Close Your In-plant?

"But why?" you ask. "Why would CAP Ventures, the conference organizer, be so interested in closing in-plants?" Could it be because of the money that outsourcing firms like Ikon Office Solutions paid to exhibit at the show?

CAP Ventures says no. It focused on outsourcing because its data showed outsourcing firms were performing strongly and this was one solution for companies to consider. Does CAP Ventures feel in-plants aren't competent enough to do the work? No again, says Charlie Corr, senior consultant. But in-plants must provide a number of services; if they can't do them in-house, they should partner with an external provider. CAP Ventures merely wanted to show outsourcing as an option; the speakers themselves controlled the pro-outsourcing content of their talks.