Co-sourcing

Co-sourcing Definition

Co-sourcing is a type of outsourcing where the outsourcing agreement is a collective arrangement between one vendor and multiple clients. From the perspective of the outsourcing organisation, co-sourcing is the process of outsourcing certain business activities to only one external vendor (Edguer and Pervan, 2004).

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• Bloomberg Business Week (2012) British American Tobacco PLC. 21 January. [Online] Available at: investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot_article.asp?ticker=BATS:LN [Accessed: 23 January 2012].
• Bowersox, D.J., Closs, D.J. and Cooper, M.B. (2007) Supply Chain Logistics Management. (2nd Ed.) McGraw-Hill: Boston, MA.
• Chase, R.B., Jacobs, F.R. and Aquilano, N.J. (2004) Operations Management for Competitive Advantage. (10th Ed.) McGraw-Hill: Boston, MA.
• Chopra, S. and Meindl, P. (2007) Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation.(3rd Ed.) Pearson/Prentice Hall: Upper Saddle River, N.J.

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