Outsourcing to manage complexity

Deciding whether an in-house or outsource arrangement was right for this client, was undecided until they appointed us to answer this difficult question.  

Challenge:

Our client, a leader in B2B insurance, was looking for help in managing its complex arrangements for documents, paper, digital and marketing services.

Solution:

By mapping the end to end processes and engaging with internal stakeholders, we created a plan to outsource the management of business processes. We reviewed the main print management companies with global capability and a single provider was appointed after a rapid but thorough procurement process.

Result:

  • On-site expertise
  • Process re-engineering
  • Deployment of technology
  • Full supply chain overview and change management plans
  • Robust SLAs and KPIs to drive compliance and improvement
Insight: Is the print industry ready to take responsibility to tackle pollution?

Often many months in the planning, most print ends up as waste within two weeks of reaching its audience. Yet, during the planning stages, relatively little effort is spent understanding what happens to a piece of print at the end of its life. So we took a quick look at lots of printed items from [...]