Originally Posted by
DAL 88 Driver
Absolutely right! This obsession with outsourcing is a business fad that we are having to suffer through right now. I predict that in a few years from now, business school textbooks will include a discussion of this era in business as an example of what not to do. People will just shake their heads and say, "what the heck were they thinking??!"
alright you got me thinking so I'm going looking for the best why you should be outsourcing quotes from all of those grade inflated ivy league business skools. There is a whole lot of nothing said in several articles imcluding outsourcing articles from HBR but I'm finding quotes of quotes that go back aways such as below: (mind you this is all done on iphone):
James Brian Quinn and Frederick G. Hilmer, “Strategic Outsourcing,” Sloan Management Review (Summer, 1994): 43-55.*
Most companies can substantially leverage their resources through strategic outsourcing by: 1.* developing a few well-selected core competencies of significance to customers and in which the company can be the best-in-the-world, 2.* focusing investment and management attention on these core competencies, and 3.* strategically outsourcing many other activities where it cannot be or need not be best.* There are always some inherent risks in outsourcing, but there are also risks and costs of insourcing.* When approached within a genuinely strategic framework, using the variety of outsourcing options available and analyzing the strategic issues, companies can overcome many of the costs and risks.***