Bain Capital: Outsourcing IT jobs "delivers enduring results: lower costs now, future flexibility"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

The theory that Romney's campaign is counting outsourced jobs among the 100,000 has been pushed privately by some of his critics. Bain & Company, the consulting firm where Romney worked prior to helping lead its private equity spinoff, doesn't disguise the fact that outsourcing is part of its consulting portfolio. Currently on its website, Bain has a section about strategies behind the outsourcing of information technology work (http://www.bain.com/consulting-services/information-technology/it-capability-sourcing.aspx).

We help clients ensure that IT offshoring and outsourcing decisions are based on business strategy and help set up deal structures, capability networks and sourcing agreements to deliver enduring results -- lower costs now and flexibility for the future.

Strategic sourcing is the process by which organizations determine how to access the right IT and business capability at the right cost. Sourcing must be managed effectively across the four key dimensions of management, resources, services and business processes.

Outsourcing of IT or business processes is just one option of sourcing strategies, often unleashing tremendous value. With strategic sourcing, Bain can enable clients to ensure sourcing decisions are based on business strategy and to help set up sourcing agreements to deliver value now and flexibility for the future.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/10/mitt-romney-bain-capital-outsourcing-jobs_n_1197318.html

[SharonAnn]

1. Some of the enduring results are: poor quality, unmaintainable code, inefficient software, delays

changes/upgrades, and significantly increased cost with less and less control of the IT platform.

You get "pwned"

[da_decider]

2. Hold Romney Accountable

Romney will eventually win the GOP primary. This is what Democrats should do to him: Find as many "regular Americans who lost jobs and benefits as a result of his takeover" as they can, and make a political ad holding him accountable.