Purchasing and Supply Management
In sourcing/Outsourcing - The FlexCon Piston Decision
1. Perform a quantitative in sourcing/outsourcing analysis using the data provided. What qualitative issues might affect your final decision? Identify any costs or issues that are not part of your analysis that might affect your decision. What is your recommendation regarding what FlexCon should do with its family of pistons? Support your arguments with evidence gathered during your analysis.
2. Assume your group decided to outsource the pistons to the external supplier. Iden- tify a plan that would enable FlexCon to carry out this recommendation. Be as thor- ough as possible.
3. Discuss the primary reasons when and why in sourcing/outsourcing decisions occur.
4. A major challenge with an in sourcing/outsourcing analysis involves gathering reli- able data. Discuss the various groups that should be involved when conducting an in sourcing/outsourcing analysis such as the one presented in this case. What information can each of these groups provide?
5. Discuss the major issues associated with an in sourcing/outsourcing analysis and