Essays on Outsourcing

Accenture has emerged as one of the leading global outsourcing companies in the world due to its costs effective outsourcing, technology and management services that have enabled many operations of their clients transform into successful businesses. The company has emerged a leading outsourcing services provider touching on many industries of business and industrial nature. The company has grown from a little known provider to a global giant that gives superb services that have transformed the operations of the organizations that have worked for. The company prides itself of giving cheat and fast services while working on a way to Continue reading...

Cathay Pacific Airline Limited, which was established in 1946, is a profitable airline that has its operations globally. The company has received many awards due to its efficiency in its operations. Nonetheless, the airline has experienced some challenges in its supply chain, particularly in maintenance, services as well as repairs. Therefore, to permit firm’s maintenance, it needs a sophisticated spare parts management process in its supply chain management (Chopra & Meindl, 2013).
- What are some particular supply chain management issues for spare parts operations that Robert (manager of inventory operations) and Paul (manager of procurement of aircraft components Continue reading...

Business Strategy

Competitive advantage can be defined as the advantage gained or accrued by a firm or company over other firms in a competitive industry. This is done by offering customers a greater value of the purchased products and through several mechanisms (Rumelt, 2003). Such mechanisms may include low priced goods, high quality products, and after sale services that are superior to competitors. Competitive advantage may stem from several factors such as economies of scale, integration and non- integration and process based core competences (Peteraf, 1993). To further understand the concept of competitive advantage, several theories have been put forward for Continue reading...

The Reasons Schools Contract Out their Services to Private Companies

The use of contracting services out to specialized service providers is increasing in school districts nationwide. Two of the most frequent areas where this practice occurs are in the custodial and transportation areas. The primary reason that this subcontracting of services is initialed is to save money. Many districts are struggling financially and service providers tout a huge savings while saving the school district’s administrative and other headaches in the process.
Relieving some of the headaches from administrators might sound well and good, but in truth, however, that in some cases, the subcontracting of services does save school Continue reading...

- Can schools be managed and operated like business?
Management of schools should take a form similar to any other organization that is geared towards achieving certain results. Management, in a general sense, involves several functions that lead to the coordination of peoples’ efforts in a manner that would make them achieve some desired goals and objectives. These goals and objectives are set by the management of these organizations that undertake the coordination of the said efforts. For the coordination to take place, there must be the deployment of certain resources that must also be used in an effective Continue reading...

CONCLUSION

CONCLUSION
Recent studies have shown that for the past decades, Seminole Industries had its share of success and failures. The company experienced its economic downfall in 2008 after reducing its factory orders from 8% in 2009 to 11% in 2010. With these losses, the company had to step up and take necessary measures to change its organizational structure in order to meet the ever-changing demands of globalization and become more competitive. Although the company was able to develop modern data center facilities to cater to the needs of their clients, it is unfortunate that the company was not able Continue reading...

Excellent communication is the key in achieving success in any field of business, especially in the line of business process outsourcing or BPO. The working environment in these companies is more diverse, stressful and challenging. Every day, many customers call their company’s contact centers to report a specific problem they encounter. Many foreign companies seek new ways of lowering their labor costs by investing in other countries with lower currencies such as China, Mexico, Philippines and India. As we move on to this paper, I will enumerate the seven reasons of the customers’ difficulty in relaying their technical Continue reading...

Abstract

Construction of Kamehameha V Post Office (Hi) building occurred in 1871 that used different and exceptional style of concrete bricks. It was the first building in Hawaii to use such style and design. It is a government building that has hosted and used for various functions within different agencies of the governments. The structure built and designed with concrete bricks and iron bars that resulted into a stronger structure that has amazed many up to the current times. It was built by Osborne and has remained one of the most important and ancient building that existed in the US Continue reading...

