The Outsourcing Dilemma
When it comes to outsourcing, the question of whether it is an advantage or disadvantage to a company still remains unresolved.
Dr. Wing Lam recently mentioned in his article entitled Outsourcing: Strategic advantage or disadvantage? that the cracks in outsourcing is starting to show and it is not a pretty sight. The reason why many outsourcing deals are showing "cracks" so to speak is because of their one-sided way of dealing with outsourcing deals. This means that all they aim for is the cost-saving goal that they want.
Many of these companies do not realize that there are risks involve in every outsourcing transaction despite claims that these are "risk-free". The only way to deal with these risks is to minimize them as much as possible and preparing for unforeseen circumstances.
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Outsourcing has both it’s advantages as well as disadvantages. If you wish to outsource your work to a company, you can minimize the disadvantages by choosing the right company to outsource by doing proper research on that company and outsourcing in general.
Comment by TeamGrowth on September 23, 2006 3:15 am