how to outsource your business processes to pakistan
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How to Outsource your Business Processes from Australia to Pakistan?
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Cost Cutting Business process outsourcing
Low Labor Cost - Talented
Workforce
Pakistani Technology
Market
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Background Facts
It is a fact that most of the large and medium companies in Australia already
prefer outsourcing their service based businesses and even software design and
development projects to developing countries and Pakistan is emerging as a new
market for technology off shoring. This is because the cost of doing business in
Pakistan is very low compared to Australia.
There is a pool of young talented and competent workforce in Pakistan that can
deliver excellent services and products at cheaper rates compared to businesses
in Australia. High quality services in Pakistan are promised because of the young
workforce trained in the local universities and colleges. Freelancing and
community engagement programs in the technology areas are growing at very
high rates. Business process outsourcing matured in the last 15 years in
Pakistan due to technological improvements and Pakistani outsourcing workforce
serving global markets due to time advantage.
The good thing about outsourcing your jobs to Pakistan is that most of the
organizations based in Pakistan bidding for outsourcing jobs from Australia, have
standard facilities that can deliver world class services and products, plus the fact
that you are relieved of the burden of the responsibilities such as Recruitment
and trainings, transportation, medicals, facility management and maintenance,
bonuses. All that is required from outsourcing partners’ organization would be to
pay the agreed fee required to get your job done, whilst you can concentrate on
other important tasks of your business without the specific cost and ownership
risk.
Australian market has resisted for long the outsourcing market and protected it’s
local businesses, however, it is now time to accept the brutal facts and reality of
the time. Pakistan is offering the right combination of talent and technology for
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business process outsourcing. We cannot deny the advantages of outsourcing to
Pakistan, it enables Australian partners to reduce the cost of production of their
goods and services and give them the advantage to compete in the global
market.
Customer support and call centre jobs, Software Development, Clothes and
Shoes manufacturing, e trading and IT jobs for outsourcing are some businesses
that come to mind.
Thinks to consider
Requirement Definition of the Services and Products and readiness to outsource
The fact that outsourcing ensures cost cutting on production and running your
business doesn’t mean that you can outsource all forms of jobs to any other
Requirement Definition
•Market Research
Invitation from Vendors
•Selection of Vendor / Business Partner
Inspect the Facility and Team
Train the Trainers
Communication channel
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country. There are some types of jobs you can outsource for off shoring, and
there are jobs that are needed on shore personnel to fulfill the business needs.
Customer interfacing jobs with your client physically require onshore staff,
whereas Call Centre Jobs or even product manufacturing require outsourcing the
jobs. Define the services and products you intend for outsourcing before initiating
the process with the outsourcing partners in Pakistan. In case you need
assessment of the tasks or an audit to review which operations you may
outsource to your outsourcing partners you may ask the help of senior
technologists who have the exposure and experience in Pakistan and Australia
as well as industry exposure. Human resource experts are also available in
Pakistan at very affordable prices.
Market Research
Successful outsourcing of your jobs to Pakistan and other countries, one must
ensure to conduct a pre-feasibility study to ensure the right move. The truth is
that is you carry out diligent feasibility studies; you would be able to compare a
lot of data and information, to enable you to do your comparison to ascertain
whether it is profitable to outsource.
Some companies prefer outsourcing their call centre jobs to Pakistan because
the accent you get is clearer than that of India, Philippines and China.
Invitation from Vendors
The rule of procurement is to have quotations from three vendors to conclude
that you have chosen the right partner from the market.
The best way to get good and cheaper deals is to advertise and demand for
outsourcing companies from Pakistan having strong links to Australia to bid on
your jobs.
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Selection of Vendor / Business Partner
After receiving proposals from various Pakistani companies, incorporate a
competent team to help you during selection process of the new outsourcing
partners. Review the proposals and ask the interested parties to do a
presentation before you eventually make your final choice.
Inspect the Facility and Team
After you have accessed all your options from the presentations they have done,
you should ensure you travel down to the country in question to inspect the
facility intended for the use of the job. Be sure that this is carried out before
signing any deal. Aside from inspecting the facilities, you should also get first
hand information on laws and regulations guiding the running of your kind of
business in the country. You can get such information by visiting the required
government agency to request for it. Following are the links to help
Train the Trainers
Stand up for yourself and take the responsibility to train the key personal. You
should be able to instill in them the culture of your company and Australian way
of doing business. Strategic focus on training the trainers to enable them to train
people that will be working on your jobs will yield better results.
Communication channel
Communication channel is a must to avoid white noise in planning, managing
and controlling communications. It also provides the opportunity to ensure the
acknowledgment and feedback to the outsourcing partner. Communication
management plan along work performance reports, issue logs and analysis of
work information data in a collaborative manner is possible through strong and
effective communication channel among parties. Both parties must ensure
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interactive, pull and push communication when needed to deliver a superior
experience. Communication channels are calculated as N(N-1)/2 .
This helps in a smooth working relationship by establishing a channel for
continuous updates and communication. Monitor the activities of the company
regularly until you are satisfied that standard operating procedures are adopted
in true spirit and expectation management between both the parties is in control
limits.
Few thinks to consider mentioned above while outsourcing your jobs to Pakistan
and adhering to the set of these actions would help in determining the right
direction from the early start.