Questions to ask before outsourcing

What to Outsource

Here are some questions to ask yourself when trying to identify functions and activities to outsource:

• Is the activity central to generating profits or creating competitive advantage?
• Is the job a routine task that could be easily communicated to someone else?
• Does the task wastes valuable time and energy?
• Is the function temporary, or does it recurs in cycles?
• Does the activity drains resources that could be better used elsewhere?
• Is the skill required for the job so specialized that it costs more to train someone in-house to do it?
• Is it something nobody wants to do?

Will it be less expensive to have someone else do it?