Surviving and thriving in the economic crisis: the sourcing opportunity

A handbook for shared services and outsourcing leaders

After a decision-making stalemate coincided with the global downturn, sourcing activity – in all its forms, qualified and non-qualified – is again ramping up.

In an epilogue to PA Consulting’s handbook, Surviving and thriving in the economic crisis: a handbook for corporate leaders, we explore how four proposed steps that businesses should take to economically recover apply to the outsourcing and shared services industry. These are:

1. secure liquidity – while initially counterintuitive, we share three sourcing techniques that can improve cash reserves

2. adjust your business mix – changes to lines of business, products, customers and geographies stress the need for intentional flexibility in sourcing arrangements

3. improve performance – it may be a natural business case for sourcing, but are common outsourcing assumptions still valid?

4. take bold steps to secure the future – an organisational and personal opportunity awaits for those sourcing leaders who act bold.

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