Outsourcing Supply Chain Planning Processes
A.B. Maynard and Ron Boling - April 11, 2006

Introduction

The dramatically lower labor costs, higher level of talent, and growing track record of offshore business process outsourcing (BPO) and application development and maintenance (AD/M) providers, have convinced many companies to outsource their business process and software development activities. For a company considering an outsourcing strategy for their supply chain planning (SCP) processes, there are some unique aspects that should be addressed, since both BPO and AD/M may come into play...