Functional Outsourcing Business Model

Outsourcing is a business decision that is often made to either lower overall total cost by focusing on core competencies or provides flexibility to a resource strategy. Choosing the Functional Outsourcing delivery solution is often defined as the delegation of non-core operations from internal resources within a function to external providers that specialize in these operations. When you move from a traditional mixed model with many CROs to a Functional Outsourcing model aligned functionally, your company is better able to leverage its scale, improve quality, and reduce cycle times resulting in significant cost savings.

In our Functional Outsourcing model, we become true partners with you, working as an extension of your functional lines. Our visibility in your company provides the opportunity for us to see your needs allowing for a faster response. Partnering with eClinical Solutions, expect us to deploy appropriate tools in the way that maximizes quality and consistency to best meet your needs and budget.

Outsourced functions include:

• EDC Trial Database Builds
• Data Management
• Statistical Programming

Functional Outsourcing Model:

• Performs activity-based services by function on an FTE basis
• eClinical Solutions uses your systems, SOPs, processes or eClinical Solutions’ systems, SOPs, and processes can be used
• Provide Dedicated Resources with common goals
• eClinical Solutions manages resources: hiring/onboarding of staff, training requirements and compliance

Benefits of Functional Outsourcing Model

• Scalability
• Allows Sponsor to focus on in-house core competencies
• Outsource repetitive and high volume tasks
• Continuity of dedicated resources
• Resources function as an extension of the Sponsor
• Metrics based performance management
• Quality deliverables per SOPs
• Satellite office location freeing up Sponsor facility space
• Reduced overhead and line management responsibilities
• Co-employment risk reduction

eClinical Solutions has the staff available to support and complement your team immediately. As new projects come along and/or finish, we have the ability to scale up and down to fit your needs effectively and efficiently. The combination of our bench strength and our sourcing/networking capabilities are truly an extension of your company through spiked and reduced demand.

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