Introduction

One of the fastest growing industries in the world today is the airline industry, and still it is the one of the main industries affected by globalization. The aviation industry takes the responsibility of transporting people, posts, and goods in various destinations worldwide. The number of passengers travelling by air keeps increasing each single day according to the International Transport Association (IATA). The above realities indicate that the management of the aviation industry requires very effective executives who are able to take care of the rapid changing environment. The global microeconomic factors found in all businesses worldwide have significant Continue reading...

Several factors are considered when deciding whether to develop a new information in-house or to go for outsourcing. Total Cost of Ownership or TOC is an important concept when making such a decision. A firm needs to consider various factors when deciding to build in-house software. Sometimes, the firm does not have enough human resource to develop and implement a system itself. Since, a firm that is into other main business does not have extra human resources to work on the development of a new information system and at the same time providing support to the existing system. This Continue reading...

Although outsourcing has been important as a solution to shortages in labor supply, it has been noted to espouse problems. The term “outsourcing” refers to the staffing process that involves contracting third parties on jobs that can be performed by current employees. This implies that it will not constitute hiring a new accountant when the current one is seriously ill. Outsourcing, which can be both foreign and domestic, has been causing controversies on whether it is beneficial or problematic, since some firms have been experiencing varied results from it. Various authors have noted that the problems should be solved Continue reading...

Importance of logistics management and globalization

Introduction
Logistics management is an important part of any manufacturing company’s success rate; it basically controls and manages the movement of goods from one place to another, via rail, sea, air or road. Logistics management is that part of the supply chain management that plans, controls and implements the effective, efficient forward and reverse flow and storage of services, goods and necessary information between the point of origin and the point of destination, in order to meet the client’s requirements (Importance of Logistics, 2012).
In simple words, if an Indian company wants to buy capital equipment from Continue reading...

Surrogacy refers to an arrangement whereby a woman carries a pregnancy for another person, especially for individuals who cannot give birth. The rapid rise in outsourcing surrogacy has raised concern among people around the world. Some of the issues that develop from the practice include ethical concerns on women who offer themselves as surrogates, the women paying for surrogacy services, the agencies that contract such women, the government authorities, and the medical practitioners who build their practice around the practice. It is essential to identify the factors that contribute to the rise of surrogacy and outsourcing surrogacy, especially in Continue reading...

Warehousing is a process that involves the storage of wares or merchandise in large scale, in an orderly and systematic manner, for the sole purpose of making them suitably available when they are needed. Ideally, it involves a preservation process of goods in bulk from the moment of purchase or manufacture up to the time when their need arises. Warehousing is one crucial component of trade that demands great mastery and dedication if trade is to be successful (Nelson, 2000). This is because it creates utility of time by providing an over pass between manufacture and final use of Continue reading...

Part.1 Country Background:

- Neighbouring Countries: Gaza, Israel, Libya, Sudan,
- Territorial Size of the Country: 1,002, 450 square kilometres
- Size of the Population: 86,000,000 (2014 estimate)
- Type of Political System: Democratic System, multi-party system
- Who is the Prime Minister, President?

Acting Prime Minister: Ibrahim Mahlab

Acting President: Adly Mansour
- What Political Party is in power? Democratic Alliance of Egypt
- Derivation of the form of law: common, civil, other: The country has mixed legal system which is based on Napoleonic civic law and Islamic religious law.
- How would you classify its economic system? Egyptian economy is diversified and Continue reading...

Executive Summary

The athletes industry is highly competitive and unpredictable for organizations that venture. As such, the industry has been dominated by companies such as Adidas and Nike. Accordingly, the aforesaid companies that have sustained market dominance have controlled the sports apparel and footwear sector for decades. As well, the market dominance by the various companies has been as a result of clear comprehension of the market of operation. Nonetheless, Under Amour has emerged as a formidable force within the athletes industry. As a new company with less than 30 years of experience, the organization has been growing tremendously. Accordingly, the Continue reading...

