Outsourcing

Importance of outsourcing

Outsourcing refers to the transfer of internal company tasks to external or internal service providers. As a partner for our customers’ companies, we support them in various process engineering processes in our plants, for example in Schöneck.

Forms of outsourcing – examples of outsourcing in the company

• Outtasking: With outtasking, external service providers take on individual tasks, but the company placing the order retains process control.
• Selective outsourcing: In selective outsourcing, specific parts of an area are outsourced to a third-party company in order to compensate for a lack of specialist knowledge.
• Comprehensive outsourcing: An entire division is outsourced. Not only the “assets”, but also large parts of the affected workforce are transferred to the third-party company.
• End of life production: Here, products that are at the end of their life cycle and are therefore only manufactured in small quantities are handed over to production service providers.
• Business process outsourcing: In this form, an entire company process, such as purchasing, is outsourced to a third-party company in order to obtain more favorable conditions for procurement, for example.
• On-site management: This involves an external service provider taking over the function of a department of the customer’s business on the customer’s premises while retaining some or all of the existing resources.

Strategic decision reasons for outsourcing in production

• Better focus on core competencies
• Lack of expertise can be compensated for
• Higher performance in the company
• Faster response to changes
• No own investments (software, hardware, new technologies)

Savings potential with outsourcing – the outsourcing success factors

• Lower labor costs due to focus and specialization of the workforce
• Elimination of external maintenance and upkeep costs for your own server infrastructure
• Maintenance and support costs for operating the servers
• Costs for data backup and external outsourcing are eliminated
• Avoid subsequent investments in hardware, software and support
• Avoid any locally necessary investments in security and data protection