Take the first steps towards outsourcing to take time, but to understand how your business can build
with the help of external professionals can provide greater efficiency and
scales. "Progressive entrepreneurs realize the irresistible power of
outsourcing aspects of their company, which are essential, but they are not
useful for them personally to try," says David Walsh, entrepreneur and
author of source code management, an e-book on the small Effectiveness of
outsourcers. "Small business, increased by a global pool of human capital,
can compete directly with the biggest players in their space, and win."
When to outsourcing
For any business the
right to outsource the time is different. Some companies have internal staff to
manage daily activities, but may need help from outside to tackle new projects
that do not have another full-time employee guarantee. If you and your current
employees can not manage the day-to-day affairs of your business and build the
business successfully, it may be time to consider outsourcing. Tonya Thomas, President
of The Small Office Assistant, was a good time when he realized that although
he wanted to grow his business, has no time to grow further.
"At first, I felt
the only person who could actually do the job wanted to control
everything," said Thomas. "But I wanted to grow my business, and I
had to let go to delegate and start." Paid-Release: The first year I have
Contractor started to help with the workload, Thomas doubled your company's
sales.
The challenges
While outsourcing can
produce great benefits for a small business, it is not without challenges. If
you work offshore with vendors, language barriers and time zones can be
difficult to handle. Walsh, however, said that the emphasis on clearly their
own communication will help to overcome the confusion for those who do not
speak English native speakers. And "time zones create more opportunities
than disadvantages because they can prolong their productive hours of someone
else's tasks during working hours," Walsh said. "At night, assign a
new task and wakes up fully to wait."
Like when you hire a
new employee, there are security risks when performing tasks to a
subcontractor. "The challenge is to outsource functionality in a way that
does not compromise the personal data of employees and customers," said
Jonathan Gossels, President of System Experts, a consulting firm titled and
compliance.
When business owners
manage credit card data, Gossels recommends your statement on compliance with
the Payment Card Industry standard security check; If you treat information or
health benefits, check compliance with the HIPAA standards. To get a general
idea of policy practices and contractors safety, check your statement on
compliance with the ISO 27002 standard.
"The most
important step that an entrepreneur can take to protect your data is the only
service provider providing the absolute minimum data to store the data needed
for the provider to do their work," says Goessel.
Thomas discovered the
importance of protecting customer data when one of his rented virtual
assistants stole a Thomas client for your own virtual assistant business.
Instead of now working directly with the clients, contractors Thomas contact
them anonymously through the company's online system and serves the same Thomas
only contact the customer.
Benefits
While
there are risks out there, ultimately, outsourcing provides owners of great
economic benefits. The process allows a team of skilled professionals to build
without the expense of full-time employees adding, and preventing, with tasks
that can be done without your attention, says Sparks. It is a cost-effective,
proven strategy to grow your business without affecting your life.
"Job
delivery requires that you aim to systematically and unscrupulously examine
your activities and the measures taken to achieve them," Walsh said.
"Define a process eliminates inefficiency."
Through outsourcing, you can focus your
time, attention and resources on your company's core competencies and devote
its time to new goals and ways to reach them.
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