 The
Fifth Annual Outsorcing Index is based on data collected from
1,110 members of the Outsourcing Institute between January 1
and June 2002. A little more than one third (35%) consider
themselves to be “management” while 12% say they
are non-management. More specifically, nearly one in five
(19%) report they hold the title of senior officer/VP/director/administrator.
Some 37% of the respondents work for companies with fewer
than 500 employees while 30% are with companies with more
than 10,000 people.
The average gross annual revenues of the respondents’
companies is $1 billion, but the median is closer to $231
million.
The disparity between the mean and median revenues stems
from the fact that 29% of the companies reported revenues
of more than $2.5 billion while another 12% generated $751
million to $2.5 billion. At the other end of the spectrum,
16% of the companies actually had less than $1 million in
revenues while another 12% racked up sales of $1 million to
$9 million.
Some 69% of the respondents work for US-based companies;
the rest, of course, work for non US companies.
Respondents represented no fewer than 43 industries and government
groups, the most common being manufacturing (11%), computer/data
services (11%), banking (8%) and telecommunications (8%).
Of the participants from the largest companies (more than
10,000 employees), the largest group works for manufacturing
companies (15%), followed by banking (12%), telecom (10%)
and computer/data services (7%).  |
