The impact of outsourcing on the planning environment and planning method of a company which manufactures high complex products

• Main Authors: Koschitzki, Fabian, Öller, Dietmar, Santel, Hauke-Christoph
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Växjö universitet, Ekonomihögskolan, EHV 2007
• Subjects: Outsourcing; Planning Environment; planning method; planning variables; Other industrial engineering and economics; Övrig industriell teknik och ekonomi
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:vxu:diva-1095

Today outsourcing is a widely-used method for companies to face the problem of a more and more competitive business world. Especially offshore outsourcing to a distant country, where the labour costs are comparatively low, is quite popular in the media. Nevertheless, a lot of companies fail in accomplishing the high gains they hoped for. One reason for this is the miscalculation of the effects of outsourcing on the company which leads to a wrong behaviour of the management during the outsourcing process. Hence, a better understanding of the impact of outsourcing is crucial for the success of a company. To improve this, one way is to analyse the planning environment and the resulting planning method of a company before and after outsourcing.