1.) What is outsourcing? For years, outsourcing has been on the mind of many business people but what one associates with the term outsourcing, might be conceived as something completely different by somebody else. The only common ground is the understanding to give a task or process that used to be performed internally to a [...]
The economic downturn is forcing organizations to review their current IT business processes. Increasingly Third Party Outsourcing (TPO) providers are reporting of being approached in regards to outsource EDI operations. Initially the decision on doing EDI is an easy one. It is considered of making a one-time upfront investment in hardware, software and development and [...]
A Definition of Outsourcing Outsourcing is all around us and has always been. It just has become more apparent in today’s difficult economic times. Unfortunately, outsourcing today is mostly associated with “Offshore Outsourcing”; meaning sending a certain function, business process or job to an oversea third party service provider, who has the ability to perform [...]
Who has not heard horror stories about failed outsourcing initiatives. Many organizations that attempt outsourcing often forget that the key to any successful outsourcing initiative is shared goals and good management. Often outsourcing is only seen as a way to save money quickly and there for implementations are rushed into, without the proper planning and [...]
Disclaimers: This post was originally posted on the LinkedIn Group “Outsourcing to Ukraine” by Alena Shechkova at the Ainstainer Group and has been republished on this Blog with her consent. This article is a shortened version of Jérôme Barthélemy’s – “The seven deadly sins of outsourcing.“ __________________________________________________________________________________ The Seven Deadly Sins of Outsourcing While outsourcing [...]
What are the indicators that would help you in deciding whether outsourcing network services should be an option considered? Network services and operations are a given in todays business environment. There are a commodity, like electricity, gas and water. As long there is not interruption to supply nobody thinks about it. It is just there [...]
Are you aware of the fact that offshore IT development outsourcing puts your software rights and confidentiality at considerable risk? Why is this, you ask? Offshore developers are not bound by the laws of your business location. If your rights are not adequately protected these offshore developers may come back one day and demand royalties [...]
Published by Oliver Schmid at 4954 IT Consulting, LLC Outsourcing is becoming more and more a viable option for many businesses. Reasons for outsourcing vary and can be increased-shareholder value, reduction of cost, improve operations, keeping up with competition, lack of internal resources, improve cash flow, turn fixed cost into variable cost and many more. [...]
