Thursday, November 24, 2016

The Benefits Of Procurement Outsourcing CT In Enhancing Revenue

By Jerry King


Complex organizations have many different processes to manage. Being the best at everything is simply not possible. As such, sometimes it is beneficial to concentrate on your businesses' core competencies and leave other specialized functions to specialists. Generally speaking, outsourcing services to specialists lets professionals handle what they are trained for, and allows you to concentrate on what you specialize in. Below are some defining benefits of procurement outsourcing CT.

Businesses operate on many departments and a lot of companies started, over a decade ago, to efficiently outsource the activity in departments such as Human Resources, Finance or Accounting. In this short article, we are going to talk about a rather new trend in outsourcing, procurement outsourcing, its advantages, disadvantages, current state and future directions.

Right now, you are probably asking yourself "Why should I hire a company to handle my supplies needs?" Well, businesses that opt for product sourcing do it for two main reasons. The first reason is reducing operating costs. By transferring the responsibility of key purchases activities and management of different suppliers to a third party, they cut the costs of an entire department and are able to hire less people and invest in less activities. A second reason, maybe even more important, is having professionals with special skill sets working on the procurement department and bringing the results they need.

Many of the businesses that use this type of product acquisition view it as a great way to bring an added value to the acquisition process and complement the experience they already possess in the area, similar to IT or Legal department outsourcing. This type of outsourcing is not to be confused with the one done purely to cut costs, such as Human Resources outsourcing, which reduces headcount, thus making the company spend less on wages.

Another benefit of using a third party consulting firm for purchasing services is the additional level of internal controls that it creates. A major aspect of having sufficient internal controls is the checks and balances associated with segregating tasks. By outsourcing a service, you will have a further segregation of duties that adds an additional level of review to the task, which further improves your controls.

Purchasing specialists have many years of experience, are very well connected and in touch with the latest trends and directions in purchasing. Thanks to all these connections, they are able to close great deals and give objective and informed opinions.

Making a short online research will enable you to find a lot of great companies that specialize in purchasing and supplies management, as well as in global sourcing and logistics. After you choose one of them, there will probably be a meeting in which the needs of your company will evaluated, followed by a period of research and brainstorming, in which their team will try to find the best solution for your procurement issues.

After that, they will find and evaluate different procurement sources, negotiate with them and give you a final proposal. Finally, it is up to you to accept or deny the proposal. If you choose to do the latter, it is their responsibility to come up with another solution.




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