Outsourcing service was not formally recognized as a company policy until 1989 (Mullin, 1996). But, most companies were not completely independent; they outsourced those purposes for which they had no competency inside. The use of outside suppliers for these necessary but ancillary services might be termed the baseline step in the development of outsourcing. Outsourcing support services are at the following step. In the 1990s, as companies began to concentrate more on cost-saving proposals, they began to outsource those duties required to run a business but not linked correctly to the core business.