Asia Sourcing Overview

The global financial crisis and the sovereign debt crisis have changed the global economics of supply and demand for outsourced services. Nations are adjusting their relative competitive strategies, sometimes retracting offshore sourcing to protect domestic labor markets; sometimes accelerating outsourcing as a means of lowering the total cost of production. Countries in Asia, typically, are taking a long term view. When selecting sourcing locations, it will be valuable to understand how those strategies will impact risk, and the changing attributes of cultural alignment and future sources of supply. The Philippines presents exceptional synergies for US corporations. However, it is China, in particular, that presents both the greatest threat and the greatest opportunity for sourcing professionals over the next decade. In this session, you will learn:

• The high-level relative competitive positions of Asian sourcing destinations
• The strategic emphasis that China is placing on services outsourcing as an economic driver
• The emerging context for global competition between the world’s leading supply nations

 

 

Phil Hadcroft, Ph.D., BPO Strategy Advisor to the Heilongjiang (China) Government and Managing Director, Practical Logic

Dr. Hadcroft is a leading authority in the field of Business Process Outsourcing, having entered the industry in 1988. He attained the world’s first PhD in that discipline in 2002 and was appointed as the official BPO Strategy Advisor to the Heilongjiang (China) Government in 2006.

Working extensively on the supply-side of sourcing, his work has taken place in 27 countries throughout the world, ranging from up-state New York and the United Kingdom to working with companies in India, Thailand, Taiwan and the Philippines. He is best known for his work in China, on which he recently published an extensive services sourcing directory.

Dr. Hadcroft is the Managing Director of Practical Logic, a specialist management consultancy in services outsourcing, based in Sydney, Australia.

Contributors: Various
Categories: Summit Presentations
SRC Type: Outsourcing, Sourcing