In the global economy, U.S.-based architecture and interior design firms are ferreting out the business benefits and pitfalls of global outsourcing, or "offshoring." It's a trend driving business profitability too big to ignore. "The design community has been working for years to develop strategies for increasing market share and profit, and perhaps part of the solution has arrived with global outsourcing," says Richard N. Pollack, founder of his namesake 30-person San Francisco architecture firm.
I think it is valid that we have concerns about these issues. I suspect that many industry leaders jump on the outsourcing bandwagon when they are handed business proposals that support their bottom line profits – and it is for this reason that everyone needs to do everything in their power to remain competitive in an ever growing economy. I'ts difficult to determine the short and long term impacts but I've seen companies make a transition to outsourcing relatively painlessly.
Dec 30, 06 11:20 pm ·
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Does this mean the end of entry-level work?
How are they going to adjust IDP to compensate for all of the Construction Documentation going overseas?
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I think it is valid that we have concerns about these issues. I suspect that many industry leaders jump on the outsourcing bandwagon when they are handed business proposals that support their bottom line profits – and it is for this reason that everyone needs to do everything in their power to remain competitive in an ever growing economy. I'ts difficult to determine the short and long term impacts but I've seen companies make a transition to outsourcing relatively painlessly.
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