With the 21st century's competitive marketplace, more and more firms are considering the outsourcing (or sourcing) of some operational aspects to bolster productivity, profitability and competitive positioning. Sourcing domestically is a good alternative for some tasks, whereas others can be done off-shore with good results.

Our sourcing clients benefit from lower fully-loaded costs, and reduced overheads for product development, marketing and sales materials, product support, call centers, training and distribution. Outsourcing can increase profits and, with prudence, maintain product quality and keep customers happy, resulting in higher stakeholder return.

Companies considering sourcing need assurances that work done on their behalf meets a suitable standard. HEI's consultants help provide these assurances. We first assess the client needs and how amenable various processes are to outsourcing. HEI then evaluates potential suitable outsourcing partners, their technologies, quality control, services and collateral items. Our experience, expertise and scrupulous integrity let us provide clients a thorough, unbiased, and fully independent evaluation as part of an outsourcing feasibility decision.

Inverse Outsourcing, an approach spearheaded by HEI, is another alternative. The concept is easy — instead of downsizing staff and premises, consider offering your excess capacity to non-competitive companies — perhaps providing the means to keep your hard to replace skilled teams together. We can help establish this as well.

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