PA is a leading supplier of independent IT sourcing advice operating at the leading edge of the sourcing market. We are continually re-shaping the outsourcing market through the scale and vision of the arrangements delivered for our clients; accelerating the sourcing process to complete faster than clients ever thought possible; using sourcing to enable e-business organizations and improving the value contribution of key business and IT processes. PA has helped our unparalleled list of sourcing clients to deliver sourcing solutions involving business and IT functions, addressing in-house and external sourcing, and using onshore and offshore partners. Sourcing IT services Sourcing is a significant element in the business strategy of most major organizations, public and private. Increasingly, non-core activities that do not directly contribute to an organization's competitive positioning are outsourced to others who can deliver them more effectively. Effective use of IT sourcing can deliver many benefits. It can position IT as a leader of business change by providing access to new technologies and thinking. It can also deliver sustainable reductions and increased control over the IT cost base. However, achieving these benefits is not easy - many companies fail to fully realize these benefits as they struggle to: determine the right mix of internal and external services establish a realistic business case, balancing the desire to maximize benefits and transfer risk while retaining control and responsibility construct a commercially attractive arrangement adaptable to changing business conditions address the additional complexity involved in offshore sourcing; balancing cost savings and quality improvements against the risks involved in working with partners from different countries and cultures measure the benefits available from establishing internal shared service centers against the effort required to establish and run such organizations ensure that the anticipated benefits are delivered throughout the entire lifecycle of the arrangement. To find out more about PA's sourcing services and how they address these challenges, please follow these links below: Managing the sourcing program Establishing a sourcing strategy Selection process Transition and implementation management Contract and commercial management
PA is a leading supplier of independent IT sourcing advice operating at the leading edge of the sourcing market. We are continually re-shaping the outsourcing market through the scale and vision of the arrangements delivered for our clients; accelerating the sourcing process to complete faster than clients ever thought possible; using sourcing to enable e-business organizations and improving the value contribution of key business and IT processes.
PA has helped our unparalleled list of sourcing clients to deliver sourcing solutions involving business and IT functions, addressing in-house and external sourcing, and using onshore and offshore partners.
Sourcing is a significant element in the business strategy of most major organizations, public and private. Increasingly, non-core activities that do not directly contribute to an organization's competitive positioning are outsourced to others who can deliver them more effectively.
Effective use of IT sourcing can deliver many benefits. It can position IT as a leader of business change by providing access to new technologies and thinking. It can also deliver sustainable reductions and increased control over the IT cost base. However, achieving these benefits is not easy - many companies fail to fully realize these benefits as they struggle to:
To find out more about PA's sourcing services and how they address these challenges, please follow these links below:
Managing the sourcing program
Establishing a sourcing strategy
Selection process
Transition and implementation management
Contract and commercial management
See also: PA letter in the Financial Times: Outsourcing must be managed well Financial Times article: 'Sweating and fuming in the dark tunnel of outsourcing' PA insight: Sourcing for value PA survey report: 'Outsourcing: mindset switch' - moving from cost control to managing for flexibility and benefits realization Computing article: 'Hiring a consultant to manage your consultants is not crazy' The Wall Street Journal Europe article: 'The issue is offshoring, not outsourcing' More about PA's expertise in business process outsourcing
PA letter in the Financial Times: Outsourcing must be managed well
Financial Times article: 'Sweating and fuming in the dark tunnel of outsourcing'
PA insight: Sourcing for value
PA survey report: 'Outsourcing: mindset switch' - moving from cost control to managing for flexibility and benefits realization
Computing article: 'Hiring a consultant to manage your consultants is not crazy'
The Wall Street Journal Europe article: 'The issue is offshoring, not outsourcing'
More about PA's expertise in business process outsourcing
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