The Myths of Outsourcing

At last week's Southeastern University Printing and Digital Managers Conference (SUPDMC) in Nashville, opening keynote speaker Ray Chambers, of the Chambers Management Group, debunked some of the outsourcing myths commonly cited by organizations to justify eliminating their in-plants. Most organizations say they want to outsource to cut costs, Chambers said, yet little research has been done to validate whether outsourcing actually brings savings.