What is the importance of outsourcin in the companies?

Question

I need to know the importance of outsourcing, it´s for a homework of the university. Sorry for my english I´m from venezuela.

Answer 1

For companies, outsourcing could be a great way to lower the cost of human resources.

When you have a business, and say you have a repetitive task where you box up box constantly, you can either hire a person, or hire a company who will find someone to do it.

In the first case, in the United States, there are all kinds of fees associated with having an employee. Also, there are all kinds of rules that you have to follow. If you hire a company instead, you might get away with paying less for the same amount of work, and you don't have to follow all the rules. Basically, if you hire someone, you hired someone. If you hire a company, you're paying a hassle-free rate, and it's a service you're paying for.

Answer 2

Outsourcing is a double-edged sword. When richer countries outsource jobs and industries to poorer nations, they are able to obtain goods and services at a much lower cost. This saves money in production, which in turn passes on to the consumer, resulting in lower market prices. It also benefits the poorer nation by providing jobs and economic stimulation. India, for example, has dramatically increased their middle class by obtaining outsourced technological industries from the United States.

On the other hand, critics argue that outsourcing weakens the economy of the nation who outsources jobs because there are less jobs available to their own citizens. In addition, it is also argued that outsourcing is morally wrong because it takes advantage of the poor, who provide cheap labor, to the benefit of wealthy corporations.

Answer 3

First to JV Not all of the jobs are or were menial.
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Outsourcing allows for the company to pay lower wages with little or no benefits increasing the profits of the shareholders.
Unfortunately many in America lost their jobs for that reason........Outsourcing.!
Now the USA can start the decline to become the first world power that is considered a third world country. The new outsourcing is immigration.
I am one of those that lost my job.
I worked for a company that used quality control and my company sent me all over the world and the US.

Answer 4

At the company I work for, they like to cut costs by outsourcing. One American employee costs the company $80,000 a year while you can hire a person overseas that can do the same job with the same level of quality for $30,000 a year. We send many jobs to China or India for that reason because their cost of living is less expensive than the Americans'.

Answer 5

typically, they outsource stuff that isn't that critical, mostly small stuff.

but, that's not always the case. after years and years, most workers in a company start making more and more money (due to raises, etc.) so, they might outsource some things (to have them done cheaper - labor expenses), if not outsource everything and close the plant! been there, done that..

Answer 6

outsourcing allows menial jobs to be done at the cheapest price and thus the highest profit