Comments on: 10 Reasons NOT to Outsource

By: REZA SATRYA ARJAKUSUMA

REZA SATRYA ARJAKUSUMA — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:50:20 +0000

i’m absolutely agree with ismail comment..for long term, i don’t think it will the best strategy for us..

By: ismail

ismail — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 08:12:54 +0000

for a long-term strategy, outsource is not the ebst option.

By: jane

jane — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:20:38 +0000

You have a point, but on the other perspective it has it benefits, esp when applied on business. There are some good things about outsourcing that we cannot just generalize.

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By: Jonna

Jonna — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:20:36 +0000

Setting up an offshore company is very crucial, I suggest we really need to find a good one who can help us.

By: Remi

Remi — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 16:20:04 +0000

Bob:

This is certainly a very valid point, to be taken into account before starting any project. The way we address this issue for our outsourcing projects is either by locating the team in Mexico (around 20% more expensive than Asia though), and by having a project manager in the USA in charge of interfacing to the offshore team. That said, 12 hours (usually India for the USA) is the worst case because there is no convenient time for the 2 teams (inshore and offshore) to connect. It is a little better with China as we can have our daily stand-up meetings at 4:30 pm CST without creating much trouble on either side. A team located in Eastern Europe or Asia only makes sense when the time difference can help reduce the development times.

By: Bob Caine

Bob Caine — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 11:10:59 +0000

Another factor to seriously consider is the time difference. A 12 hour time difference can reek havoc on project management and employee attitudes. The time difference severely limits communication which can slow progress and effect the quality of the end result.

By: Khurram

Khurram — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:49:28 +0000

hi!

If outsourcing is that bad, so why companies are more tilting to outsourcing? because outsourcing gives more advantages than disadvantages.

Foremost advantage is cost effectiveness and time saving. Companies don’t need to make new infrastructure for their non core business segments and get high skilled labor in lower cost.

Khurram
http://www.isourcebiz.com