Operations management (outsourcing)
Assume the role of the business unit manager with overall responsibility for the outsourced function(s) of your company. Create a case analysis for the Chief Operating Officer (COO) that critically evaluates a previous decision to outsource or provide a rationale to consider outsourcing. Be sure to structure your paper in a way that clearly addresses the following five elements:
Introduction – Summarize the internal and external factors leading to the firm’s decision to outsource the function(s) offshore. Remember, this exercise offers you the opportunity to demonstrate a high level of critical thinking in all aspects of the assignment.
Literature Review – Identify published opinion that substantiates your support of the decision to outsource.
Analysis – Review the decision to outsource the function offshore. Discuss potential long-term impacts of this outsourcing decision, including the impact on employees based in the U.S., quality of the outsourced product(s), and company sales, profit, and reputation.
Synthesis – Identify and recommend strategies to move the company not only to a position of maintaining current levels of quality and sales but toward improvements in each of these measures of success.
Conclusion –Summarize the essence of t