Introduction

The case dwells upon a decision, which is to be taken by the Global Positioning System Navigator (GPSN) Manager Wally Wizard at the largest automobile manufacturer in the United States, Behemoth Motors Corp (BMC). The scope of the decision looks at two alternatives: 1) in-house production of 8,000 units of GPSN per months to be installed on the Sports Utility Vehicles (SUV), and 2) outsourcing of this production volume to reasonably new Far East Enterprises (FEE) Company under the terms of two-year contract. There are three critical aspects that should be considered as part of the decision-making process: Continue reading...

Yes, it is ethically defensible to outsource the production to the developing where the cost of labor is low. This is because people in the developed countries are not willing to work at the lower wages. The people in developing countries have the required skills, but they do not have the required resources available in order to start their work, so they become willing to provide labor at lower wages (Harrison & Learner, 1997). In this way, the companies get benefitted with the cheap labor and the people in developing countries can earn in order to support their families. Further, Continue reading...

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- Executive Summary
The main perspective of this assignment is to analyze the strategic alliance and its advantage for the company, with the name of Oslo Financial Services that is one of the world’s largest insurance founded specifically in the year 1958 by Stake Blackstrom and his campaign, Kevin Sandbech. The company, offers services in terms of insurance, life insurance, casualty insurance and property insurance The Company had grown tremendously well from last few decades due to its vast and active operations and its propensity to be in the strategic alliance with all of the Continue reading...

Background of the Issue

With increasingly difficult organizational structures and continuously evolving markets, modern companies face more severe competition. This competitive market environment is no longer determined by the high level supply and demand curve and product features, as it used to be somewhat forty and even thirty years ago. Contemporary businesses have to learn to compete on price and upstream effectiveness to be able to develop sustainable competitive advantage in their respective markets. Past decades put in focus an emerging trend of production and manufacturing outsourcing, where large corporation found a great cost advantage in offshoring their operations in lower labor cost Continue reading...

Debt and equity financing for an investment outsource

In the investment of technology, in an organization, the stakeholders will consider the benefits that will ensure that the value, share and wealth are raised. To consider the debt or the equity financing, they will evaluate the level of returns. Debt financing is where they take a loan so as to invest in technology development. Even though it does not dilute the business ownership, it has a number of shortcomings. Money must be paid in spite of the business success. It requires commitment of the business assets and to the extent of the personal assets as collateral.
On the Continue reading...

IT Management

Objective
Technology is one of the cornerstones for the success of any business organization in the contemporary market. However, technology is dynamic in nature, and changes rapidly from time to time. To keep up with these changes, an organization should keep updating its technology; otherwise, its technology becomes obsolete. This is particularly relevant in the case of publishing companies. In this case, the objective is to assess the implications of hiring a new leader to oversee the transformation of the information technology department in the Penguin Group Publishing Company. The company also intends to implement a reorganization and downsizing Continue reading...

Introduction

Nike and Adidas are the two top companies in the sports apparel industry. The two have aggressively put in place strategies to ensure they each attain great market share. Their promotional and advertising strategies employ creativity, innovation, and technology, which essentially explains why the two firms are market leaders in the sports apparel industry. The two companies also have continued to tap effectively into their key competencies in their effort to topple each other from the market leader in the sports apparel industry (Anthony, 2011). The promotional strategies have notable similarities and differences, which will be discussed in this Continue reading...

in its Foxconn, China Plant

Introduction

Interestingly, it takes five days and 325 sets of hands to make a single iPad (Topolsky, p. 1). These hands belong to most Chinese workers who are being paid about $1.78 an hour and labor 12-hour days? (Topolsky, p. 1). Apple, a global leader on smart phones and other computer devices, has been seriously criticized for its production practices for several years. This paper makes the case of Apple’s outsourcing in China unfair, illegal, and unethical even if it is the general system and practice in the country.
In exploring this viewpoint, this Continue reading...

