Jan Husdal

A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring

Posted in SUPPLY CHAIN, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Risk by Jan on 2008/06/25

In A risky business? The top 10 challenges of offshoring, Sridhar Vedala, Director – Global Sourcing at EquaTerra explores the top 10 challenges of offshoring today and provides suggestions on how to tackle them head on:

  1. Internal organisational barriers
  2. Choosing the right location
  3. Choosing the right supplier
  4. Cultural compatibility
  5. Procurement of hardware and software licences
  6. Loss of control and knowledge transfer
  7. Data security
  8. Building a retained organisation
  9. Controlling cost overruns
  10. Service providers failing to deliver

Let me briefly recap his main arguments for each of the 10 challenges.

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