According to the Outsourcing Institute's Survey of Outsourcing End Users, these are the top reasons why companies outsource:

• Reduce operating costs
• Improve company focus
• Gain access to world-class capabilities
• Free internal resources for other purposes
• Resources are not available internally
• Function difficult to manage/out of control
• Make capital funds available
• Share risk

A couple decades ago, the outsourcing trend started as a ripple. Today, it’s an international trend that’s impossible to ignore.