Buyer’s market to deliver better outsourcing deals
28 August 2012
Purchasers outsourcing business in 2005 could benefit from a better choice of suppliers and cheaper contracts, according to an industry expert.
Nick Mayes, lead analyst for Global Computing Services at research firm Datamonitor, told SM that outsourcing is currently a “buyer’s market”.
He said a growing trend for medium-sized deals had opened the market to smaller, more specialised suppliers with expertise in niche areas such as outsourced human resources.
“From the outsourcing customer’s point...