WHY OUTSOURCE?
The Outsourcing Institute compiled
the top six reasons for outsourcing. How many apply
to your business?
Reduce operating costs
Improve company focus
Gain access to world-class capabilities
Free internal resources
Supplement internal resources
Bring control to complex, chaotic functions
Source: The Outsourcing Institute
Outsource (out-sôrs) 1. an approach to business used
by smart companies to reach markets faster, leverage
economies of scale, simplify supply chain management,
increase or add capabilities with little or no capital
investment, and free internal resources to focus on
core competencies.
Smart Resource Allocation
Successful businesses focus all their resources on
core strategic activities. IntegraCore makes that
possible - by relieving you of the headaches and hassles
that go with managing multiple vendors, meeting product
delivery deadlines, and coordinating thousands of
operational details. We're happy to handle the mundane
tasks that slow you down, so you can stay focused
on the success of your business.
World-class Capabilities
Replication, Duplication, and Assembly equipment is
expensive, complicated, and labor intensive. With
Conduit, none of that matters. We make it easy for
you to tap into the world's best new technology, equipment,
and techniques without making a large investment -
so you can go to market faster, increase efficiency,
and reduce your equipment and labor costs.
Control Your Costs
Outsourcing makes sense because it saves you money.
With Conduit, you don't have to buy or maintain any
expensive equipment, hire additional labor, or stay
ahead of an ever-changing technology curve. We're
happy to make those investments, so you don't have
to.
Join a Growing Trend
There are many reasons why outsourcing has become
standard practice for an increasing number of software
vendors and original equipment manufacturers. Shorter
product life cycles are forcing businesses to focus
their resources on core business activities and search
for ways to bring products to market faster. At the
same time, evolving user requirements are driving
a trend toward more customized products and services,
built to order and multi-vendor solutions, and faster
distribution.
Outsourcing has become so popular
because it squarely addresses these issues. Turning
to a trusted partner for peripheral business functions
allows an organization to refocus its energies on
core strategic activities. And quality outside service
providers offer a level of dedicated expertise, technology,
and infrastructure support that allows them to perform
specific functions more quickly and inexpensively
than in-house departments. Outsourcing gives organizations
the flexibility to meet the evolving needs of their
customers and deliver more products in less time.
As more businesses discover the value of these outsourced
services, the industry will continue to grow and develop.
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"To reap outsourcing's greatest
rewards, both client and vendor must trust each other."
The Confidence Game, CIO Magazine - Oct. 15 2001
"The ability to forge, manage
and sustain strategic sourcing relationships is increasingly
critical to competitive success." - "How
to Engage in a Strategic Sourcing Relationship",
By Les Blumberg
"At their best, outsourcing relationships
can go beyond just reducing costs to create real value…the
two parties must trust each other, even when the stakes
are high." - The Confidence Game, CIO Magazine
- Oct. 15 2001
"A good working relationship
requires constant evaluation and readjustment if it
is going to produce economic rewards…those rewards
will be much larger if both sides focus on cooperating
to create value over time." - The Confidence
Game, CIO Magazine - Oct. 15 2001
"Partnerships are here to stay.
In fact, if one were to poll the top 100 business
leaders in any industry, I'm sure they all would agree
that partnerships are an absolute necessity in today's
business climate." - "Partnering Today",
By Michael A. Berta Ph.D.
"Every organization has limits
on the resources available to it. Outsourcing permits
an organization to redirect its resources, most often
people, from non core activities toward activities
which serve the customer." - Survey of Current
and Potential Outsourcing End-Users, The Outsourcing
Institute 1998
Save time and money-and skip a few
headaches-by letting someone else fill your orders.
Entreprenuer.com July 06, 2001 By Dan Blacharski
Asset turnover, as measured by return
on assets, equity, or investment, grows substantially
when facilities and equipment are removed from the
equation, and when significant investments in hardware
and software can be avoided. Getting Outsourcing to
Work in the Supply Chain
By Robert Sabath
Supply chain outsourcing is generally
expected to be the single strongest direction within
the supply chain community during the next ten years.
Getting Outsourcing to Work in the Supply Chain
By Robert Sabath
Businesses are being challenged by
the need to increase their competitive advantage while
decreasing operating costs and improving performance.
In the most cases, outsourcing has provided a state-of-the-art
solution to the problem by allowing enterprises to
accomplish the following three critical goals: 1 Concentrate
on their core business. 2 Reduce total costs. 3 Meet
higher customer expectations.
Outsourcing Your Supply Chain Management
By Timothy W. Purkis
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