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Outsourcing A practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside suppliers rather than completing it internally. Notes: Outsourcing is an effective cost-saving strategy when used properly. It is sometimes more affordable to purchase a good from companies with comparative advantages than it is to produce the good internally. An example of a manufacturing company outsourcing would be Dell buying some of its computer components from another manufacturer in order to save on production costs. Alternatively, businesses may decided to outsource book-keeping duties to independent accounting firms, as it may be cheaper than retaining an in-house accountant.Outsourcing Purchasing a significant percentage of intermediate components from outside suppliers. |
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More often than not, the business case for business-process outsourcing is built almost exclusively on expense reduction through labor arbitrage. We're really all about a labor arbitrage play," said Cadforce President and Chief Executive Robert Vanech. Suppliers that fail to fully exploit the labor arbitrage of low-cost labor markets, as well as new technologies, will become the dinosaurs in this new era of high-value outsourcing," Bendor-Samuel added. |
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