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June 8, 2005

Great Article in HBR

Think we have reached the end of outsourcing? Do not read the June 2005 Issue of Harvard Business Review article by Thomas H. Davenport. The coming commoditization of processes will enlighten you to a whole new dimension and possibilities. Also, a good friend is mentioned in the article; Brett Champlin and his collection of Capability Maturity Models. Brett has collected over 180 models, and the Metadata Maturity Model is number 130. My favorite quote from the article:

Eventually these costs and benefits will be so visible to the buyers that outsourced processes will become a commodity, and prices will fall dramatically. The low costs and low risks of outsourcing will accelerate the flow of jobs offshore, force companies to look differently at their strategies, and change the basis of competition.

Welcome to the new world where talent competes on a global scale while labor competes on a local scale.

Posted by Todd at June 8, 2005 12:03 PM