
Breaking up is always hard to do, especially when you and your partner are knee-deep in a multimillion-pound deal to transform back-office processes. But these messy divorces are not inevitable, with a bit of forethought and good contract discipline, outsourcing specialists at law firm DLA Piper say it is possible to avoid acrimonious staff custody battles and costly termination payments.
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Business Partnership Development Mission for the IT sector is a sector-specific export mission to the UK linked to the Internet World international trade show.
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Despite a jump in the very largest outsourcing deals, it seems businesses are increasingly turning towards smaller contracts. According to analyst house Gartner, the number of outsourcing deals worth less than US USD50 million increased in 2008 while those of more than US USD50 million actually declined.
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When there is an outsourcing failure in the application software area, “poor partner performance” is a reason that frequently appears in the post-mortem report.
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What service provider qualities or characteristics ultimately result in buyer satisfaction over the length of a relationship? We can answer this question from the data we collect and analyze through Outsourcing Center’s annual Outsourcing Excellence Awards program.
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Despite the natural advantages of outsourcing – cost-cutting, headcount reduction and ability to refocus on core competencies – offering a major positive in troubled times, firms are naturally suspicious of each other, knowing that financial stability cannot be taken for granted.
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When you consider outsourcing the goal is to have a more profitable company while simplifying the business processes. The objective here is to let the business owner have more time to do the more important processes.
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Indeed, more and more companies are closing and shutting down everyday and that is very disturbing, right?
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In the last decade, IT offshoring has been a tremendous boom to high-tech companies and enterprises alike, as a way to keep innovation flowing without breaking the bank.
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