Outsourcing in Belarus

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Outsourcing is a business practice used by companies to reduce costs

Outsourcing is a business practice used by companies to reduce costs

or improve efficiency by shifting tasks, operations, jobs or processes to an external contracted third party for a significant period of time. The functions that are contracted out can be performed by the third party either onsite or offsite of the business.
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The incentives for using outsourcing: the reduction of costs; the desire

The incentives for using outsourcing:

the reduction of costs;
the desire to

use the best practices;
improve the quality of work;
achieve organizational mobility and flexibility;
focus on the key business;
shifting risks to the service provider;
lack of expertise in the organization.
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The disadvantages for using outsourcing: leads to more complicated work; deviations

The disadvantages for using outsourcing:

leads to more complicated work;
deviations in the

value creation goal, demanding more than expected for the attention of senior management and managerial skills;
contracts can not guarantee full protection from damage to customers and business caused by non-fulfillment of obligations;
generates fundamental risks, many of which can not be avoided;
the ability of the organization to respond quickly to changes in the market is reduced.
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Popularity of outsourcing

Popularity of outsourcing

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Factors which prevent broad applying of outsourcing in Belarus: inertia of

Factors which prevent broad applying of outsourcing in Belarus:

inertia of management

thinking or dependency in making strategy decisions;
completed own staff of specialists;
concern for confidentiality of information;
strong vertical integration;
running business in this mode means an extremely high level of management organization, competent strategic planning and professional operational management, clear financial management, reliable quality control mechanisms.
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Outsourcing at OJSC «Gomel Casting and Normals Plant» Define functions and

Outsourcing at OJSC «Gomel Casting and Normals Plant»

Define functions and auxiliary

production which can potentially be outsourced.
Analyse the company's internal costs.
Assess the risks of transferring selected auxiliary productions and functions to outsourcing.
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the lack of an opportunity to obtain reliable quantitative and qualitative

the lack of an opportunity to obtain reliable quantitative and qualitative

information for assessing the efficiency of the business, due to the fact they are not described and regulated in the organization;
the lack of an opportunity to assess the tactical advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing, including the main risks connected with the transfer of functions to outsourcing, as it requires developed services market and an effective monitoring mechanism for outsourcers;
the lack of an opportunity to assess the strategic merits and demerits of outsourcing, including the uncertainty what to do with the released labor and material resources, and probability easily return the outsourced processes to the enterprise.

Questions that remained open:

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The ministries, concerns and management of domestic enterprises will have to

The ministries, concerns and management of domestic enterprises will have to

solve tasks:

to determine the economic expediency of restructuring and transferring certain functions and processes to outsourcing;
the procedure of preparing a decision on the use of outsourcing, monitoring outsourcers, monitoring the performance of the work and services provided, the parameters of the processes and functions transferred;
peculiarities of switching to outsourcing and returning the transferred processes back to the enterprise.