FAQs | Frequently Asked Questions

Every company deals with the topic of outsourcing sooner or later. It comes up whenever the goal is to optimize organizational processes, gain new perspectives for reducing fixed costs, or balance fluctuating workloads.

Outsourcing is the transfer of company functions to third parties, the use of external resources (see also FP Group mailing services). In specialist literature, it usually refers to data processing or information technology. Many banks, insurers, energy suppliers, and telecommunications companies also practice "print outsourcing," for example with FP BusinessMail.

Internal outsourcing refers to the transfer of a company function to organizational units that are part of the overall company organization. This may, for example, be a separate GmbH that belongs to the corporate group and takes over outsourced functions for other units of the group.

External outsourcing is the transfer of services previously provided within the company to independent companies, which take over entrepreneurial responsibility for handling them. This form of outsourcing is the standard form in business practice for medium-sized and small companies.

"Focusing on core competencies" – that is only one advantage companies, associations and public institutions have through outsourcing. Outsourcing makes it possible to make internal structures more transparent. Capacity bottlenecks or underutilized capacities are avoided. This is because outsourcing turns fixed costs into variable costs that are incurred only when the service is used. Some companies also see outsourcing as an opportunity to increase the quality of services. Francotyp-Postalia can help with this. An external, market-oriented and experienced outsourcing service provider such as FP can usually offer a higher quality of service.

A critical factor in the outsourcing decision is the security and confidentiality of the data to be used. It is therefore important to carefully inform yourself about the service provider's security standards.

When making an outsourcing decision, short-term cost comparisons should not be the only basis for the decision. The outsourcing decision affects organization and competitiveness, capacity situation and much more in the company. In advance, please seek detailed advice from our consultants.

• Optimization of material, capital and personnel costs
• Relief for your organization
• Focus on your core business
• Low production costs
• Low procurement costs
• Low rework costs
• Minimization of interface losses
• Time and cost savings
• Increased efficiency
• Quality assurance across all processes according to DIN ISO 9001:2000
• Data protection and data security