Benefits and Risks of Outsourcing the Global Supply Chain

11969Globalization has created many opportunities for organizations. There are many advantages and ways to create value through outsourcing portions of one’s global supply chain. For each opportunity, there are also many ways for the project to run into problems.

In your initial post, address the following:

Identify one example of an organization that created value for itself through outsourcing part of its supply chain. Provide a link to one resource.
Identify the benefit that occurred.
How did this benefit help the organization create value? Who was the value created for—the organization, or the customer?