Dell to sell?
September 7, 2008

Dell Inc. has decided to go for outsourcing in computer manufacturing quite comprehensively. If you wonder why more outsourced factories are coming up in different Asian companies, this could be the answer for you—Dell is trying to reduce its manufacturing costs. The company is trying to sell its North American factories to reduce manufacturing costs and use the services of contract manufacturers. Dell Inc. happens to be the second largest computer maker and according to the Wall Street Journal’s report on Friday, Dell is trying to sell most of its factories within the time period of one and half year.

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Top Three Hurdles of Offshore Outsourcing
September 5, 2008

In the recent IBM Rational Software Development Conference, executives from several companies discussed about major hurdles of sending and managing projects to offshore locations like India and China. Following are the three major obstacles of offshore outsourcing:

  1. Attrition Rate
  2. Communication
  3. Metrics & Measurements

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The future of offshore outsourcing in the eyes of Sen. Obama
September 4, 2008

Now you are a bit worried about the attack made by Sen. Barack Obama on offshore outsourcing in his acceptance speech in the Democratic presidential nomination on Thursday night? Well, there are wide-spread rumors as to what might happen in the near future—for a long time, the offshore outsourcing industry has been awaiting silently a sort of trend change that could affect many people around the world—could it be this!

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TCS profit grows by 2% to $ 296 million in Q1
July 17, 2008

Rigorous cost control and operational efficiency are quoted as the main reasons for the TCS profit growth.

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Outsourcing vs. Offshore Outsourcing Customer Service
July 14, 2008

Is it better for companies to outsource customer service to a domestic vendor or to an offshore outsource vendor?

WSJ article suggests that in both cases companies ACSI score declines from 1% to 5%. For more details read the article

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