ALS
Consulting and Trowbridge Group merge to form Global
Sourcing Advisory Firm
(May
16, 2005) - Leading outsourcing consulting
firm, the Trowbridge Group has merged with ALS Consulting,
a European shared services and outsourcing consultancy
to form a new global company named Alsbridge. Please
visit www.Alsbridge.com
to read about our expanded services and capabilities.
The
outsourcing industry has gone through a number of changes
over the years, and outsourcing consulting firms can be
categorized according to how well they have adapted and
evolved to meet the challenges posed by those changes.
First Generation Firms:
1990- 1993
Large
generalist partnerships (PWC & Anderson Consulting)
Limited
provider choices and delivery models
Explosion
of service providers
Generalist
consulting firms begin to offer Outsourced
Services
Second Generation
Firms: 1993 - 2003
Depth
of Understanding of the outsourcing market
Checklist
driven process
Focus
on direct cost
Firms
seldom asked to address the larger opportunity
Results
cost driven and unworkable contract (toxic)
Growth
in “After Care” for Toxic contracts
Third Generation
Firms: 2003 - Onward
The Trowbridge Group has emerged as the premier
third generation outsourcing consulting firm with
the unique capability to develop a strategic solution
involving both outsourcing
and shared
services. Our consultants' expertise enables
them to assist clients in offshoring multiple
services including: ITO, BPO, and HRO. Our outsourcing
consultants offer non-traditional, but proven
advice going beyond the common “checklist”
mentality. Our process provides a disciplined,
yet creative deal-structuring framework that carefully
aligns management culture, pricing, and service
to achieve a superior long-term solution.
