Outsourced Services Resource Center

The top 10 concerns when contracting services

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Companies are balancing regulatory and shareholder influence, while seeking the agility and speed to compete globally. Scrutiny of capital expense budgets has slowed infrastructure upgrades and allowed older equipment to fall out of warranty. To compensate, companies are placing a higher value on contractual services to offset lost manpower, supplement their technical abilities, and increase profitability.

The Truth about Global Outsourcing: 10 Lessons about the Difficulties of Getting It Done

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Outsourcing sounds great in theory, but often falls short in execution. Here are some pithy insights on what goes wrong . . . and why.

How to rely on contractors without destroying your career

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Instead of treating maintenance as a frill and extra, it’s far better to take a positive attitude toward maintenance outsourcing and learn how a proper program can improve reliability, increase the bottom line and keep people working.

The hidden risks of outside contractors

The increased use of outside contractors to perform tasks once performed by company employees represents enormous risk from both a legal liability and OSHA compliance liability point of view.

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Podcast: Littelfuse's Larry Altmayer discusses the paradigm shift in plant electrical infrastructure

Larry Altmayer, POWR-GARD services manager for Littelfuse Inc., says we must consider electrical infrastructure to be a dynamic system that requires regular attention and a formal preventive maintenance program.