tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103235934641180.post7194264059342379369..comments2024-03-27T15:28:15.632+00:00Comments on FREEKY BUSINESS: The hidden dangers of outsourcingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103235934641180.post-90549970059681852432010-11-07T08:27:33.039+00:002010-11-07T08:27:33.039+00:00First - very glad you're posting again!
Re ou...First - very glad you're posting again!<br /><br />Re outsourcing, I believe the main problem is that people do not understand how parts of their companies work together - how they are coupled. You can outsource what is loosely coupled. Tightly coupled can't be outsourced. <br />The problem is that the level of coupling is often very hard to determine until one actually tries.<br /><br />Information flows are especially problematic, because they often involve informal channels that would simply cease to exist in decoupling.<br /><br />I believe that trying to decouple information rich systems where the information is not well understood/specified means outsourcing will be more expensive than keeping it in house. Your patent example from a latter post is a good one for this too, as the by-product (understanding the competitors) is probably not a formal part of the process.<br /><br />BTW, on what the executive suggested - there may be value in being able to orchestrate, but it has to be a dynamic system ala supply chain (say Li&Fung seems to be good at this). So I could see a virtual airline where you'd be effectively a broker between plane-operators and people wanting to fly. Not sure how much value one could capture there though.vladenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1930103235934641180.post-39490223756599963742010-11-01T12:22:55.402+00:002010-11-01T12:22:55.402+00:00Dear Mr. Vermeulen,
Very interesting topic! Despi...Dear Mr. Vermeulen,<br /><br />Very interesting topic! Despite the inconsistant reasoning of the senior executive, I can still understand why he made such a remark in the first place.<br /><br />Isn't it so that the business environment is becoming continiously more dynamic? - Where future gains can be found in making organizations more flexible and adaptive to the environment.<br /><br />The most flexibility can be reached by outsourcing everything while the least flexibility can be reached with outsourcing nothing. With our changing dynamic business environment, how can we find the right balance?<br /><br />Regards,<br /><br />Elco Jol<br /><br />elcojol.comElco Jolhttp://elcojol.comnoreply@blogger.com