IT Sourcing Strategy

  • From IT sourcing to a long-term sourcing strategy.

    In a market, which is defined by a high level of dynamic and complexity, competiveness is increased by the optimisation of the service provision and of the range and depth of manufacture. Besides the question of the organisational structure of IT in any company, there is increasingly the fundamental consideration in the foreground, as to whether IT services should be provided in-house at all, or whether they should be supplied either partially or completely by external suppliers.

    The decision between in-house sourcing and external provision, based on a 'make or buy' decision, extends over a very wide range of possibilities, from selective outtasking through business process outsourcing and offshoring and right up to complete outsourcing of the IT. Besides the aspects of cost control and reduction, it is also important to bring the issue of strategic alignment into the consideration of sourcing strategy. Alongside sourcing strategy, consideration must also be given to the appropriate procurement and operating models, from purchase through to on-demand models, and from in-house operation though to in-house or hosted managed services, and right up to models with software-as-a-service (SaaS).

    ICB supports you in this decision-making process.

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    Successful IT sourcing demands a balance between the requirements and the services offered, and the opportunities and risks of such decisions are to be weighed carefully against each other, since fundamental decisions of this sort are binding over the long term and can only be retracted with difficulty.

    ICB supports your company in this difficult decision process with its extensive project experience, its market knowledge and an honest view of your actual situation, and it also underpins the decision with cost-effectiveness considerations and ROI calculations. We also accompany you through subsequent tendering and the complete tender issuing process, as well as supporting you in the development of tailored SLAs, operating concepts and agreements.

  • Your Contact Person

     
    Mr. Kay Kaczmarek
    Phone +49 40 696353673
    Email