Describes the decision will be made on the future production of tape drives in Hewlett-Packard. HP has used several different manufacturing partners in earlier versions of their products. HP is now facing the decision to outsource the production and creation of a virtual supply chain to the next generation of products. Provides opportunities to discuss the strategic and operational objectives of outsourcing and the use of electronic manufacturing services company in the power supply circuit. "Hide
by Carlos Cordon, Ralf W. Seifert, Thomas E. Vollmann, Petri Lehtivaara Source: IMD 11 pages. Publication Date: January 1, 2001. Prod. #: IMD161-PDF-ENG
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