O copy-paste não é um bom conselheiro.

O offshoring é uma actividade perfeitamente respeitável. Contudo, o offshoring não é para quem quer, mas para quem pode, ou melhor, para quem faz realmente sentido.

A revista World Business no seu número de 6 de Junho, publicou um artigo assinado por Simon Caulkin “On Management: Outsourcing slowdown”, de onde sublinho este trecho:

“According to Compass Management Consulting: "A combination of high-profile outsourcing deals being taken back in-house and dissatisfaction with the business impact of sourcing decisions - such as uncompetitive costs and the negative customer services impact of offshoring - is creating a new mood of mistrust in many outsourcing relationships."
Up to 65% of large contracts are unravelling before their full term, claims Compass. In particular, it found that the much-touted cost savings of outsourcing were largely illusory. Contractors would have to be at least 20% more efficient than the in-house operation just to cover the bid costs and to break even, it estimates - without allowing for a profit margin, overhead costs and a margin for risk. As a result, in many cases, the company would have been better off keeping the operation in-house.”




No sítio da Compass Management Consulting podemos encontrar a referência ao estudo e às conclusões aqui “UK Call Centre Jobs Going Offshore for no Business Benefit” e sobretudo esta brochura “The Seven Deadly Sins of Offshoring”




Estas conclusões não são novas, há cerca de 2 anos conheci este documento: “Offshore 2005 Research Preliminary Findings and Conclusions“, o gráfico da página 16 é eloquente.

Por fim, o interessante livro “How we compete” de Suzanne Berger, na página 260, sob o subtítulo “Cheap Labor Is Not a Winning Strategy”, podemos encontrar: “When companies consider the true landed costs of goods that are coming from offshore production, and not just the manufacturing costs abroad, they find that the advantage over at-home production is greatly reduced.”

E ainda “These savings are so small that gains from satisfying customers with faster lead times of production can often outweigh them.” Como se chama a atenção neste postal.

Assim, antes de optar pelo offshoring há que pensar bem se é uma medida adequada, face ao posicionamento estratégico da organização.