Sourcing
Ordina offers a variety of Sourcing services. Ranging from Smart sourcing to Outsourcing, from Co-sourcing to Off-shoring. Ordina has experience in all of these areas. We define the umbrella term, Sourcing, as laying the responsibility for an activity or business process with an external supplier. This includes the possibility that related business means or employees may be transferred in the process.
Organisations responsible for their own IT landscape’s Application Management regularly face the challenge of keeping their systems available and flexible, while reducing their costs. Yet, the ability to adapt and be flexible is key to success in the rapid changing market conditions of our clients.
Companies who decide to outsource activities do not enter into this lightly. Cost reduction remains an important argument. However, there are more reasons:
- increased capacity to execute
- increased flexibility
- greater result-orientation from suppliers
- ensuring continuity
- control over the complex IT landscape
Trends and Developments
- increased demand for outsourcing and global sourcing
- increased demand for long-term relationships
- complex co-operation models with multiple parties
- organisations outsource to multiple vendors (multi-vendor sourcing)
- competences outweigh price (in offshore locations wages are rising and becoming market related)
Our vision
Processes involving maintenance and outsourcing may sound very technical, but in essence these are pure change projects. They consist of people who, by their individual and joint efforts, bring about the desired change.
The timeframe in which a client organisation is able to book successes through outsourcing, is dependant on the absorption ability of the organisation. Put simply, its willingness to change. In the end, access to a qualified group of people with diverse competences outweighs the lowest price. Coupled with the growth in Outsourcing and the dynamic labour market, an exciting combination has arisen. At present, 38% of organisations have problems in recruiting and retaining their own IT professionals. The expectation is that companies, using global sourcing opportunities, will rise from 14% to 21%.
Our experience
Ordina has bundled its knowledge and experience regarding Outsourcing around client domains on the one hand and the most important standard packages and technology platforms, e.g. SAP, Oracle, Microsoft, Java and COBOL on the other. Our consultants are specialised in managing sourcing projects and setting up or professionalising maintenance divisions. Ordina is able to manage any business critical environment from the application up to and including the hosting of the hardware. Our Contract Managers assume the overall responsibility for realising our obligations to clients.
When a client requests that we assume responsibility for the application landscape as well as the responsibility for the IT organisation and its people, Ordina considers this IT Outsourcing. Leaving one’s trusted and familiar environment and joining a new employer is no small feat. Thanks to our wealth of experience in acquisitions, we understand this as no other.
Which form of sourcing is the most suitable form? That depends on the wishes and requirements of each organisation. It may be necessary to perform maintenance activities on-site or it may be possible for this to happen at your outsourcing partner’s site. Global delivery is another option offering manageability, measurable quality and cost advantages. Our intensive co-operation with our Indian partner Cognizant brings this option within your reach. Our proven on-site/offshore delivery model offers you the best of both worlds: a trusted partner with knowledge and scale in the Netherlands combined with a global player’s power to execute.