CORE’s mission is to provide high quality, independent research and education on outsourcing, global sourcing and other forms of innovative collaboration. The targeted outcome is to increase the understanding and adoption of outsourcing and other forms of innovative collaboration, thereby enhancing productivity and competitiveness, and providing increased value to customers, owners, employees and communities.

CORE’s vision is to be the definitive source of education and information about outsourcing. Executive Education, Discussion Forums, Research and Best Practices – CORE is a reliable, independent source of unbiased information.

CORE offers comprehensive, independent, and high-quality outsourcing research and education to enable organizations to:

• Develop outsourcing strategies
• Implement outsourcing relationships effectively
• Obtain optimal value from outsourcing

CORE’s executive education programs are being delivered in conjunction with recognized business schools and management education organizations. CORE has introduced the Accredited Outsourcing Practitioner designation to recognize individuals who have completed our program and who have demonstrable practical experience in the field of outsourcing.

CORE conducts independent research on outsourcing. We publish several reports annually on a variety of issues and also have developed a data base of outsourcing transactions for our members.

CORE conducts regular forums and conferences to bring together players in the outsourcing market to explore issues of common interests. Our annual Global Sourcing Forum brings global thought leaders together to discuss the issues and trends in global sourcing.

CORE’s best practices database, OutsourcingKnowledgesource is a compendium of content about outsourcing practices for the use of our members, organized under a standard categorization of outsourcing topics

CORE is sponsored by a diverse group of private and public sector organizations with a deep interest and expertise in outsourcing, including:

• Outsourcing Service Providers
• Outsourcing Customers
• Outsourcing Advisors
• Academia

Our sponsors include premier organizations that are part of global entities exposed to outsourcing in all parts of the world.

See Our Organization for a full description of our sponsors.

CORE’s Board of Directors consists of accomplished individuals from our sponsor group, and includes individuals who are amongst the most knowledgeable with respect to outsourcing.

See Our Organization for a full description of our Board.