Many brides don't want to relinquish control of any part of their wedding planning. However, they find themselves stressed by all the details. Though it's oftentimes a tough decision to make, you should consider hiring a wedding planner.
With the costs of planning a wedding on the rise and so many vendors to choose from, a wedding planner can help make things a whole lot easier for the bride and groom.
Do you need a wedding planner? Ask yourself these questions and find out.
Are you stressed out?
With financial concerns and pressure from all the wedding planning decisions, you may find that you are always frazzled and not enjoying your engagement. A wedding planner can help by taking off some of that pressure and handling all the details.
Are you having a hard time finding vendors?
If you have called banquet hall after banquet hall only to find that your wedding date isn't available, it's time to call a wedding planner. A professional planner will have contacts in the wedding industry and know of vendors that you might not even consider.
Do you hate planning?
No one says you have to love planning your wedding. Maybe you just aren't a planner. If that's the case, don't feel pressured. Instead you can turn over the duties to someone who loves wedding planning and has years of experience doing it right.
The best way to find the perfect wedding planner is through referrals from other brides. If you know anyone in your area that has gotten married in the last few years, ask them which wedding planner they used. You should also go online to various bridal websites and talk to women in your area to find referrals.
After you have a few wedding planners in mind, conduct an interview to be sure your personalities are compatible. Explain how much input you would like to have in the wedding decisions ... after all, it's still your wedding. Don't be worried that the wedding planner will override all your wishes. You are paying the planner to help create your ideal wedding and all the final choices will still be yours.
Throughout the process, check in with your wedding planner often. Meet with the planner every few weeks and talk on the phone weekly to make sure you are still on the same page. If there are any snags in engagement wishes the wedding planning, you'll want to find out early.
While feasibility of using offshore/nearshore resources for the delivery of certain activities or business processes has been already established, long term strategic feasibility and appropriateness of various engagement models are still under scrutiny.
The most common approaches nowadays are either working with a third-party outsourcing provider or establishing captive operations in lower cost locations. Engagement models can be differentiated based upon customer organization's need for management control, costs of operation, risks and other factors.
Third-party Outsourcing
Third-party outsourcing is classic client-vendor relationship governed by contractual obligations and service level agreements. It is mostly driven by tactical reasons such as short-term cost savings and staffing flexibility. Non-core or non-critical activities are typical candidates for outsourcing.
Traditional third-party outsourcing comes in two main forms:
When considering how to organize the remote delivery of software development services, captive subsidiary option often does not receive full consideration in comparison to outsourcing. While it is generally accepted to outsource certain non-crucial activities, in certain cases this approach is inappropriate for core functions and critical activities. Decision to take work offshore/nearshore doesn't necessarily mean that you have to outsource it. Use of remote resources for the delivery of functions close to core business while retaining operational control and benefiting from real cost advantages can be achieved by means of setting up captive facility, thus keeping work within the company.
Captive model means that customer organization makes strategic decision to create its presence in the lower cost location and conduct work there as a part of its own operations. The activities are performed remotely, but they are not outsourced to the vendor. Thus the customer is able to retain full control and mitigate respective risks associated with intellectual property and other sensitive business information.
Organizations that want to establish captive centers have similar goals as those deploying traditional enterprise or shared services operations. In the first place captives are supposed to lower cost through labor arbitrage. But recent research shows that buyers are seeking not only cheaper but skilled labor at offshore/nearshore locations. They want to obtain competitive advantage and gains from process improvements. In order to avoid risks of underutilizing captive capacities, organizations must thoroughly assess their long-term operational requirements and predict service needs that may arise in the future.
The most common approaches to setting up captive operations are the following:
Main benefits of having own captive center:
Both outsourcing and captive operations have similar driving forces (cost reductions and competitive pressures in the first place) and particular advantages, but main factors for choosing one or another vary.
Both approaches will deliver benefits in terms of improved focus, optimization of processes, reduction of operational costs, faster time-to-market etc. But companies must thoroughly evaluate each option to identify one that represents the best fit for their specific requirements, business culture and strategic goals.
The approach selected will depend on whether the primary driver is short-term cost savings or whether the company has long-term vision for offshoring/nearshoring and wishes to retain control over processes and intellectual property.
Establishing nearshore captive center in Ukraine through BOT model
If software development is a core competency of your company and you have long term specialized resource requirements, it makes sense to build your own capability in order to support the full software life-cycle, secure intellectual property and build up specific know-how. Nowadays this process is not as difficult as it used to be. The key to success is finding a trusted partner that already operates in the environment of country. By doing this you will benefit from: