To help you decide ask yourself the following:

1. Is it essential to have complete control of all operational activities or is it feasible to employ a specialist third party to maintain or support certain sections?
2. Can you still reach your business goals using specialized third-party skills and experience?
3. Would specialized capabilities from outside your business speed up achieving your business goals?
4. Would you prefer an on-premise solution or will outsourcing be more cost-efficient?
5. Do you have specialist know-how to give you a competitive advantage?
6. Does your organization have sufficient

• economies of scale
• defining advantages
• access to particular skills / resources
• to achieve sustainable goals in the long-term?

1. Is your organization positioned

• to lower costs
• to initiate innovation
• to implement best practices
• to be technologically progressive?
• to seize technological advantages?