Design Outsourcing

Best Applications Outsourcing: Oklahoma Dept. of Human Services and ACS, a Xerox Company
Awards Criteria: Best use of outsourcing to achieve the buyer’s objectives for ITO while also achieving mutually beneficial outcomes.

Lessons from the Outsourcing Journal:
* Buyers have to work closely with service providers when designing new systems. If they don’t get [...]

Review
“‘This book offers probably the most comprehensive treatise on outsourcing strategy that exists today. What differentiates this book from others is that the author takes a serious look into various views on outsourcing strategy and offers an unbiased assessment of its short- and long-term performance implications. It is a must-read not only for academics but [...]

So, what is outsourcing? Outsourcing is contracting with another company or person to do a particular function. Almost every organization outsources in some way. Typically, the function being outsourced is considered non-core to the business. An insurance company, for example, might outsource its janitorial and landscaping operations to firms that specialize in those types of [...]

10 Reasons to Outsource Product Design & Development
By Robert R. Andrews, Medical Division Manager, Foster-Miller, Inc.
The highly competitive medical industry requires firms to utilize every possible resource, both
internal and external, to stay ahead of the curve. While many medical device companies have
been capitalizing on the benefits of outsourced labor and manufacturing for years, only recently
have [...]

Some interesting tweets about “outsourcing”:
chris_heiler @ldesigngurl I hear ya. I’ve been outsourcing my bookkeeping to a virtual bk in Canada for about the last 10 months. I’ll never go back…
nlitenmebabe China investor finalizes deal on NBA’s Cavaliers (Reuters) : Reuters – A Michigan in.. http://bit.ly/7UWBhp [outsourcing sports??]
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If you are involved in product design, you need to understand how a product impacts on the environment. To develop truly sustainable products, you must be able to assess which design solution is environmentally preferable.
10 Guidelines for Ecodesign
1. Do not design products, but life cycles
2. Natural materials are [...]

Here’s an old article from Wired magazine about the rise of Crowdsourcing.
Crowdsourcing is a neologism for the act of taking tasks traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, and outsourcing them to a group (crowd) of people or community in the form of an open call. For example, the public may be invited to develop [...]

Here’s a video about the next major outsourcing destination. The Philippines is known to have good quality education, a multi-cultural ethnic mix, and sensitivity and understanding of the Western culture, having been a Spanish colony for more than 300 years, and an American ally since the end of the 19th century:

Another interesting video that gives you a snapshot of the effects of outsourcing on one country, particularly India.
Have a look and let me know what you think:

No one could argue the success of a man like Steve Jobs who has become one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time. He started with nothing and went on to create Apple computers with Steve Wozniak. At one point Steve Jobs was the CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. I really enjoyed reading Steve [...]