TPI, the largest sourcing data and advisory firm in the world and a unit of Information Services Group, Inc., a leader in the information-based services industry, today announced the release of the TPI Momentum 2010 Market Trends & Insights Vertical Industries Report, a comprehensive look at outsourcing activity in 27 major sectors of the economy that shows the factors driving new outsourcing adoption, client decision-making, and spending levels vary dramatically by market segment.

Cost-cutting imperatives brought on by weak economic conditions are affecting outsourcing activity in all verticals, including several that traditionally have outsourced only sparingly. Meanwhile, outsourcing spending is falling in some of the largest verticals, including Diversified Financials, Consumer Durables and Banking.

“There are clearly new industry, regulatory, political and technological drivers that are impacting outsourcing activity,” said TPI Momentum Chief Research Officer Paul Reynolds. “This report highlights the specific, topical factors that impact outsourcing spending levels and decision-making within each of these verticals.”

The report, which combines proprietary market data on outsourcing activity within the Forbes® Global 2000 (G2000) largest public companies with commentary from TPI’s expert advisors, is designed to help service providers and market watchers identify the latest critical market trends and opportunities.

With more than 260 pages and more than 1,500 charts and graphs, it features a global market overview plus individual chapters on 27 vertical industries. It shows not only total spending by G2000 companies within each industry, but also documents the specific services being outsourced and identifies which service providers are winning the contracts. TPI advisors share their recent experiences from real-world sourcing engagements to provide insight into the specific factors that are influencing decision-making in each industry. “Most service providers go to market by vertical, and our research was designed with this in mind,” Reynolds said.

TPI has identified common influences that span markets, such as cost-cutting initiatives, government involvement, technology and increasing demand from emerging markets. The specific outsourcing opportunity within each industry is shaped by penetration rates, historical spending levels, current catalysts and other conditions.

TPI found significant year-over-year changes in the market opportunities for two-thirds of the 27 industries studied. Some industries that were previously weak for hunting new prospects are now much more promising, while in other industries service providers would be better served by trying to expand relationships with current clients.

Other findings and highlights from the report include:

G2000 companies collectively spent $71 billion in annualized contract value (ACV) on outsourcing in 2009, a 3 percent increase over 2008, and those companies that outsourced spent an average of $104 million in ACV each year. However, there are significant differences in average spending by vertical. In Telecommunications Services, ACV averaged more than $300 million, while in Construction it was less than $25 million.

TPI is currently tracking an active outsourcing contract in 34 percent of G2000 companies, up 2 percent over 2009. In certain industries, such as Telecommunications Services and Aerospace and Defense, outsourcing is a common business practice, with more than 60 percent of G2000 companies with an active outsourcing contract, while penetration in verticals such as Construction and Trading Companies is much lower.

Source:http://smetimes.tradeindia.com/smetimes/news/pr_newswire/2010/Jun/11/Industry-outsourcing-adoption-patterns-changing-study.html

Companies that delayed outsourcing contracts and cut budgets as the recession hit are signing up for IT projects again, according to new research.

Outsourcing advisory firm TPI tracks commercial worldwide outsourcing contracts valued at €20m (£17.5m) or more.

The firm’s latest index shows that the number of companies seeking to outsource IT and business processes surged in EMEA during the fourth quarter of 2009, reaching a total contract value of €12.4bn (£10.8bn). The figure represents an increase of 135 per cent compared with the previous quarter and 61 per cent year on year.

Outsourcing contract value for the three-month period nearly reached the level achieved in the second quarter of 2008, the last quarter before the downturn affected the market.

“The fourth quarter showed clear signs of recovery but, as expected, the recession took a toll on the full-year results,” said Duncan Aitchison, EMEA president at TPI.

“The market clearly bottomed in the first half of 2009, but managed to turn in the second half of the year.”

The total value of outsourcing projects reached €29.3bn (£25.6m) during the whole of last year, a 21 per cent year-over-year decline.

In the UK, which is the world’s second most mature outsourcing market after the US, the value of outsourcing contracts signed was half its 2008 level, TPI said.

The research also showed that the shift to smaller outsourcing deals with multiple providers is continuing. TPI said that over 70 per cent of the contracts studied were for less than €80m (£70m), the highest percentage in EMEA outsourcing history.

Most of the outsourcing contracts signed in EMEA were for IT operations, followed by business process outsourcing.

Source:http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2257196/outsourcing-projects-rise-again