Analysis of Outsourcer and Outsource Relationships for Global Manufacturing Supply Chains: Case Studies from Europe and India
Increased global competition often implies multinational enterprises are transferring their manufacturing operations across countries and continents resulting in complex supply chain networks and configurations. India along with China has been playing an increasingly greater role in this context. India is a preferred destination due to higher level of expertise in complex and specialised engineering products. There are many examples of outsourcing activities from the UK and India and these include sectors such as manufacturing, software development, retailing, and financial services etc. Interestingly, India is the second largest investor in the UK after the US, and in 2005 the total value of trade between the UK and India, excluding services, was ￡5.6 billion. This is 25％ higher than 2004. This paper researches into the issues concerning the international outsourcing using India and UK as case countries with an aim to analyse outsourcer-outsourcee relationships. Analysis is based on an extensive literature review, outputs from four workshops, and six case studies from manufacturing companies in the UK and eight from India. The case study companies range from small to large enterprises, different sectors, and multinationals. Based on the analysis of case studies and workshops a model is developed to assist in better understanding the nature of outsourcer-outsourcee relationships.
Outsource Supply Chains Manufacturing
K S PAWAR C S LALWANI J.SHAH
Centre for Concurrent Enterprise,Nottingham University Business School,University of Nottingham,UK Hull Business School,University of Hull,UK Indian Institute of Management,Bangalore,India
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-05-30（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）