Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by
M. Ali Nasim
I came across a nice comprehensive comparison of the Captive and Outsourced business model in an article from Graham Russell, who leads Global Transaction Processing for pharma giant AstraZeneca. He has compared the pros and cons of each model as applicable to different indsutries, processes and business scenarios. My stance on the topic is:
Based on how things have changed and [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by
admin
A widely-debated topic these days is the impact of US sub-prime crisis on outsourcing. I came through an interesting question on LinkedIn from Phil Fersht, an outsourcing advisory guru who runs a blog ‘Horses for Sources’. Following is my take on that:
World is getting flatter at all ends
World is getting flatter at all ends… [...]
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Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by
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A key option to consider while making your outsourcing/offshoring decisions is that of ‘Captive Teams’. The middle-ground between the captive centers and a 3rd party outsourcing provider is to have captive teams (dedicated resources) contracted through an outsourcing provider.
Best of both the worlds!
This gets closest of getting the benefits of both the worlds. With a [...]
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