Author(s): Asbjørn Rolstadås, Bjonar Henriksen, David O'Sullivan
Categories: Business & Economics > Industries, Business & Economics > Information Management, Business & Economics > Production & Operations Management, Technology & Engineering > General
Publisher: Springer
Publish date: 2012-04-27
ISBN-10: 1447129539
ISBN-13: 9781447129530
Language: English
Description:
All companies which reach a critical size are faced with
outsourcing decisions that can increase the value of their
products and services primarily through lower costs, greater
reliability and improved efficiency. Successful outsourcing
decisions have an important knowledge dimension, where the
outsourcing professionals need to be supported by historical and
contextual knowledge regarding their own products performance but
also the performance of suppliers. Outsourcing in
Manufacturing: the Knowledge Dimension explains in detail how
a manager can acquire, create, transfer and use knowledge that
optimizes their outsourcing… more…
All companies which reach a critical size are faced with
outsourcing decisions that can increase the value of their
products and services primarily through lower costs, greater
reliability and improved efficiency. Successful outsourcing
decisions have an important knowledge dimension, where the
outsourcing professionals need to be supported by historical and
contextual knowledge regarding their own products performance but
also the performance of suppliers. Outsourcing in
Manufacturing: the Knowledge Dimension explains in detail how
a manager can acquire, create, transfer and use knowledge that
optimizes their outsourcing… more…
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