PA Consulting offers free sourcing advice

Outsourcing services supplier PA Consulting has launched a free online service for top executives at global companies to answer their questions about sourcing.

The company promises to provide an opinion within 72 hours via its Ask:PA service on its website.

Using 250 consultants, the company will answer questions about different sectors, geographies and vertical markets.

Jonathan Cooper-Bagnall, global head of sourcing at PA, said outsourcing just to cut costs can be a mistake.

"Instead, by considering which element of sourcing is the best fit - be it insourcing, outsourcing, shared services, managed services, or any combination of these - and then implementing the strategy rapidly, PA believes that real value can be delivered," he said.

Click here to ask PA a question,