Strategic Outsourcing, Innovation and Global Supply Chains

Chapter 1 OUTSOURCING IN TIMES OF DISRUPTION

SUMMARY:

1.1. Introduction. – 1.2. In search of a supply chain in times of disruption. – 1.2.1. Disruption from digital technologies. – 1.2.2. Disruption from social and environmental sustainability. – 1.2.3. Disruption from the Covid-19 pandemic and war in Ukraine. – 1.3. The Gruppo Schiano case study: How shifts in customer behaviour drive innovation in the bicycle industry manufacturing paradigm and supply chain. – 1.3.1. Introduction. – 1.3.2. Highlights of the bicycle market. – 1.3.3. The history of the bicycle industry. – 1.3.4. The company profile. – 1.3.5. From mass production to mass customization. – 1.3.6. Conclusions and implications for management.

1.1. Introduction

In the past, ...