Be careful outside
13 September 2012
Purchasers need to pay special attention in deals to outsource supply chain tasks because their customers will be directly affected. Nigel Wildish identifies the key issues
If there are two key features that distinguish outsourcing a supply chain task from other supply chain relationships, they are the dependency of the customer on the supplier and the potential for a mutually beneficial result.
If the customer succeeds in transferring responsibility for, say, its logistics to an outsourced supplier, the customer will be able to focus on its...