Over
the past five years, outsourcing has become an apolitical issue. The
public sector is prepared to cooperate with the private sector because
of the growing pressure to reduce costs and improve service quality.
The popularity of the Internet has thrust both businesses and governments
at every level into a rapidly changing environment where better service
- available 24/7- is setting a new standard Outsourcing is a natural fit to meet the changing needs
of government agencies around the world. For example, according to
a number of estimates, America's critical infrastructure (i.e. roads,
bridges, water/sewer systems, schools) requires more than $1.3 trillion
in upgrades and repairs to keep pace with the growing economy. Outsourcing
is helping to address this challenge by lowering costs, improving
quality, maximizing efficiency and avoiding the massive strikes and
lay-offs that haunt these types of projects.
Outsourcing, as an industry, is rapidly maturing. In fact, it is
becoming one of the tools most important to doing business in the
new millennium. Companies
no longer view outsourcing as simply an expense to one partner and
revenue to the other. Both outsourcers and their customers are
now recognizing the fundamental usefulness of these services in
re-engineering the business process, thus increasing shareholder
value. Alliances are being formed to enter new markets, and
to pursue common goals and new opportunities.
Even outsourcers themselves
are forming alliances with other outsourcing
suppliers
enabling them to reliably offer
comprehensive services
to their own customers.
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