Walmart just cannot squeeze it's employees enough. Now Walmart is considering offshore outsourcing it's I.T. jobs.
BANGALORE: WAL-Mart, the world’s biggest retailer, which until now has been dependent on its inhouse information technology division, is evaluating a business process outsourcing (BPO) contract worth around $300- $500 million, as it seeks to outsource non-core processes of procurement, merchandising , finance, accounting and payroll.
IBM, TCS, WNS and Wipro are exploring this opportunity, people familiar with Wal-Mart’s outsourcing decision told ET on conditions of anonymity. Despite becoming such a case study for global retail, Wal-Mart had not yet looked at BPO or IT outsourcing,” he said. However, the current economic challenges are making the retailer seek more cost saving options including outsourcing of non-core processes.”