Facilitator

Project management is a core practice in modern businesses. However, most managers do not understand the significance of this strategic business management practice. Project management is a helpful practice in business because it allows managers to plan for the project (Tria, 2003, p. 3; Dash, 2002, p.127; Ferdows, 2006, p. 8). Through planning, a manager allocates the available resources. Planning is necessary because of the scarcity of resources.
Project management enables an organization to execute a plan successfully without making grievous mistakes. A project that goes through all stages of project management can hardly fail (Thamhain, 2012, p. 10). Continue reading...

Alcan has no centralized IT management framework. As a matter of fact responsibility of IT is shared among various business groups. Every business entity functions independently with its own strategic IT plan, infrastructure needs, IT applications and services. The needs of the specific business group determine the IT objectives pursued by the organization. This culture of autonomy has been reinforced by mergers and acquisitions in its lifetime.
Autonomy in the management of IT services can be beneficial as well as detrimental. A decentralized management of IT services gives the organization absolute fief to design and tailor its IT services Continue reading...

In the past, Human Resource departments were seen as a mere complementary part of organizations, rather than a critical determinant of business success. Nowadays, business organizations perceive that the development of their human resources plays an important role in having advantage over their competitors (Hopkins & Markham, 2003). In the same time, technological developments have continuously made essential contributions to various aspects of business organization. Administrators, managers, and other staff have adopted technological applications in their business systems and departments, which include human resources. Although there are certain drawbacks and negative effects of utilizing technology in human resources, the benefits Continue reading...

AutoEdge is an American automotive supply company that produces engines and transmission parts. Our products are known for quality and dependability which are the features that have secured AutoEdge as a trusted supplier to the major automobile manufacturers in the US. In 2005, we decided to close manufacturing operations in the US and begin outsourcing to South Korea. This decision was driven primarily by competition. Our rationale was rooted on the premise that outsourcing to a reputable South Korean manufacturer would enable the company to retain profits and still maintain the delivery of high quality products. The strategy worked Continue reading...

Detroit was once the richest city in the entire United States. With an already established automobile manufacturing industry, Detroit after the Second World War experienced its highest levels of prosperity. However, Detroit today is a mere shadow of this prosperous and progressive city. Detroit’s vast rows of empty houses, dilapidated structures, abandoned factories, and decaying warehouses show how much of Detroit is left.
Moreland (2013) claims that the continuing decline of Detroit’s local economy is due largely to the effect of the US joining the North American Free Trade Agreement or NAFTA . He states that the continuous Continue reading...

Business Strategy

Levi’s business strategy is to maintain its brand image of offering not just higher quality jeans, but the original product from which the generic came from. All other products are knockoffs of Levis. Levis wants to beat its competitors by exempting itself from the pricing game.

Economics

The numbers coming in between 1990-1994 should be considerable cause for concern for the executive team at Levi. Running the numbers shows that from1993 to 1994 Levi’s net income was down 34.8%. This sort of decay factor points to more problems down the road and is reflective of a shifting market.
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Purpose

Procurement outsourcing is usually utilized to reduce costs for goods and services. Acquisition of goods and services can be outsourced with the help of a third party, for example, a procurement outsourcing company. Outsourcing of business operations will result in cost reduction, efficiency of business processes, enhanced compliance, increased competitiveness, increased revenues, and offer an opportunity for the Company to focus on its core competencies.
According to Above the Standard Procurement Group Inc. (2012), many companies do not have enough internal staff or the level of expertise of internal staff engaged in procurement is low. Therefore, internal staff cannot Continue reading...

Quality and Project Management

SWOT analysis helps an individual or an organization to identify internal (Strengths (S) and Weaknesses (W)) and external (Opportunities (O) and Threats (T)) factors for success. The analysis then enables the individual or organization to focus on exploiting strengths and opportunities while addressing weaknesses and threats to improve performance. There are also other factors that affect a person or organization’s performance, which include political, economic, social and technological (PEST) factors. A PEST analysis considers each of the external forces particularly how they affect a person or organization. This is followed by the development of a plan for dealing Continue reading...

