Guessing is not a strategy: How to build decision velocity with AI and real-time data
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Use the Outsource, Luke
Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.
Outsourcing can be the answer to a number of difficult questions:
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How can we temporarily increase our workforce until we can get full-time employees in place?
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Is there a way we can add personnel during periods of high volume work?
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Can we get trained individuals to cover for staff that are on leave or disconnected from the office?
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How can we increase our resources if we don’t have the facilities and other resources to accommodate more people?
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Can we work with someone to help develop solutions since our workforce is stretched pretty thin or doesn’t have the proper training?
When used as a quick fix or behind-closed-doors hiring process, however, the results can be lackluster and even detrimental. Too many firms have incorporated outsourcing into their business model because of opportunities for short-term gains--and without giving consideration to the potential for repercussion.
Outsourcing ‘R’ Us
Here are the top four arguments that are often made for introducing outsourcing solutions in a company:
1. By outsourcing projects/jobs, they will cost less to the company.
Steadfastly, this is not true. This mistake is often made because of the allure of promises regarding incredibly fast product/service turnaround or significantly cheaper wages.…
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