Abstract The thesis is a qualitative study of outsourcing and Insourcing/backsourcing. When developing strategies, managers need to decide between buying (outsourcing) or manufacturing (insourcing) various activities within the company. Outsourcing means that a company entrusts the management of activities and parts of the business to external suppliers and can be seen as an effective strategy for reducing costs and improving the company's flexibility. Backsourcing is a new trend and means that the company takes back activities that have previously been outsourced, mainly due to various contractual problems or to changes in the environment. The purpose of the study was to investigate whether backsourcing is an option for the case company. The purpose of the study is also to find out what types of costs resources and capabilities the case company will need in the backsourcing. The study primary informationwas collected via interviews. The method used was semi-structured interviews, conducted on site and remotely with five respondents from the company. The results of the study show that there are both pros and cons with outsourcing andbacksourcingstrategies. How and why companies were considering backsourcing was identified, as well as critical success factors specific to backsourcing, such as transaction costs, resources, knowledge, and capabilities. Based on the results and theory some analysis were made, such as the state the company is at the moment and changes that have happened in order consider its sourcing decision. And what changes in cost, resources and capabilities the company may need to prepare for
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hig-39380 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Mohamed, Abdullahi, Abasov, Arslanbek |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Gävle, Industriell ekonomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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