Friday, February 18, 2005

Santa Monica Trip

I am out of town is sunny Santa Monica right now attending a conference put on by a potential new vendor of ours. Today, we had a session on outsourcing that was presented by Michael Corbett. Michael really had some good ideas on what companies need to do to capture the competitive advantage they seek through outsourcing as well as when and what to outsource. Here is just a taste.

Adopt a Repeatable Management Process for Deciding when to outsource

1. The Idea Stage

a. Question – Is this idea appropriate?

2. The Assessment Stage

a. Question – Is the assessment of need real?

3. Implementation Stage

a. Question – Is the Implementation the right deal?

4. Transition Stage

a. Question – How are we going to execute the transition?

5. Management Stage

a. Question – How do we change operationally after the transition?

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