Thursday, March 19, 2009

Get the BPO Advantage

For any business battling rising costs and wavering focus, outsourcing is a modern day boon. Outsourcing affords such businesses opportunity to offload non-core, yet important aspects of its business such as HR, recruitment etc. on companies specializing in these very individual aspects. This makes the companies focus completely on core competency resulting in better services/products and increased revenue.

Such benefits have resulted in more and more companies opting for outsourcing to BPO companies for both low end and high end jobs. This also means that more and more speciality BPO services companies are entering making the task of client companies easier in the sense that it lowers the risk of faulty services.In the nut shell following are the factors which are driving companies towards outsourcing.
Factor Cost Advantage

• Economy of Scale
• Business Risk Mitigation
• Superior Competency
• Utilization Improvement

Advantages of outsourcing

1. Increased focus on core business area

Back office operations of a company such as customer service, HR, accounts etc. are highly important areas and demand specialized attention. More often than not companies get embroiled in these areas and start to lose focus on core competency. Outsourcing these operations offers double benefit – companies are free to focus on the core business and back office operations are managed effectively and economically by people who are specialists of these operations.

2. High end technology at economical rates

Getting new technology for the areas which are non-core can be very expensive and often non-productive. But it was a kind of necessary evil which companies had to put up with before the BPO era. Now the best solution is to outsource the non-core work to the BPO companies which have scale, resources, expertise and desire to continuously update their technological solutions.
3. Skilled manpower at lower costOutsourcing means tapping into the talent pool which is affordable and extremely talented. This enhances productivity and results in cost savings. This would also mean that the company is also saving on recruitment, training and other HR issues.

4. Improvement in productivity

Since the work is getting outsourced to the people who are experts in the domain and who have experienced and well trained work force to handle the work, it means that the work will be done with greater expertise and in less time. This means greater productivity and better profits.

5. Gain competitive advantage

By opting for an specialist outsourcing partner companies save significantly on costs which can be better utilized in improving the product/services quality and on marketing. Apart from these factors companies can provide the kind of customer service which is of great help for them like for the French speaking market services of a French BPO can be availed. This gives the companies significant advantage in terms of customer satisfaction and brand equity.

7. Meet constantly changing customer demandsBPO companies offer flexible and scalable services to its clients.
This means they can add to the type of services currently provided depending on the business and the customer demand. The end result – a satisfied customer who would come back again and again for more.

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