Outsourcing and its role in the supply chain

Introduction Traditionally, outsourcing is an abbreviation for ‘outside resource using’ (Arnold 2000). Currently, in the simplest of forms, outsourcing takes place when an organisation transfers the ownership of a service or function that used to be done in-house to a supplier. The degree of transfer of control is the defining characteristic of outsourcing. It concerns […]

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