Consultants have been engaged to urge the ideal operations strategy for Stickers by dVider, to support a dramatic increase in demand expected by the business as an outcome of its aggressive growth strategy.
After reviewing dVider's current operations, including a rigorous evaluation of its key cost drivers, students are requested to consider if outsourcing could help the various growth opportunities under consideration, whether the potential cost savings would be enough to warrant such a dramatic change in the production formula that had worked so nicely for dVider in yesteryear, or was it outweighed by the potential hazards of decreased production quality and longer lead times?
PUBLICATION DATE: January 12, 2009 PRODUCT #: UV1082-PDF-ENG
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