Getting Started with Strategic Outsourcing
Shift the financial burden of production to digital service providers
By Pam Johnson
Friday, December 5, 2014
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
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Sourcing out production helps laboratories focus on their core competencies
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“Test driving” different outsource providers helps in judging the quality of the final product
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The velocity of a lab’s business can increase when production is offloaded to a third party
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This business strategy helps to reduce risk and increase flexibility
Today, the business of outsourcing production of restorative solutions has become a strategic necessity for many dental laboratories. Use of an outsource provider allows labs to offload some of the more labor‐intensive processes and eliminates the need to capitalize the expense of inventorying milling and material supplies. Learn how a relationship with an outsource provider can help your business soar.
About the Author
Pam Johnson is Editor-in-Chief of Inside Dental Technology, a peer-reviewed journal published by AEGIS Publications. In addition to the journal, Johnson has been influential in developing a platform of essential tools and resources supporting laboratory decision makers.
