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Why is outsourcing production a smart idea? Are there situations where it would be a bad idea?

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Question added by Salam Assi , Customer Service Officer , Etihad Bank
Date Posted: 2017/03/21
SANJAY MOHANDAS
by SANJAY MOHANDAS , REGIONAL SALES MANAGER , Gardner Denver FZE

Outsourcing of standard components proves good in the long run as it helps you to concentrate your efforts on your core competencies / activities. 

Its a bad idea/situation to outsource key captive components of a machine or assembly as it will then give crucial patented information to other companies and this could fall in to the hands of competition who can use it to better their own products. 

 

Reuben Muzeya
by Reuben Muzeya , Principal Trainer/Consultant and Director , Frontline Profesionals Ltd

Can be a good idea to meet production capacity bottlenecks and lack of expertise and allows bussiness to concentrate on core areas such as marketing and growing the markets and meet customer demands.

It can be a bad idea where product knowledge is a premium and requires a high level of confidential know how has to be maintained.

Deleted user
by Deleted user

It is a smart idea for common available service or material in the market. However, it is not recommended for service that require high specialities and sharing confidential information. 

pankaj kumar mishra
by pankaj kumar mishra , Merchandising Manager , LAJ EXPORTS LTD

Outsourcing production is very good idea for those, who has very good and techincal vender. it reduces the cost and production related issues.

if venders are not technical then it is a bad idea, which may incur loss of money and buyer both.

 

HEMANT KUMAR SARASWAT
by HEMANT KUMAR SARASWAT , Deputy General Manager/Technical Head , M/s. Suguna Foods Pvt. Ltd

Outsourcing the production, is a good idea now a days. As the payment to be made on the production quantity not the man days. That make the company free from lot of liabilitiesas well.The company can concentrate more  over the marketing strategy and the competitors.

The only reverse situation is, leakage of company 's secret , as the iutsourcing company is involved with other manufacturer.

Mudassar Hussain
by Mudassar Hussain , Soucing and Procurement , Metro International

Outsourcing decision is crucial and it purely based on what kind of business you are into.

Whilst soft drink suppliers will not take a chance of outsoucing because of formula involved in the production, patent, IPR etc added to it spending Bn in investment for setting up production unit with unprecedented mandays involved in R&D.

Outsourcing decision can be wise, if you have intact customer base and cost of production peaking high because of labour and input material is in scarce and availability only overseas.

This model would be a great success if you have a sequence of quality checks of incoming material while keeping tab of final prod cost vis~a~vis in-house. This will help reduce substantial cost of moving order from one end to another by assigning order to supplier in closer proximity.

veera pathiran
by veera pathiran , Logistic coordinator , PLAYSMART FZC

  This was the best idea for the company by cost vise the company will savelot of capital investment by this idea.and the argeements were taken the serious roles to the production.

amgad mohamed Al akabawy
by amgad mohamed Al akabawy , apron superviser , cairo airport authority

it an idea with two sides bad on and good one if we use it to raise our quality of products an minimize the level of cost so it s good but if we depend on outsourcing in just new things equipments vehcles and material we can use without gaining teh real profits of these new things and raising the level of the products we provide so it bad side    

Muhammad Zubair Ali Ali
by Muhammad Zubair Ali Ali , Director , Abdullah apparel

It is smart but it has a various discripencies like coast of the goods will be incrased.

mohammed hussain khan
by mohammed hussain khan , mechanical Site Engineer , alsha air conditioning ducting and sheet metal works

It's varies from product to product 

Joice Tomy
by Joice Tomy , quality control engineer , Equation Composites

Because it is considered cost effective and enhances us on industrial knowlegde as a result it builds up an intimacy with the oversea firms

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