Outsourcing is becoming a popular trend for many businesses.
It is the process of contracting out an internal business process to a third
party company, agent or organization primarily to reduce costs. Call centers
are one great example of outsourcing thus if you call the customer service of
your local provider chances are it will be picked up overseas by Asian
countries such as the Philippines, China and India.
However many business owners think that outsourcing is only
for big companies with many resources to contract a third party organization.
The truth is with today’s technology you can easily outsource any position that
doesn’t require physical presence to accomplish the job like telesales, customer
service, programming web development and many more. Many local and overseas
professionals these days prefer to work from home than in an office, you can
capitalize on this to hire industry professionals whilst hitting your goal of
cost reduction.
There are many agencies and freelancers today that will
screen and gauge an applicant for you so all you need to do is conduct an
interview and instantly hire them. However like any other business solutions
outsourcing may also have its downside and that is poor communication channel.
If you hire an overseas staff chances are you won’t be able to monitor him or
her the way you do in an office. This may lead to poor trust, ineffective work
flow and your business may suffer. With that said it is also a must to look
into various communication solutions to remove the distance boundary between
you and your offshore staff.
One communication that you might want to look into is a
cloud PBX office telephone system.
It is the sole proprietary of VoIP these days that offer a cost effective
solution for businesses combined with smart features that is ideal for
outsourcing. Since a cloud PBX office telephone system uses VoIP
technology extensions or end points of the PBX can literally be located in any
part of the world as long as it is connected to the internet and works as if
all extensions are under one roof. This means that calls to your overseas staff
will be absolutely free giving you the ability to monitor and call your staff
anytime without burning your phone bill.
And since it is a PBX, calls can also be picked up and made
remotely without any difference in quality and reliability. This means that
your staff can pick sales or support calls from his or her home and even make
outgoing calls to your customers. This will effectively assist your overseas
employees perform day to day tasks easily without the hindrances of distance
and lack of physical presence.
No comments:
Post a Comment