Outsourcing Equipment (Book Excerpts)

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Curious about outsourcing equipment? Our book, “Outsourcing Through RentACoder” explains it all. Below are a few selected snippets that describe its importance and why you, as an outsourcer, should care. For details, head on over to this page and order the book. Then complement what you find here with the content in our growing outsourcing articles library (the book’s ‘online extension’).

Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page step-by-step user guide for entrepreneurs who want to reduce their workload and increase productivity at the same time.

Excerpts:

• It’s used by businesses that want to significantly decrease production costs and upsize their profits through labor provided from places such as India, Israel, and Asia. Compared to that in the United States, overseas wages, materials, and equipment are considerably cheaper. (page 62)
• Jobs that require things like special equipment or custom assembly are better left to in-house employees who’ve been trained to perform them. (page 106)
• Why not ask prospective coders if they can streamline processes for you? Quite often, coders have the experience, equipment, and expertise needed to streamline a process already. (page 145)
• Here, you’ll want to learn how a coder will begin implementing his/her services. Descriptions should address issues surrounding supplies, equipment, labor, and staff (if applicable). (page 213)
• Here, you may have to haggle over the things that would otherwise provide a smooth start: the purchase of equipment, the transfer of sensitive materials, staff introductions and training, schedules, etc. (page 268)
• Sometimes additional documents need signing, schedules need readjusting, or equipment needs shipping. And depending on the scale of a project, this period between signing a contract and starting the job could be an extremely complicated and lengthy process. (page 293)

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Outsourcing Through RentACoder (now, vWorker) is a 418 page, 7.44″ x 9.68″ paperback book, fully illustrated and filled with everything you could possibly need to successfully outsource your tasks the first time.

Inside, you’ll find a slew of outsourcing know-how, over a dozen online checklists, worksheets, and more. It also introduces an outsourcing roadmap exclusive to the RentACoder (now, vWorker) website. Order it here.