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ZSL leverages a distinctive combination
of industry expertise, technical depth and differentiated
services to deliver the benefits of world-class management
consulting to our clients. We also help our clients
by providing them outsourcing assessment to check their
accessibility towards outsourcing. We analyze and identify
the applications suitable for onshore, near shore and
offshore based development and maintenance.
Outsourcing initiatives have evolved
from short-term tactical projects focused on cost savings
to executive-level business strategies that enable companies
to gain and sustain revenues and profits in the competitive
global marketplace.
Why Assess?
The SOA process can be applied to
all IT-centric outsourcing: infrastructure, applications,
and business processes (e.g., Payroll, AP/AR, HR). The
rationale for conducting the assessment is first confirmed
by determining why an organization believes it wants
to outsource. The organization must then assess what
can and cannot be outsourced. The assessment process
puts in place the framework for how to incorporate an
outsourcing strategy as well as step by step readiness
for maximizing approach outsourcing and provides a check
list to evaluate the solution providers.
SOA Process
The business process owners or executives
define company strategies and goals.
Define the functions, which are core
and non-core to your business.
Assess the operational and financial
risk for each function and assign the mass value based
on risk level.
Map the internal resources' expertise,
capacity utilization to align the IT with business goals.
Compute the mass value and qualify
the functions with 'Keep it', 'Experiment it', 'Outsource
it' labels with suitable proximity factor - Onsite,
Offsite, Near shore or Offshore.
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Mass Value computation and indexing
processes
The process maps the various applications
on processes and infrastructure components of an organization
to help the client determine how they should deal with
each of the applications in the short term and long
term - keep it inside or move it out via onshore or
offshore outsourcing. Mass Value computing process for
each application would involve questionnaires and discussions
with application or process owners. The Mass Value will
be assigned for each application and process based on
the answers.
ZSL uses standard forms to capture
the data during the interview and process it to arrive
the Mass Value. The forms would primarily cover the
application's
- Complexity
- Criticality
- Operating Environment
- Nature of Support
The process will index each application
with the 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 be applied if necessary. The
Mass Value and Indexing label would help you to interpret
your level and readiness needed to engage the IT Outsourcing
Solution Provider. Based on the above said processes
out come, ZSL would provide the qualitative observations
and recommendations that cover · The most amenable
applications for onshore/offshore outsourcing ·
The moderate amenable applications for onshore/offshore
outsourcing · The most complex applications for
onshore/offshore outsourcing Suitable jump-start pilot
program also will be suggested in the recommendation
for the 'Ready to Outsource' organization.
ZSL offers a complementary Strategic
Outsourcing Assessment (SOA), resulting in a highly
detailed step-by-step document, or "roadmap",
which includes:
- High-level overview of core and non-core business
applications/processes
- Evaluating the 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 providers evaluation checklist
- Recommended jump-start pilot outsourcing initiative
to build buy-in and momentum.
The SOA would also help you in getting a baseline
for
- overall project plan
- providing momentum to stalled 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.
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