| | | | | company size, financial situation, origin, etc.) |
| Background | | | | The Factea Filter describes the factors that |
| The Factea Filter - Offshoring Issue Analysis – | | | | enable or disable a company to offshore its |
| is the result of more than 15 years of consulting | | | | activity. This management model is based on a |
| and operational Offshoring/Outsourcing experience | | | | narrowing 8-step issue analysis structured around |
| for companies operating in various industries | | | | 3 dimensions. |
| (automotive, textile, electronics and daily use | | | | Dimension 1 - The Customer |
| products, chemicals, etc.), among which many | | | | |
| dealing with very complex Offshoring issues | | | | 1. 1. Proximity sensitivity: Does the product or |
| History | | | | service require “face to face” interaction |
| The Factea Filter - Offshoring Issue Analysis | | | | with the customer? |
| concept was born while leading several Offshoring | | | | 2. 2. Origin sensitivity: Are the customers |
| projects for Global and International firms. At first, | | | | indifferent to the product or service country |
| the purpose of developing such a model was to | | | | origin? |
| ensure that all issues were perfectly addressed | | | | Dimension 2 - The Industry |
| on both strategy and implementation phases. | | | | |
| After successfully using a preliminary model, | | | | 1. 3. Infrastructure: Do sufficient infrastructures |
| Factea experts decided to go further in the | | | | exist in the Offshoring targeted areas? |
| Offshoring issue analysis. Therefore, Factea | | | | 2. 4. Duplicability: Is the product or service easily |
| Consulting Research Center was assigned during 3 | | | | duplicable in the Offshoring targeted areas? |
| months in order to develop a generic and high | | | | 3. 5. Regulation: Is the product or service free |
| level management model providing the structure | | | | from significant regulation? |
| and key questions to assess a company | | | | 4. 6. Benefits: Are Offshoring costs lower than |
| Offshoring potential / project feasibility. To | | | | the difference between production cost in the |
| achieve this goal, Factea Research Center has | | | | consumption country and the production country? |
| continuously involved and interviewed: | | | | Dimension 3 - The Company |
| - Offshoring experts and economists | | | | |
| - Trade unions Offshoring – Outsourcing | | | | 1. 7. Resources: Does the company have sufficient |
| project managers | | | | resources to support the Offshoring process? |
| - CEOs of company of all size | | | | 2. 8. Will: Do top management and shareholders |
| The consistency and robustness of the model has | | | | have the will to offshore the activity? |
| been challenged by testing it on more than 350 | | | | Is a company likely to offshore its activity? |
| diversified case studies (all type of industry, | | | | |