Controlled Environment Storage: The Case For Outsourcing Gets Stronger

By Patrick Jackson, Vindon Scientific

Anyone in business in the current economic climate knows that life is a constant struggle. Financial constraints, limitations on capital budget spend, and the ever-increasing need to reduce costs are all adding to the burden of trying to stay in business – and stay competitive. Inevitably, we all share some common challenges. One of these is to discover the right resources and, having found them, to use them to their full potential. In this respect, outsourcing can play a valuable part in a company’s operations. Outsourcing controlled environment storage can be strategic, cost effective, efficient and productive – all of which are tempting incentives. Potentially, the successful outsourcing of this specialist service could lead to falls in costs of around 50 per cent. However, if handled badly, business process outsourcing can unsettle an organisation, resulting in a lower quality of service. But, when outsourced services are handled competently, the results are well worth the effort. There’s a persuasive body of evidence in corporate development that says – more than ever before – that now is the right time to outsource. Therefore, the main consideration is when to outsource, rather than if to outsource. It’s a highly efficient way to cut costs, as well as improving services and profitability.