It is the intelligent business trend that will make the distinction between "making products" and "moving them".

1. Reduced capital investment

2. Access to state-of-the-art tools, information & support

3. Accurate costs versus in-house estimated standards costs

4. Reduced in-house inventory

5. Faster, controllable turn-around-time

6. Wider access to service providers

7. Significantly lower costs through performance measured agreements

8. Scalability: flexible leverage in support of business, relocation, expansion, etc.

9. Standardization

...by concentrating more time and attention to building the company's core business.



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From «Fortune»:
http://www.timeinc.net/fortune/sections/outsourcing/outsourcing.htm