Leading Blog
MARCH 13, 2023
At the end of their shift, a team of software engineers in Boston can transfer the work where they left off (“asynchronically”) to another team in Bangalore, within or outside their own company, which continues the work until, at the end of their shift, they transfer it back — all with remarkable seamlessness.
Strategy Driven
JUNE 2, 2020
The main question is whether to hire a full-time in-house team or outsource and bring in the experts only when it’s necessary? The insourcing or in-house team is a practice when the work and tasks are performed within the operational infrastructure of the company. In-house IT team: Benefits and Limitations.
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Harvard Business Review
JULY 15, 2013
GE''s " insourcing " of appliance manufacturing to the U.S. GE''s insourcing is actually quite similar. It needed to invest in new development labs and to co-locate teams. They introduced a new cross-functional team structure for improvement — the "Big Room." The development team was extremely cohesive.
Skip Prichard
JUNE 28, 2019
Don’t tell people that the answer lies in insourcing or outsourcing or technology or big data or acquisitions or divestitures… Let them conclude for themselves what the answers are, having explored your broad question, from the universe of possibilities you open to them. Don’t treat your stated strategy as a given if it’s not.
Harvard Business Review
JUNE 3, 2015
The new approach was very successful, and Zappos scaled it by insourcing operations to increase efficiency and by expanding the product line to handbags, eyewear, and other clothing, to benefit from economies of scope. The next time the problem presents itself, another team decides to hire a fashion expert to give that advice.
Harvard Business Review
OCTOBER 18, 2013
Next, the 10-member senior leadership team used a variety of means, such as town halls, and videos of executives explaining the plan, to clearly and repeatedly communicate the urgent need for cost reduction as a requirement for process redesign across the system that would ultimately improve patient care. Walk the talk.
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 23, 2010
I will onshore, offshore, outsource, insource, or execute whatever business strategy I implement without regard for diversity. If you’re not qualified don’t try to work around your lack of qualifications, go get the qualifications you need to compete.
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