Worksheet for Assignment 14: Making, outsourcing and supplies

Describe briefly the main ‘manufacturing’ aspects that are involved in ensuring that your strategy is successfully implemented. In particular, you should consider:

1. How much of your product or service do you plan to produce in-house?
2. If you are making a product, describe the production process; also explain how your principal competitors go about manufacturing.
3. What plant and equipment will you need, what can it do, how much will it cost and where will you get it from?
4. What bought-in materials and/or services will you need, where will you buy them from and how much will they cost?
5. How will you equip your office?

Suggested further reading

Lefteri, C (2012) Making It: Manufacturing techniques for product design, Laurence King

Vagadia, B (2011) Strategic Outsourcing: The alchemy to business transformation in a globally converged world, Springer, Germany