Value Chain Ecosystems of the Future:
The Role of Outsourcing in Supply Chain Strategy

Kevin O'Marah, Chief Content Officer, SCM World

14 October 2011

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Open versus closed supply chains: the difference boils down to a reliance on standard components, processes and markets as the basis for open networks, as opposed to the closed supply chain's more highly integrated, and generally more complex, network of suppliers, designs and delivery mechanisms.

This study of 839 senior supply chain executives reveals that core to this question is outsourcing strategy. The report highlights how supply chain executives weigh the tradeoffs between cost, time, value, risk and other business imperatives associated with designing the value chain ecosystem of the future.


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