Jul

3

We’re a very small company that outsources work to computer programmers and artists in remote offices throughout the world.  The major problem with having workers in far-flung locations is that when you’re paying people by the hour, you really need to know that they’re working, not surfing the Internet.

When you’re all in one office in the same country, communication flows much more naturally. You can easily tap someone on the shoulder and ask him a question. But when you’re all over the place, you tend not to want to bother people with minor questions.

Ken Scharen, then CEO of One Remote Systems, a software company in Delray Beach, Florida.

Your company and your business process outsourcing (BPO) partner want to open that door towards mutual success; the key factor is constant and receptive communication.

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Jul

2

Contracting out your company’s work to be done by a third-party in another country, or off-shore outsourcing, is risky business. Then again, any business is always risky business.

When you understand the risks involved, you can work on overcoming these in order to gain rewards. It’s all about covering such pitfalls to winning windfalls for your company.

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Jul

1

There is a change to the way how outsourcing is being done, and this new change is improving how companies manufacture products and provide services all around the world.

Erik Bethke went on a business trip to South Korea and had a startling revelation.

Making sandwiches is fun.

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Jun

30

In the present political season of 2008, offshore outsourcing — the business strategy of employing lower-paid service workers in Asian regions; like the Philippines, to carry out tasks previously done by higher-paid “in-shore” workers — has become an important issue.

This issue has struck fear in some national economies like the US, whose labor sector seem unstable due to the constant flux of jobs being outsourced.

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