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    Medical Supply Kits for Business
    Many medical supply companies have been selling little kits for business owners, which contain first aide stuff for years. They go in a scare the ever living crap out of the business owner and tell them of the fines that might occur if they do not have such stuff on the property, then they up sell the poor business owner. Poor small businessperson does not know any better and so they buy whatever they tell them too, do not get me wrong the fines are in fact real but many kits are in excess of $200.00.Sometimes they come to franchisors like me and try that scare tactic garbage and then tell me they can have my logos put on the wall size first aide kits, thus relieving them of any responsibility of what the kit contains. Great we end up over paying and then still liable for what ever crap they sold us on
    ations?
    CEO: Not once in the last 6 monsoons. We provide transportation to all employees.
    Client A: What if your transportation breaks down?

    Lunch with Client B

    Client B: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide value added services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services
    Clie

    Writing the Job Specification
    Invest some time in evaluating the skills and type of person you want for a position before placing a job advertisement or registering a job vacancy with an employment agency.The job specification (spec) is a tailored description of the vacancy including the responsibilities of the incumbent and goals of the job. The person specification is a profile of the person you consider best fits the bill. Preparing a detailed spec helps you focus on exactly what skills you seek. The finished document assists your HR or personnel department or recruitment consultant in identifying candidates for you to interview. It's also a great exercise in re-evaluating your departmental needs; therefore, giving you the opportunity to juggle around responsibilities within your team if necessary.Job and person specs also h
    Once upon a time, the CEO of an outsourcing company decided to take an international tour to visit the company’s clients, prospects, investors and well wishers. Here are some excerpts from the CEO’s diary on his travels:

    Breakfast with Client A

    Client A: “We like your company because you’re so focused.”
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services.
    Client A: But, we feel your company is too small and we do not want to be a big part of your business…
    CEO: Our goal is to grow this company aggressively so that you are one of ten large clients, not the only large client
    Client A: But, we do not want you to grow that large, because we may not continue to get such customized service
    CEO: Our goal is neither to grow so large that we cannot provide you with customized service nor to remain so small that you become a large part of our business
    Client A: What size are you looking at then?
    CEO: A couple thousand people over a couple years
    Client A: Our other vendor with a few thousand employees is not able to provide us with the type of service you are providing, so we do not want you to grow too large. But we don’t want you to remain too small either…
    CEO (sighs inwardly): You’ve had awful weather in the past few days with all the rain, snow, wind…
    Client A: How is the weather in India?
    CEO: Hot. We do have rain spells that cause havoc…
    Client A: Will that affect my operations?
    CEO: Not once in the last 6 monsoons. We provide transportation to all employees.
    Client A: What if your transportation breaks down?

    Lunch with Client B

    Client B: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide value added services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services
    Clien

    Focus...a Marketing Strategy
    The secret to increasing sales doesn't lie in choosing just the right marketing tactic for each of your businesses. The real problem that's experienced by many entrepreneurs--a damaging lack of focus. Plenty of entrepreneurs make this dangerous mistake. They try to market more than one business at once, or they tackle too many targets for a single business. Suddenly, they discover that their time and budgets are fragmented beyond their ability to produce positive results. The solution is to get--and stay--focused. This single alteration can actually reduce your marketing costs and increase sales. The trouble with trying to market several businesses at once is that you end up with many different target audiences--each requiring its own set of sales and marketing tactics. To reach them, y
    ide you ‘value added’ services.
    Client A: But, we feel your company is too small and we do not want to be a big part of your business…
    CEO: Our goal is to grow this company aggressively so that you are one of ten large clients, not the only large client
    Client A: But, we do not want you to grow that large, because we may not continue to get such customized service
    CEO: Our goal is neither to grow so large that we cannot provide you with customized service nor to remain so small that you become a large part of our business
    Client A: What size are you looking at then?
    CEO: A couple thousand people over a couple years
    Client A: Our other vendor with a few thousand employees is not able to provide us with the type of service you are providing, so we do not want you to grow too large. But we don’t want you to remain too small either…
    CEO (sighs inwardly): You’ve had awful weather in the past few days with all the rain, snow, wind…
    Client A: How is the weather in India?
    CEO: Hot. We do have rain spells that cause havoc…
    Client A: Will that affect my operations?
    CEO: Not once in the last 6 monsoons. We provide transportation to all employees.
    Client A: What if your transportation breaks down?

