Framework for Effective Outsourcing Training Class

Program Agenda:
Day One
Module 1: The Road to Today
This module provides a global strategic perspective of organizational behavior, how the various components of planning and budgeting interface, The Organizational Planning Model??, and the Decision Support Cycle??, and how the outsourcing process needs to interface with the organization's Strategic Vision and Focus.

Module 2: Principles and Considerations of Outsourcing
This module presents the underlying principles affecting the outsourcing decision. You will learn how to address the key issues when considering outsourcing as a strategic tool. You will use the ARC Outsourcing Matrix?? to identifying potential outsourcing targets, and how to identify the risk and control relationships outsourcing relationships present.

Day Two
Module 3: The Drivers of Change
In this module, you will understand how to identify the external and internal drivers of change which are impacting your organization today and those that will exist in the post-implementation outsourced environment. In addition, you will learn how to use key tools and techniques to turn challenges to opportunities presented by the new paradigms of outsourced operations.

Module 4: What Are the Options
This module discusses the various outsourced-organizational structures used by world-class organizations today, and the benefits and risks associated with each. It also explores other factors that may impact the effectiveness of the decision process.

Module 4: What Are the Profit-Enhancement Opportunities
This module presents a process to determine the cost of the current processes, the cost of conversion to an outsourced environment, and how to project the MIRR and ROIC the proposed environment offers. You will learn how to build and apply a true profit maximization model.

Module 5: The Ten-Step Outsourcing Framework
You will learn how to apply a structured approach to using alternative resources for the production of an output. You will learn to identify and evaluate the variables that exist in the application of any change model.

Day Three
Module 6: Building the Change Model
This module provides insight into project the potential range of impact associated with the proposed changes to the current business practices. It will help develop an appreciation for the behavior of constraints, variables, and how modeling can be used effectively.
Module 7: Managing the Conversion Process
In this module, you will learn how to successfully manage the change process, resulting in a seamless interface among the various outsourcing partners and their respective strategic trading partners, internal customers, and the end consumer of the final output.

Section 8: Legal Considerations in Outsourcing Decisions
This module will identify the legal aspects of the outsourced environment, and how to effectively safeguard against litigation. You will discuss how to define the Customer Requirements in Outsourcing Contracts, the key terms and language to be included in Outsourcing Contracts, and the employee-related legal issues and considerations. Finally you will discuss how to develop a "Pre-Nuptial Agreement" to make the contract termination process seamless.