
Executive Summary
Auric Bank (AB) needs to reduce costs to boost its profits and share price. This report will talk about changes in-house, outsource call centres to areas within the UK or outsource off-shore to low-cost countries such as India. And it shows that India is the best choice.
Introduction
This report will look at a range of options:
1.Keep the call centres in-house.
2.Outsource the call centres to Resource Plc based in South Africa.
3.Outsource the call centres to Orion Plc based in Scotland.
4.Outsource the call centres to X-source based in India.
Findings
1.It is found that cost of the contract with X-source India is the lowest among the four options, which is only 5.5 million pounds for the next five years.
2.Keeping the call centres in-house can protect the service quality and data security much better than other options, while it costs the most.
3.Resource Plc in South Africa is reliable, experienced and high-efficient, as it hasn’t taken on too much business like other firms.
4.The fact some customers have complained in newspapers that the lines are always busy shows Orion Plc is not well organized.
Conclusion
It is clear that the four options have their own advantages. X-source India costs least. AB itself has the highest quality. And Resource Plc is the most efficient. By contrast, Orion Plc doesn’t have prominent strengths.
Recommendation
In view of AB’s purpose of reducing cost, we strongly recommend that AB should outsource the call centres to X-source India. During the cooperation, AB had better provide professional training to the staff, in order to insure the service quality.
