| With the invention of the World Wide Web, distances | | | | for new and unknown providers, just because they |
| are no longer calculated in miles or kilometers. | | | | are offering a "competitive" rate. |
| Everyone and anyone is just a "click" away. Once an | | | | The real purpose of outsourcing is to save both time |
| item or article, is manufactured, the World automatically | | | | and money. Hence expectations from the service |
| becomes its market. This is where offshore | | | | provider should be time-bound. The country of the |
| outsourcing services come into play. | | | | service provider should afford a good exchange rate |
| Organizations these days have to divide their activities, | | | | for the currency of the parent organization. This |
| into "core activities" and "non-core activities" and | | | | serves a dual purpose. The employees of the service |
| concentrate their expertise only on the core activities. | | | | provider will be content, because they feel they are |
| The rest they simply outsourced. For example, if an | | | | receiving "High" wages; whereas the parent company |
| organization is manufacturing memory chips: that is all it | | | | will feel, they are getting excellent service for a very |
| has to do. It can outsource the customer support, | | | | "Low" wage. The employees of the service provider, |
| payroll, marketing, advertising and the like. In fact, the | | | | though working for the parent-organization, are not its |
| entire paper-work and documentation can be safely | | | | direct workers. Hence, there is no provision for paying |
| handed to the service provider. | | | | them perks such as provident fund, gratuity or pension. |
| However, there are several things to be considered | | | | This saves you a lot of time, money and efforts |
| carefully before actually outsourcing an activity, more | | | | involved in recruitment and employee retention. |
| so, if you want to outsource it offshore. Here are | | | | Developed Countries, can safely outsource their goods |
| some essential "tips", when dealing with offshore | | | | to their erstwhile colonies. The reason for this is, there |
| outsourcing services. | | | | will be neither a "Language-Problem" nor a "Clash of |
| First and foremost, the chosen service provider should | | | | Cultures." Continuity is always easier to handle. |
| have the expertise in the required field. Only after they | | | | Asia, be it South-Asia or the Far-East are the areas, |
| pass this "acid-test", should the next step be | | | | where you should set your sights on. Because these |
| contemplated. The service provider should sign a | | | | are the nations where - apart from having all the |
| water-tight legal contract, which will ensure that all its | | | | essential pre-requisites for offshore outsourcing |
| actions are strictly regulated. | | | | services - there is great political stability. As they are |
| As there will be several monetary transactions, it is | | | | mainly democracies, they have a business-conducive |
| wise to choose a service provider with an impeccable | | | | environment. If however, you are looking for a lot of |
| reputation and record. It is advisable to hire service | | | | discipline, then the former regions of the "Soviet Union" |
| providers that are already in the field, rather than go | | | | are ideal regions for providing R&D facilities. |