outsourcing for small businesses
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She draws up a detailed task list of everything that needs to be done to make her wire thingamajig business a success.
1. Core competencies and capabilities that will make her thingamajigs the best in the industry (innovation, design)
2. All the other thingamajigs creation tasks: such as research, manufacturing, assembling, packaging, quality control.
3. Other tasks that are essential for the business but simply don't make sense for her to deal with personally (book keeping, payroll, HR, marketing, sales, social media, blog writing)
The other thingamajig creation tasks she will incrementally start outsourcing to free up time to spend on her core competencies and capabilities
The rest of the tasks she will immediately outsource so she can free up as much time as possible to focus on generating revenue.
She produces 400 thingamajigs a month and continues to focus on expanding her collection of designs.
When an order for 4 million thingamajigs arrives John can’t deal with it, but Sarah simply upscales her network of resources to deal with it
It frees up your time to focus on what really makes your special and as you focus on what makes you special you will start out-classing the competition
It gives you access to the time, skills and experience of others without having to appoint or train them. Internal staff might also benefit from this exposure.
You can dynamically scale your business to fit the current workload without increasing your direct costs
Quality risk. The resource might simply not be capable of producing the quality you and your client expect.
Communication issues. The resource might interpret the brief differently or make the wrong assumptions where things were not specified.
No commitment to the bigger picture. The resource might simply execute your instructions and not care to find the best possible solution
• the rest of the tasks required to create the products and service on offer (outsource incrementally) and
Identify the right resources – Remember this: contractors will often say anything to get the job, so be cautious.
Before the project starts make sure you have an agreed Statement of Work in place. Requirements, Expectations, Scope, Schedule, Costs, Payment schedules, Deliverables
Remember, this is about freeing up your time to focus on your core competencies and capabilities and running a successful business.
Oh, and one last thing about outsourcing:Think about using a virtual office and PA service.
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