End of the Module

These days are the last days of our class in MIS

July 25 – We have our make up class in MIS that day and we have presented already our assigned module, which is all about "The New IT Infrastructure". And while we are reporting about it, we also shared everything about our adopted company that related to it, which is the Lane System Inc.

July 28 – That day was our last meeting in MIS but that’s not end with that because we could still communicate our professor by having our consultations regarding on our project proposal and also by our web forum. That was also the day that the other reporters who have not yet reported their assigned topics during our make up class were already presented. In fact, I like their topics because it talks about outsourcing and open source.

In connection with the discussion we have that time, for me, if I were to choose between outsource and insource, I would rather prefer outsource because as I have read on the internet, companies of all sizes are now struggling with escalating costs of full-time employees. In addition, there are more things that you have to consider if you prefer insource like the hiring, training, administration, benefits, absenteeism, workspace and equipment for the employees which in the outsource not often considered.

On the other hand, with regard to the outsourcing company, the advantages of hiring them are the following:

1. Expertise: Harness the talent technology and expertise of niche providers and leverage best practices. Expert sources who might carry too large a price tag to employ full-time, can fit into nearly any budget on a project-by-project or as needed basis.

2. Management: Focus on the core aspects of your business and leave the worries of non-core activities to someone else without having to commit additional managers or your time to manage a project. Outsourcing companies have their own management.

3. Personnel Flexibility: Hire specialists without being obligated to keep them on when they are not needed. It is easier to terminate an outsourced relationship than to layoff full-time personnel.

4. Capital Conservation: Concentrate financial resources on core business activities vs. investing capital in overhead, such as: office space, computers, etc.

5. Time Savings: Don’t reinvent the wheel. Someone, somewhere has done it before or developed an easy solution – why not use it?

Furthermore, Outsourcing is no longer about cutting costs and saving money. It is about how to do things quicker, more efficiently, getting to the market faster than your competitors, maximizing workforce flexibility and gaining access to highly qualified employees. And Outsourcing is becoming one of the most significant business trends of this decade.

But on the other side, like the situation of USEP right now, I agree with their decision if they are using now the insource which was been outsource before because we have our IT professionals here on our schools, so why not use them? And also it’s our pride that we have them to make our systems and they are already proven to be as good ones. And with that also, we can also save in terms of financial aspect. So keep it up!

Reference: http://sbinformation.about.com/cs/bestpractices/a/outsource_2.htm