Definitive Guides for Supply Chain Management Professionals (Collection)

5. Define the Requirements and Challenges of Sourcing on a Global Basis

This chapter identifies the fundamental issues of global sourcing and the steps required to mitigate risk. It goes into more depth on some of the aspects of risk and points out many of the differences between global sourcing and domestic sourcing and some of the key decision-making criteria between the two.

Learning Objectives

After completing this chapter you should be able to:

Understand the nuances between sourcing globally and sourcing domestically.

Describe the key ...