Shhh, it is a dirty word now, don’t use it
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We all hear the dreaded 'outsourcing' word
tossed around in the media. People get scared when executives start
thinking about it. Unless of course you work as a company that becomes
the source. But IBM went ahead and stopped using it.
IBM, which has been
expanding its operations in India, has moved away from the related term
"outsourcing." Outsourcing refers to a business farming tasks
out to companies like IBM--which may complete the work abroad. Big Blue
avoided using the word "outsourcing" in announcing deals with
two energy companies and with two German banks that all involve IBM taking
over certain operations.
Big Blue described some of the deals
as "business process transformation services" agreements
and said the phrase refers to an emerging market category.
Well I would like to 'business process
tranform' our soda vendor, but it seems we can't get quick deliveries of
Mr Pibb before the freshness date.
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On Monday, October 11th, 2004 by Chris Miller