Summary

The worldwide bestselling book by Thomas L. Friedman “The Word is Flat. A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century” examines globalization in the start of the 21st century. In the entire book, Friedman assists the reader to perceive the globe as a level playing stage, whereby traditional issues of geographical, as well as historical divisions, are becoming inappropriate, and all the competitors have an equal chance. In his book, Friedman depicts the way globalization has broken the boundaries of countries and is transforming the globe into an interconnected, flat world. The author looks at influences that shape businesses and Continue reading...

Introduction

Every department of an organization strives hard for the sharing of their contribution in the economic prosperity of the company and the presence of every department is essential for an entity. Among numerous departments, usually found in an organization, the name of Operational Department is one of them. Operational Department is one of the most important departments from the viewpoint of an organization and no organization could be in the sake of economic prosperity without having an effective Operational Department in particular .
Operational Department is a department which usually looks over the transparent move in the actions and behaviors Continue reading...

Candidate Number: 004438-0045

Research Question:
Should the Embassy India outsource its IT services?
Theoretical framework:
Under the theoretical framework, the research explored the research question with an intention of providing full understanding of information technology. Deeper understanding of the research problem and how to go about it was the key in theoretical framework. With the guidance of research question, understanding outsourcing of information technology and possible consequences were researched. On the in-house, the research suggests that it is the best method for the right technology that will be profitable to the business. The research found out that in-house directly answered the problem Continue reading...

Response Paper - ‘Made in USA’

The article ‘Made in the USA’ On The Rise As Manufacturing Costs Drop by Moodley (2012) is an interesting compilation of Boston Consulting Group and other empirical studies on the newest trends in manufacturing and production operations across the globe. The argument that the article is trying to make is that we are moving towards the new era, where previously clear and well established practices of labor outsourcing to less cost-intensive countries set the dynamics of the international business environment. The core of the author´s argument is the statistics that reflect current trends of international companies, such as Continue reading...

Management

Abstract
This paper describes Smiths Information Services Inc. Data centre outsourcing options. As part of corporate overhead reduction program Smith’s Information Service Inc., is faced with a variety of options with regards to outsourcing its data centre management services. The paper reviews the business outsourcing alternatives, short term and long term considerations with data security, service-level agreements, and HR and client issues being of major concern. It will also discuss contractual parameters for the outsourcing process as well as evaluation criteria proposed to be included in the RFP. Finally, the paper will discuss vendor particulars and timeline for Continue reading...

- Globalization and burgeoning technology/innovation that shrink product-life-cycles, coupled with global competitor’s quality and price, brings goods to the USA adding to 80-90% mega-competition for most consumer goods sold in USA, compared to <25% in 1950’s. Equally, global companies compete severely and challenge US firms abroad.
- The U.S. and Eurozone economies play major roles in the world economy and are crucially important for each other’s prosperity. The two sides combined account for around 40% of world GDP, over 25% of world trade, 60% of world foreign direct investment flows, and 60%-70% of world banking Continue reading...

Outsourcing refers to the process of contracting specific tasks, services, and business processes to outside contractors and entities. Outsourcing is one of the most effective strategies to increase operational efficiency, reduce costs, and tackle shortages of skilled labor. In the current era, business analysts utilize this perspective in different scenarios and they attain long-tern benefit from the perspective of outsourcing. Outsourcing is prevalent in all sectors of the economy including services, manufacturing, customer services, information technology, and retailing. The outsourcing trend is also increasing rapidly in the healthcare industry due to the challenges faced by healthcare enterprises. Many healthcare Continue reading...

Labor, GDP, and the Firm

1. Labor is an essential factor of production for all firms. The recent estimated unemployment rate of February 2013 is 7.7%. Economists have considered three types of unemployment, which include structural unemployment, frictional unemployment, and cyclical unemployment. Structural unemployment would affect General Electric more as compared to other forms of unemployment. The structural unemployment occur when there is a mismatch of the skills, the skills possessed by workers do not match the skills required for the job, which paves the way to the lack of demand for people having particular set of the skills (Gupta). Moreover, the advancement in Continue reading...