Doig, Stephen J.; Ritter, Ronald C.; Speckhals, Kurt; Woolson, Daniel
Abstract
Such pressures and perceptions make outsourcing an almost irresistible impulse for manufacturers. Global access to vendors, falling interaction costs, and improved information technologies and communications links are giving manufacturers unprecedented choice in structuring their businesses. Through outsourcing, companies can now dump operational headaches and bottlenecks downstream, often capture immediate cost savings, and avoid labor conflicts and management deficiencies. We are aware of no managers who have been taken to task for farming Out in-house operations.