    Lunch with Client B

    Client B: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide value added services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services
    Clie

    Creativity and Motivation: Traits From Within
    IntroductionThe "entrepreneur" is one who creates a new business in the hopes of making a profit. If this is a valid definition of the term, then it is essential that businesses today utilize "entrepreneurial skills" in order to compete against rival corporations and small businesses that have become an even greater threat than before. Akio Morita is known to have said that initially Sony had three years of competitive-free sales before a rival came up with a product that bit into their margin but near his retirement, that "window" had changed from three years to three months. As the time to market is decreasing rapidly due to the increase of global competition and other powerful market forces, companies can no longer follow their traditional ways of product development. All
    service
    CEO: Our goal is neither to grow so large that we cannot provide you with customized service nor to remain so small that you become a large part of our business
    Client A: What size are you looking at then?
    CEO: A couple thousand people over a couple years
    Client A: Our other vendor with a few thousand employees is not able to provide us with the type of service you are providing, so we do not want you to grow too large. But we don’t want you to remain too small either…
    CEO (sighs inwardly): You’ve had awful weather in the past few days with all the rain, snow, wind…
    Client A: How is the weather in India?
    CEO: Hot. We do have rain spells that cause havoc…
    Client A: Will that affect my operations?
    CEO: Not once in the last 6 monsoons. We provide transportation to all employees.
    Client A: What if your transportation breaks down?

    Lunch with Client B

    Client B: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide value added services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services
    Clie

    Workplace 911
    I've watched a few episodes of Nanny 911 and with the chaos, out of control children and seemingly irreparable behavior, it strikes me as a precursor to Workplace 911. No, not a new reality TV show, but everyday workplace problems.You see, kids who don't get their way, who learn to hit, manipulate, scream and throw things, grow up and go to work. By the time they're adults, they've replaced their aberrant behaviors, like spitting, with more socially acceptable ones like sarcastic zingers and verbal tirades. They're the liars, the saboteurs, the bullies, and the road-blockers we meet up with at work. And I've met my share.But here's the thing. Just as those parents are challenged by the Nanny to identify and correct what they're doing to encourage and reward their children's behavior, we need to cha
    the type of service you are providing, so we do not want you to grow too large. But we don’t want you to remain too small either…
    CEO (sighs inwardly): You’ve had awful weather in the past few days with all the rain, snow, wind…
    Client A: How is the weather in India?
    CEO: Hot. We do have rain spells that cause havoc…
    Client A: Will that affect my operations?
    CEO: Not once in the last 6 monsoons. We provide transportation to all employees.
    Client A: What if your transportation breaks down?

    Lunch with Client B

    Client B: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide value added services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services
    Clie

    How to Start a Franchise
    Franchising InformationFranchise oppotunities are all around us today. You may pop into Starbucks for coffee and then head for lunch at MacDonalds before returning home and ordering your dinner from another local franchise, Pizza Hut. Many of the most popular outlets you visit may be franchises as they offer the security of a brand name and the attraction of starting your own business.The world of Franchise is certainly complex but many people are now seriously looking at starting a franchise as they look to leave their routine day jobs and embark on an exciting business opportunity and run their own business. Indeed many franchise fairs and seminars are now the perfect location to meet franchise experts and discuss funding and business plans to determine what type of niche you may quick
    ations?
    CEO: Not once in the last 6 monsoons. We provide transportation to all employees.
    Client A: What if your transportation breaks down?

    Lunch with Client B

    Client B: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide value added services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services
    Client B: But, we have other vendors in India who offer to do this job for much less.
    CEO: Have you looked at their track record
    Client B: No
    CEO: The outsourcing story is littered with failures of arrangements that went wrong because of people not having the right partner in India.
    Client B: We too had a partner earlier, and we had to terminate that relationship because they had very poor quality, did not understand our requirements, had some billing problems, training problems, attrition problems, management problems…
    CEO: I assume you do not see any of those problems with our company.
    Client B: Not at all; your team is very dedicated, goes above and beyond to meet our volume spikes, and the quality and productivity are better than our in-house operations.
    CEO: I am glad to hear that.
    Client B: But, we have other vendors who offer to do this job for much less…
    CEO: How can I help?
    Client B: We want your quality and responsiveness at the price of those other vendors whose names I cannot recollect.
    CEO: (sighs inwardly) you’ve had awful weather in the past few days with all the rain, snow, wind…

    Dinner with Client C

    Client C: We like your company because you are focused, and you provide ‘value added’ services.
    CEO: Our goal is to always remain focused and provide you ‘value added’ services.
    Client C: The recent migration of newer processes was extremely successful, and I am thankful to your team

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