Inshoring Trends for 2011

Inshoring has shown how cost effective it can be for enterprises. It has the ability to ensure the same level of savings as offshore outsourcing. Enterprises are also now seeing that the U.S. can provide better service at the same costs with better results as compared to offshore outsourcing. Therefore, the heartland of the country, including places like Wisconsin and Michigan, is benefiting from inshoring. The advantages of inshoring are definitely going to impact the way business is done in the U.S., especially in these recessionary times. The inshoring trends that we are likely to witness in 2011 could positively impact local business processes and resources. So here are a few of them:

  1. Owing to the operational benefits of doing business from at home, local areas are clearly going to see the trickle down effects of inshoring. This means honing the skills of local workers and creating an infrastructure that can accommodate more inshoring demands.
  2. Product development lifecycles for enterprises will be enhanced owing to the proximity of different business processes that will function and remain within the country.
  3. Staff development and operations excellence will become important elements in the inshoring business.
  4. Lesser risk is involved for any enterprise compared to off shoring outsourcing, meaning the onus will be on visible control of operations.
  5. Dedicated delivery centers will be created to ensure the best results.
  6. Costs of knowledge transfer and governance will be reduced drastically.
  7. With inshoring gaining momentum prepare to see an average of 30% savings among enterprises, especially in the costs for in-house or independent contractor staff.
  8. Resource scalability and domain expertise at lower costs will be an absolute necessity for any inshoring model to function to its optimized level.
  9. Competitive pricing for better quality of scalability and flexibility can be expected among different companies that exist in the inshoring sector or who offer inshoring solutions.
  10. The inshoring solutions enterprise that offers best practices and accelerates service delivery will be most wanted among enterprises looking for an inshoring partner that can truly deliver.
  11. The inshoring partner that ensures to bridge the value gap with resources and promises greater governance will actually serve the needs of enterprises optimally. Such an inshoring partner is what all enterprises will be looking for.

An alternative to offshore outsourcing that actually works, is scalable, flexible and vertically integrated, is what inshoring promises. The above mentioned trends are perhaps going to be indicators of better things to come in the inshoring business.

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