Manufacturing Outsourcing A Knowledge Perspective /

• Main Authors: Rolstadås, Asbjørn (Author), Henriksen, Bjønar (Author), O'Sullivan, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Springer London, 2012.
• Subjects: Engineering.; Production management.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Industrial organization.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.; Operations Management.; Industrial Organization.

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 outs...