November 19, 2006
New BPO Mantra: Divest & Rule
--By Priya Jestin, Staff Writer
First global firms set up the BPO or business processing outsourcing units in India and other countries where they could get cheap labor to handle their myriad tasks. As time wore on, these global giants realized that their BPO units were a profit-making industry in their own right. And that’s when the recent trend of divesting outsourcing units began. Today, a growing number of multinational firms are divesting their outsourcing units, cashing out while maintaining their outsourcing relationships.
BPO is big business today and according to industry predictions, by 2010 India’s BPO operations alone will touch $25 billion from the current $7.5 billion. So if the BPO industry is so big, why are the multinationals selling out? Because they have found that there are other big, global outsourcing firms that can easily handle their requirements.
This means an unnecessary in-house unit could be a drain on precious resources. Probably what we are now seeing in the BPO industry is a trend similar to the ongoing changes in the steel industry. Consolidation seems to have become the keyword required for survival and growth. And if you cannot consolidate, divest your unit and use somebody else’s resources to grow your organization. Whichever way you look at it, it’s sunshine time for India’s BPO industry.
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