The State of Sourcing

Getting up at 3.30 AM is not a good way for me to start my day… especially if I need to dress up in formals. But one flight to Chennai and twelve hours later, I can safely say it was worth it!

We, at ValueNotes Outsourcing Practice, arranged an executive briefing for our report “Offshoring in the Publishing Vertical: 2009” at the GRT Radisson, Chennai on the 26^th of June ’09.  What’s an executive briefing, you ask? Well, we start off with a presentation by one of our analysts on the major findings from the latest report (hence the need for formal attire). This is followed by a panel discussion where industry members discuss, dissect and evaluate certain prominent issues relating to the industry.  The topic we presented before the panel ( Prema from TexTech, Neeraj from PreMedia Global and Nanda from S4Carlisle) was themed around the future outlook of the publishing industry, specifically in terms of challenges and issues.

Vendor consolidation seems to be something that is playing on every publisher’s (and consequently every service provider’s) mind. Publishers are consolidating their respective offshore/onshore service provider base – Continue reading ‘Of executives, formals and publishing…’ »

It has been five years since we started the publishing practice here at ValueNotes Outsourcing Practice. Over the years, we have researched and interacted with various industry segments and people – it is something that we have enjoyed and are keen to take forward.

This blog is a means for us to increase our interactions with the community (a large one at that).We also look at this blog as a means to disseminate our learnings to the community. We hope to provide insights, while looking to learn from your comments and thoughts. That being said, please feel free to comment.

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