Outsourcing

Definition of Outsourcing:

Outsourcing is the process of contracting an existing business function or process of an organization to an independent organization, and ceasing to perform that function or process internally, instead purchasing it as a service. Though this practice of purchasing a business function--instead of providing it internally--is a common feature of any modern economy, the term outsourcing became popular in America near the turn of the 21st century. An outsourcing deal may also involve transfer of the employees involved to the outsourcing business partner but it doesn't have to.

Outsourcing and freelancing

It is sometimes confused with offshoring which is “a company taking a function out of their business and relocating it to another country.” Outsourcing, on the other hand, can be either foreign or domestic.The opposite of outsourcing is called vertical integration or insourcing. However, a business function can be brought in house without involving vertical integration.

( Source for above definition is Wikipedia)

Outsourcing Pros and Cons

Outsourcing articles and outsourcing companies describe the following risks,reasons and advantages of outsourcing.

• Major reason behind the outsorcing is the reduction in cost and savings.Cost assiciated with hiring people for that company would be higher than outsourcing the projects to freelancers who are found easily .Freelancers are always there on freelancing websites to make money online by their skills.Freelancers may be in foreign country who demand less money for same work at same quality and standards company wants.
• Company has to bear many hidden costs associated with employees working with them.Some money they have to spend for welfare,medical and in terms of pensions.By outsourcing these said costs disappear automatically.
• By outsourcing small projects and jobs ,company has more resources and money to focus on core parts of business thus getting more in business world.
• In outsourcing ,company often finds talented people offshore or within country who can perform their tasks with excellence.
• By outsourcing jobs, company provides more employment to offshore people than countrymen.Globally it is very good to reduce poverty and improve economic conditions of people but at the same time some times opportunities for the people of sam country are reduced accordingly.
• When we look at advantages of outsourcing,sevices and goods produced by companies are produced at cheaper rates and hence prices of items and services are overll reduced in that country.Reduction in prices increase in buying power of people of that country.