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Long viewed as a tactical tool for reducing operations costs, global sourcing has now become a strategic activity through which companies can flexibly adapt to business change.
November 20, 2009
July 28, 2009
A Return to Sole Sourcing?
When an outsourcing trend is headlined in the business press it’s a safe bet that it’s already embedded in the industry mainstream. Still, it was interesting to note in a July 17th article in The Economic Times -- Big IT to gain as global cos tap best-of-breed vendors – that “outsourcing customers plan to work with fewer vendors at lower rates.”
As an employee of a “best of breed vendor”, this would be welcome news indeed, if it was actually news. However, companies have been cutting back on the number of service providers several months; and in some cases for years. So, why is the shift away from multi-sourcing suddenly garnering press coverage and what’s driving it? Meanwhile, does this trend represent a return to the “your mess for less” era?
July 13, 2009
How do You Define Innovation?
When the global economy started to go down the tubes discussions about innovation and outsourcing all but disappeared from the business and IT industry press and blogosphere. Recently, though, the topic has reappeared. Either business is improving or some companies recognize there are other ways to survive and thrive in the downturn besides slashing budgets, canceling projects, and seeking lower service rates.
Curious as to which is the case, I spoke with a few Infosys clients to get their ideas outsourcing and innovation. The conversations, which by no means represent a statistically valid research sample, were mostly positive. Innovation has not completely lost out to cost cutting. If fact some clients see a positive connection.
December 14, 2008
A different take on shared services -- partner integration through global sourcing
A shared services environment is typically defined as one in which an internal organization is funded by and delivers IT and/or business process services to other groups within the same company. It is the opposite of outsourcing. Or, so I thought until a client told me about how his company is sharing its outsourcing capabilities and Infosys relationship with a key business partner.
October 28, 2008
On-site / Offshore Staffing Ratios: Your Mileage May Vary
Just in time for the U.S. elections, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security, released a report citing what Computerworld recently called a “…High Level of Fraud in H-1B Petitions.” An examination of 250-plus applications found that 13% were fraudulent and 7% had errors.
Predictably the report has gotten a lot of attention in the U.S. business and IT industry press. What is surprising, however, is that it was largely overlooked by the general news media, particularly given the quadrennial U.S. debate over immigration policies rages on.
Predictably the report has gotten a lot of attention in the U.S. business and IT industry press. What is surprising, however, is that it was largely overlooked by the general news media, particularly given the quadrennial U.S. debate over immigration policies rages on.
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August 21, 2008
Moving work offshore: It’s more than just numbers
Some time ago I got a call from a client I met at a conference last fall. His company had been acquired and he was part of a sourcing strategy team charged with reducing internal IT headcount. As they were asked to meet a target number that seemed unrealistic, he wanted to know the average number of jobs that mature outsourcers transfer offshore.
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- A Return to Sole Sourcing?
- How do You Define Innovation?
- A different take on shared services -- partner integration through global sourcing
- On-site / Offshore Staffing Ratios: Your Mileage May Vary
- Moving work offshore: It’s more than just numbers
- What do we mean by “outsourcing maturity?”
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