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?
