Assessing the effectiveness of company transition to outsourcing

Aim. This study aims to present the types and methods of assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of outsourcing in industrial enterprises in a structured fashion and to substantiate the effectiveness of outsourcing some part of the business processes of an industrial enterprise.
Tasks. The authors describe the specific types of outsourcing; investigate methods for assessing the feasibility and effectiveness of outsourcing in industrial enterprises; substantiate the results of analyzing the activities of an industrial enterprise in terms of the effectiveness of outsourcing some part of business processes.
Methods. The study uses general scientific methods of cognition and assessment of the feasibility and effectiveness of outsourcing to analyze the activity of an industrial enterprise and determine the effectiveness of outsourcing some part of its business processes.
Results. Production outsourcing is one of the most complex types of relations that involve transferring activities to a third-party firm, both from an organizational and legal perspective. This practice is particularly widespread in high-tech industries. At the present stage of development of the market economy, there are two major groups of methods for assessing the outsourcing of some part of the business processes of industrial enterprises. As part of a study of the activities of scientific and production enterprise OOO NPP ECVST, the feasibility of outsourcing basic and supporting processes is assessed, and the strategic and tactical results of  partially outsourcing business processes are substantiated.
Conclusions. The outsourcing of business processes of industrial enterprises is driven by the requirements of the modern market, which is highly competitive and dynamic. Such a transition is also associated with the need to implement complex financial, economic, and organizational measures aimed at increasing profitability and ensuring long-term competitive advantages.

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