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Developing a Make or Buy Strategy for Manufacturing Business (Hardcover)
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Developing a Make or Buy Strategy for Manufacturing Business (Hardcover)
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How can a company decide where to concentrate its expertise? Why
are some companies better at exploiting their strengths than
others? Is there a link between the range of a company's activities
and its success and profitability? These are just some of the
questions at the heart of a make or buy strategy for manufacturing
business. Most companies will face issues such as these at some
time or other, and in resolving them will determine the future
shape of the business - for better or worse. Based on original
research and case experience, this book presents a structured
approach to making these important decisions. By drawing on the
collective knowledge of people in the company, a make or buy
strategy can be developed which focuses manufacturing capability on
the factors critical to business success. The key aspects covered
include: the links between business strategy, vertical integration
in manufacturing industry, and business performance; why a make or
buy strategy is central to manufacturing capability and business
results; the difference between strategic, tactical and component
make or buy issues; the best practice approach to make or buy
decisions; what is involved in developing an optimal make or buy
strategy for a business; how to apply the approach to your own
business. The book is aimed at directors and managers from
manufacturing companies concerned with developing their
capabilities and focusing their strengths, but many other people in
manufacturing, finance, engineering, purchasing and service
operations will find something of value in this book.
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