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Effective Make/Buy Decision-Making

Workshop Duration

Two Days

Target Audience

  • All Senior and Middle Managers in Procurement and Supply, Marketing, Production, R&D, and Finance Functions and Divisions.
  • High-flying Junior Managers and New Entrants

Deliverables

An understanding of:

  • The basic principles of make/buy decision-making
  • The problems of retaining critical assets and avoiding post-contractual switching costs.
  • The importance of understanding dynamic buyer and supplier relationships after outsourcing

Workshop Structure

Day One: The Make/Buy Decision: Critical Assets And Adverse Selection

Retaining Critical Assets:
A Methodology is Provided to allow Delegates to Understand which Resources and Competencies should be Retained In-House at all Costs. An introduction to t he Exchange Relationship between Supply and Value Chains and the Dynamic Nature of Supply Chain Resources is Provided.

Break-out Session on Insourcing Critical Assets:
Delegates will work through Case Studies and/or their Own Examples of Make/Buy Decision-Making to Understand which Resources and Competencies are Critical and should be Retained In-House at all Costs.

Avoiding, Adverse Selection:
An Introduction is Provided of the Key Reasons why Adverse Selection Decisions are Normally Made. A Sourcing Selection Methodology is Provided to Allow Delegates to Understand the Key Issues that must be addressed.

Break-Out Session on the Avoidance of Adverse Selection:
Delegates Map Out the Key Sources of Adverse Selection in a Series of Case Studies and/or Use Their Own Examples.

Day Two: The Make/Buy Decision: Unforeseen Transaction Costs And Moral Hazard

Avoiding Unforeseen Transaction Costs:
An Introduction is Provided to the Key Sources of Unforeseen Internal and External Transaction Costs. Delegates are Provided with a Methodology for Assessing Unforeseen Transaction Costs Prior to Outsourcing and Contract Development.

Break-out Session on the Avoidance of Unforeseen Transaction Costs: 
Understanding Delegates Map Out the Key Sources of Unforeseen Transaction Cost in a Series of Case Studies and/or Use Their Own Examples.

Avoiding Moral Hazard:
An Introduction is Provided to the Problems of Incomplete Contracting; Bounded Rationality; Information Asymmetry; Asset Specificity; and, Post-Contractual Opportunism by Suppliers.

Break-out Session on the Avoidance of Moral Hazard:
Delegates Map Out the Key Sources of Moral Hazard in a Series of Case Studies or Use Their Own Examples.

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