
Transitioning 85 FTE from Staffing to Managed Services
A governance-led move that protected talent while improving speed and quality.
DSP product operations moved from an unsustainable third-party staffing model to a managed-service framework with clear accountability, career paths, process ownership, and automation.
90%employee retention
25%faster SLA timelines
23%quality improvement
40%reporting automated
The operating problem behind the symptoms.
The staffing model had become difficult to govern and scale. Accountability was diffuse, talent development was limited, and the structure could not keep pace with business growth. The transition needed to introduce a true managed-service model without losing institutional knowledge or destabilizing the workforce.
- Governance gaps and unclear accountability.
- Limited scalability and career development.
- High short-term attrition and knowledge-transfer risk.
A practical transformation sequence.
The work was organized around a small number of operating choices that could be governed, measured, and repeated—not a collection of disconnected initiatives.
Create cross-functional governance
Built a core team spanning HR, Legal, Operations, Product SMEs, and Lean Six Sigma, supported by RACI-based ownership.
Manage people, process, and technology together
Sequenced hiring, retention, knowledge transfer, process improvement, hierarchy, and automation as linked workstreams.
Lead the human transition
Used transparent communication, feedback loops, training, and backup hiring pipelines to reduce uncertainty and protect continuity.
What changed in the day-to-day model.
Before
- Staff augmentation
- Diffuse accountability
- Limited career pathways
After
- Managed-service ownership
- Defined governance
- Scalable roles and automation
Results connected to the intervention.
Talent protected
Ninety percent of employees were retained through the transition.
Faster, better delivery
SLA timelines improved by 25% and quality scores rose by 23%.
Greater operating leverage
Forty percent of manual reporting was automated and operational efficiency improved 12% within three months.
What made the change durable.
- A staffing-to-MSP transition changes the operating contract, not only the vendor name.
- Retention and knowledge continuity need explicit plans and measures.
- People, process, and technology workstreams should share one risk register and governance cadence.