Whilst these are many of the common drivers, each business, within their own market, faces different challenges and opportunities and will need to carefully consider the ‘make vs buy’ decision against their own individual situation. They will no doubt have unique problems and questions pertinent to just them.
A number of tools and techniques are readily available to help support the decision-making process, the majority of which will focus on the strategic importance of a process, the suitability and effectiveness of a supplier (based on available supply chain) and the overall management of risk.
Ultimately, all models will point in the same general direction…organisations should invest, indeed invest significantly, in areas of competences/processes that absolutely ‘need’ to be at the centre of the business, where risks are too high to consider outsourcing.
Equally, competences and processes where supply chain effectiveness and capability are good, often better than what you have in-house, can make perfect operational and financial sense.
