The Future of Outsourcing Strategic Outsourcing Controls and the Backsourcing Evolution - Lazaro A. Mederos
Addresses backsourcing itself and regrounds the issue in management accounting and control
Explores management controls around the decision to backsource
Looks at how cost-focused accounting that initially supported outsourcing tranformed into drivers currently supporting the decision to backsource
Showcases the evolution of outsourcing controls and their link to the company profit and strategy
This book provides a new evolutionary perspective on outsourcing. The traditional prioritization of continuous outsourcing has resulted in increased hidden costs that have sabotaged business profits. As a result of undisciplined outsourcing, businesses have lost a defining characteristic of their success: decision control. In contrast, the ability to combine outsourcing with backsourcing is a winning strategy for business leaders across a broad range of industries. In this book, the author traces the essence of the outsourcing industry as it has evolved over the past two centuries. With compelling case studies from the pharmaceutical, aviation, insurance, and cookware industries, this book moves beyond theorizing. It highlights key insights from some of the leading outsourcing pioneers who helped to define the industry.
The case studies demonstrate the evolution of outsourcing, from a past marked by a costly outsourcing approach to a future fueled by the diversification of sourcing for optimal business success. Through the provision of decision models and best practices, this book provides academics and practitioners with tangible steps to implement successful outsourcing and backsourcing strategies.
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