PricePoint: Q2 2013 - Points to Consider in the Pricing of Outsourcing Services

20 Sep 2013

$4,999.00

Introduction

PricePoint reports identify trends in the pricing of the ITO and BPO deals through a comprehensive analysis of key demand-side, supply-side, and macro-economic factors that impact pricing. Additionally, the reports include insights on contemporary outsourcing trends driven by key market developments.

Trend in blended FTE price

Scope

PricePoint Q2 2013 includes the following:

  • Assessment of drivers that impact pricing of ITO and BPO services, including:
    • Buy-side dynamics
    • Supply-side dynamics
    • Key macro-economic factors
    • Overall impact of the drivers on pricing in Q2 2013
    • Pricing outlook for Q3 2013
  • Featured research
    • Output-based pricing in IT infrastructure deals
    • Managing staffing pyramids

Resource utilization

Contents

This report contains in-depth analysis of the drivers that impact pricing of ITO and BPO services in India and United States. The drivers included in the analysis are:

  • Buy-side drivers including deal size, deal volume, value mix, and new deal-renewal mix
  • Supply-side drivers including resource utilization, hiring mix, support costs, onshore-offshore mix, and service provider financial performance
  • Macro-economic factors including operating cost inflation and foreign exchange rates

The report also contains the aggregated impact of these drivers on pricing in Q2 2013 and the outlook for Q3 2013.

The featured research section includes:

  • Analysis of key deal-specific factors that impact pricing in IT infrastructure deals, and quantifies the impact of such factors for Service Desk tower
  • Structure of a standard staffing pyramid, impact of career progression on pyramids and billing rates, and the different ways to maintain best-in-class staffing pyramid throughout the deal term
 

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