40% Faster Time To See Outsourcing Cost Savings, According To Alsbridge CEO

Research, Good Information is Key, Trowbridge Tells FAO Today Magazine

DALLAS, Dec. 18, 2008 – Organizations considering outsourcing “who use a consultant have reduced their time-to-benefit by about 40 percent,” says Alsbridge, Inc. CEO Ben Trowbridge.

Mr. Trowbridge was quoted in FAO Today, the leading publication covering finance and accounting outsourcing. Other comments by Mr. Trowbridge in the FAO Today article “Seeking Advice in Tough Times? include:

1. “Growing complexity fuels the growth in demand for advisory services. Buyers of outsourcing face a very complex task in deciding what, where and how to source, and with whom to work.”


2. “Without research and access to good information, (clients) can’t determine what is possible or not possible. A huge problem for clients is that there are so many FAO providers in the market now. Everyone claims that they do FAO and it creates a lot of noise for the client.”


3. “The shortened time to benefit can be construed to be a factor in many clients wanting to use a sourcing advisor again in the future.”


4. “Financial executives don’t have time to get the transaction done. The department is simply too busy to peel somebody off to work on the transaction. A fresh set of eyes is probably the first thing that they need.”