Nearshoring: A Smart Alternative to Offshore
While citing Mexico’s strength as a nearshoring destination for call centers and accounts payable departments, the consultancy Business Insights predicted in its report, “The Offshore and Nearshore Outsourcing Outlook: Key Locations, Outsourcing Models and the Leading Players,” that “Mexican nearshore outsourcing will undergo substantial growth through 2008 … With an abundance of English-speaking agents, it is also a competitive alternative to Canada as a nearshore destination from which to serve US English-speakers.”
The nearshoring companies in Mexico also maintain higher levels of data and intellectual property security when compared to the destination countries for offshoring, say Forrester’s analysts. The support of the Mexican government as well as the country’s sturdy infrastructure is also seen as very attractive to potential nearshoring clients.