OutsourcingLeadership

Four Reasons You Need a Sourcing Advisor

The process of selecting the right outsourcing provider and building an agreement that brings both immediate and long-term value can be difficult and grueling. Fortunately, there are experts in the field who do this for a living and can bring tremendous ... Read >

The Termination Fee Trap

What is a termination fee? Simply, it is the pre-agreed fee that is paid by the buyer to the provider to prematurely terminate an outsourcing contract. There are actually several types of termination fees: termination for convenience, termination for ca... Read >

Are Savings Enough?

In the United States alone, we spend over $100 billion per year on outsourcing, and that number does not include transition and termination fees that result from deals that go south. If you are a chief information officer, transition executive or provider... Read >

How to Choose an Outsourcing Provider

An effective sourcing strategy is essential for organizations to remain competitive, especially given today's current economic downturn. An integral component of many strategies is pursuing outsourcing and ultimately the engagement of a third-party provid... Read >

Less Pain More Gain in Outsourcing

Maybe you're contemplating outsourcing or you've already made the decision to outsource. Either way, it's probable you have some doubts about transitioning your business services to the outsourcing provider. That is understandable - transferring business... Read >

The Most Common Sourcing RFP Mistakes

An outsourcing Request for Proposal (RFP) is different than the normal RFPs for goods and services that get produced by procurement departments on a daily basis. The outsourcing provider's proposed solution and project plan will be based on this RFP. A ... Read >