Who Are The First People You Should Outsource To?I want to share with you today a really, really common question I get all the time. This is usually for the newbies who are just starting to outsource. As like me, Ive been through and when I first started looking at outsourcing my business, outsourcing all my tasks and get people to do the work, I go Who shall I outsource first to?, Where should I find the first person? I want to answer those...more
Likewise, a Lehigh Valley software development firm could send a person right over to your location to address the problem on your computers. This means that you could have real human being capable of answering questions and showing you how to do deal with issues right there in your office. This would obviously be preferable to dealing with an automated phone line or a website. You could get your issues dealt with by a real person that you...more
Most IT executives understand the basic planning requirements for offshoring the development of applications. Deciding which infrastructure activities can be offshored is relatively different, somewhat because the reliability of infrastructure affects business operations directly, and also because people who perform infrastructure roles work closely with other functions such as operations and third-party vendors. Given these "bottlenecks", managers planning a move must evaluate whether jobs under offshore consideration require proximity to senior management, application designers, vendors, or machines. Indubitably, any function requiring close access to any of these onshore resources is a poor candidate for offshoring. What's more, in some countries and industries, regulations limit cross-border access to customer data, so any role requiring such access would not be wholly transferable. Any entity that offshores work should take these elements into consideration for a seamless transition.The Offshoring Transition in Outsourcing By: Ovex Tech About the Author OvexTech is a provider of BPO services with presence in the US, China and Pakistan....more
Does your company have an Alumni Program? Many do, although most treat it rather like a corporate website; a necessary investment, but not one deeply aligned with the business strategy. Off late, many firms have come up in India and in other part of the world to cater to accounting needs of businesses across the world.When they pay the salaries of...more
They say that you cannot have everything at the same time. That everything in this existence has its positive and negative attributes. Simply put, that is the harsh reality of life that we should learn to accept and understand. Similarly, outsourcing is no different. Because even if it continues to be a booming industry in this day and age, it is still open to various risks that can short circuit its success.One of the things that you need to understand in outsourcing is that there are risks. Nowadays where more and more companies are now going for outsourcing, it is really impossible that it wont be exposed to risks. As outsourcing is a potentially risky endeavor. And if these risks are not managed well, it could ruin your outsourcing ventures. Therefore converting you as one of those people who equates outsourcing as a thumbs down sign.Today due to intense competition, having an expertise is incredibly important. For this reason, companies are practically left with little and sometimes, they dont even have any time at all so as to handle various aspects of their businesses. As a result, a lot of these companies are now becoming mainly dependent on outsourcing. However, the...more
Nowadays everywhere you go, tons of Outsourcing companies are operating day in, day out. It seems that Outsourcing is the leading industry in this day and age. For this reason, a lot of people tend to associate outsourcing with small companies that...more
There are some instances that outsourcing could be just as expensive as tackling the service internally, but can afford several advantages related to skills and expertise that are not otherwise found in using internal manpower. Sometimes, one of the...more
One reason for this behavior is that employees may feel threatened with the presence of the outsourcer and may feel insecure. This behavior may be their way of addressing their own insecurities. As a manager, it is one's duty to address the need to...more
There are some companies out there that make the mistake of assuming that outsourcing takes the burden of management off its shoulders, in relation to the function it passed on to the outside party. However, this is a misconception. Even if you...more
End-user satisfaction, however, is also one of the major sources of criticisms aimed towards outsourced services because of several factors, including the language barrier. The language factor is a major target of criticisms from both the public and...more
For small businesses, processing payroll can be very time consuming. Often times these functions do not add direct business benefits when conducted in-house. Payroll processing includes any function ranging from determining employee wages and...more