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5 Ways to Make Outsourcing Work [Infographic]

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outsourcing work

If outsourcing is a commercially viable option for you and you’ve made that leap, you still need to put some effort into making sure that the partnership is a positive experience both for your and your outsourcing partner.

The infographic below shows five focus areas for making sure your outsourcing relationship is a positive as possible.

outsourcing infographic

The 5 areas are:

  1. Make sure outsourcing is the right choice
  2. Choose your partners carefully
  3. Negotiate the right payment terms
  4. Manage the relationship
  5. Know when to break it off.

Posted on: December 16, 2020 08:00 AM | Permalink

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Eduin Fernando Valdes Alvarado Project Manager| F y F Fabricamos Futuro Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia
Very interesting., thanks for sharing.

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Md Rahman Project Manager| The Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) Sydney, Nsw, Australia
Great and concise ideas for outsourcing!!!

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Jean-Claude Greco Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
Thanks for sharing

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Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong
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Financial Management Specialist | US Peace Corps Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Hi Elizabeth,
This is the toughest of all as per our present experience .....#5 Know when to break it off.

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AHMED OURABY ABDALLA BAIOUMY El Dakhla, Wad, Egypt
I AM HAPPY WITH YOUR SPECIAL PRESENTATION.

THANKS.

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Stefano Galbusera Project Manager| Schneider Electric Robbiate, Lecco, Italy
Thank you for sharing. I would take it as a cheat-sheet to support my sub-contract review. I am glad to read a special focus on payments: sometimes set as a lower priority which gives an exposure to the execution.

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João Miguel Ferreira Senior Project Manager IT| Edison S.p.A Italy
Thanks for sharing.
Challeging to link the contract to the business benefits.

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Sunday Mordi Elalan construction company Ltd Express Way, Ojo, Lagos, La, Nigeria
Good presentation.

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Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States
Thank you for sharing, my 2 cents here:

Choose your partners carefully: It is really critical that we share ethics and some of the values. Some score cards don't include that, however I'm always challenging the status quo to add that.
Example - Will you outsource some organization that doesn't promote diversity? Sustainability? ...

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