Outsourcing initiatives have evolved from short-term tactical projects focused on cost savings to executive-level business strategies which enable companies to gain and sustain revenues and profits in the competitive global marketplace.

Allerin's Offshore Assessment Plan offers a periodic assessment framework for our clients. Allerin uses a combination of industry expertise, technical depth and differentiated services to deliver world-class management consulting to clients by providing them valuable outsourcing assessment. We analyze and identify the applications suitable for onshore-, near-shore and offshore-based development and maintenance.

Our unique assessment process applies to all IT-centric outsourcing. We first determine why an organization wants to outsource. The organization then assesses what can and cannot be outsourced. The assessment process puts in place a framework detailing how to incorporate an outsourcing strategy, plus readiness steps, and provides a check list to evaluate solution providers.

The Process

• The business process owners or executives define company strategies and goals
• The same people identify the core and non-core functions
• We provide a risk assessment regarding all the listed functions
• We map the internal resources' expertise and capacity utilization to align the IT with the company's business goals.
• We compute the mass value and qualify the functions using 'Keep it', 'Experiment it', 'Outsource it' labels with each function's suitable proximity factor - Onsite, Offsite, Near-shore or Offshore.

Allerin uses standard forms to capture the data during the interview and process to arrive at the Mass Value. These forms cover the application's feasibility, complexity, competence, operating environment, kind of support, value for money, client's satisfaction index, and investment against infrastructure.

The process indexes each application with a suitable label ('Outsource it', 'Experiment it', 'Keep it') based on the Mass Value. The suitable proximity factors - such as Onsite, Offsite, Near-shore and Offshore - also will in many cases . The most complex applications for onshore/offshore outsourcing will be suggested in the recommendation for the 'Ready to Outsource' organization .

Allerin's Complementary Outsourcing Assessment includes:

• High-level overview of core and non-core business applications/processes.
• Evaluation of level of readiness.
• Itemized gap analysis of systems/process infrastructure, complete with roadmap and recommendations.
• Summary of optional engagement models with projected impact analysis.
• Summary of short-term and long-term recommendations.
• Detailed solution provider's evaluation checklist.
• Recommended jump-start pilot outsourcing initiative .
• Overall project plan.
• Building momentum for discussions/planning of outsourcing initiatives.
• Validation for functional heads who have yet to secure sign-off for an outsourcing initiative.
• Providing a competitive baseline by which current preferred outsourcing vendors can be re-evaluated.

Although outsourcing won't transform your business or change productivity or performance levels overnight (only a real live wizard with a working magic wand could achieve that!), with meticulous planning, a clear understanding of immediate objectives and long-term goals, proper change management practices and systematic implementation outsourcing can deliver significant strategic and business value over a period of time. And it will surely give you a competitive edge in the marketplace.

Outsourcing works best when customers and suppliers enter into long-term, mutually beneficial partnerships. Almost all of the respondents in a survey said that their "strong working relationships with suppliers" delivered at least 25% more value than did earlier uninvolved, faceless outsourcing venues.

Outsourcing today is all about strategic alliances and partnership. You may get into offshore outsourcing simply to save money, but when you choose Allerin, you'll get a whole lot more. You'll get a committed, talented, knowledgeable partner whose focus is your success 24/7, 365 days a year!

"Which, in the service provider business, is as it should be".