Danish Small Enterprises Are Also Outsourcing

Outsourcing to countries like China, India and several of the new Eastern European EU member states is no longer restricted to large corporations with big wallets. A new survey from Statistics Denmark reveals that while 20% of Danish companies with 50 employees or more are outsourcing parts of their operations, a good 12% of the businesses with less than 50 people working for them are doing the same thing.

Among the small companies researched in the survey, every fifth operator in the fields of industry and business services have chosen to outsource jobs related to the companies' core activities such as production, whilst IT operations, telecommunication, research and development largely remain in Danish hands. According to the president of the Danish private business association Ejerlederne (The Owner-Managers), Hans J?rgen Dalum, most smaller companies focus their outsourcing operations on their core activities:

"Outsourcing can occur in relation to production, purchasing or perhaps services rendered – depending on the type of company – whilst the sourcing of day-to-day activities isn't that high on the wish list."

According to Jacob Lyngs?, head of the Danish IT Industry Association (ITB), the list of DK IT companies who choose to outsource just keeps on growing. A development driven primarily by an acute labour shortage in the industry as well as the considerable amounts that can be saved by outsourcing: "It's almost a basic necessity to look at offshore outsourcing if you want to acquire the right skill sets, cheap production and optimal deliveries – the only way to compete with all the others on the market."

Full story in Danish

News category: Denmark