Outsource Magazine – Which “Shore” is the Right “Shore” for the SME?
As technologies converge facilitating the easy transfer of documents and data, and as communications improve to allow the provision of services anytime, anyplace, anywhere so the question has emerged in the world of SME outsourcing: “which is better onshore, near-shore or offshore ?”
Whilst the needs of a quality organisation (large corporation or SME) are similar, the problems they face are quite different. The majority of SMEs turn to outsourcing either through foresight – a business decision to concentrate on core activities – or as a result of a significant problem, which they believe outsourcing might fix. For larger organisations, on the other hand, the need will probably be primarily cost driven.
The character of the outsourced service is also quite different for these two beasts.
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