Multisourcing: Concepts and Applications

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Multi-sourcing is the management and assignment of different business processes or functions among multiple outsourcing vendors. With multi-sourcing approach, multiple suppliers are leveraged to do away with ‘lock-in’ and get the so-called best-of-breed advantages. The need for an alternate, reliable and promising strategy to optimize cost, value and service is strengthening the significance of multi-sourcing. This book throws light on the shift in outsourcing practice, i.e., moving from mega-outsourcing to multi-vendor outsourcing and, at large, focuses on the concept, significance, applications, issues, risks, challenges and management perspectives of ‘Multi-vendor Outsourcing’ or Multi-sourcing. The book aims to sensitize the respective professionals/community with the concept and value of ‘multi-sourcing,’ while offering several best practices for its effective management. At large, this book makes every possible attempt to act as a ready reckoner for the prospective readers, such as senior executives, service providers and other outsourcing professionals, while offering learning value to the academicians and students in B-schools.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR S. Jaya Krishna

S. Jaya Krishna holds an MBA degree from Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati. Earlier, he worked as a faculty member in management at various business schools. At present, he is a faculty member and consulting editor at ICFAI Books, an affiliate of the ICFAI University. He is also the consulting editor for The ICFAI Journal of Supply Chain Management published by the ICFAI University Press. He is a regular contributor of articles to various magazines and journals published by the ICFAI University Press. He has already edited a few books, also published by the ICFAI University Press. His areas of interest are management information system, supply chain management, knowledge management, e business etc.

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Title
Multisourcing: Concepts and Applications
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8131408175
Length
180p.
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