About 3 years ago I was working for this relatively small co. here in NYC - that did printing of standardized US testing in grades K-12, and they also produced these personalized study guides. (If a student did bad in 2 area of a subject - but, good in the other 3 - s/he would get a study guide that ONLY included those 2 topics in which they did badly.)
So - by the time I got to the co. - they were now largely outsourced. It was this HUGE Consulting company based in India - and I think they are like one of the biggest in the whole world now(I just wish I could remember their name). The companies operations were such that about 1/3 to 1/2 of the inhouse "employees" were from this company. The rest of us were actual fulltime employees. However, then we had this huge team of people offsite in India. The pain was having conference calls - where you could Barely hear or understand some of the people on the other end of the call. But, worse yet - was this one situation. You see - for a particular print project (and, in the end - MANY of them were run this way) - we would have certain people inhouse - and then the rest of the team was in India. But, the dumbest part was to have the QA Team over in India. And, to make matters worse - almost every project was a RUSH Job. So - this one time - we had a print-out/Proof - that needed to be approved by QA - and IN A RUSH. So - imagine how silly it is - to RUSH out some pieces of paper - attempt to get it there like overnight - all the way to India - and then they have to write their critiques on it - or even mark up the document - and send it back - IN A RUSH! I even turned to someone at one point - and said "Why can't we just have one of our people HERE that does QA (who might be on Another project) - do the Rush QA job on this. But, I wasn't listened to - and it was sent overseas!!! Oh well... -K- -----Original Message----- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 4:31 PM On 9/22/2011 11:47 AM, Fred Taylor wrote: > Having been witness to this phenomena a few times over the years, I can > honestly say that the success rate is probably in the 10% range of actually > accomplishing the goal of saving ANY money. In more than a few of the > cases, it was the demise of the company. (both small and large, but I will > not divulge any names to protect the guilty) Fred, I've heard this same story repeatedly (about the dismal success rate). You'd think the word would be out on the street already, but for some reason, the business leaders still seem hellbent on being the exception to the typical story. SSDD _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/289ea162f5642645b5cf64d624c66a140b7ce...@us-ny-mail-002.waitex.net ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
