pros and cons

A firm must decide whether to make a component part in-house, or to contract it out to an independent supplier. Manufacturing the part requires a non-recoverable investment in specialized assets. The most efficient suppliers are located in countries with currencies that many foreign exchange analysts expect to appreciate substantially over the next decade. What are the pros and cons of (a) manufacturing the component in-house, and (b) outsourcing manufacture to an independent supplier? Which option would you recommend? Why?

At the outset, it is a vital concern in several international businesses or firm to determine in which component parts should be recommended either manufactured in-house or which should be outsourced to independent suppliers. Even though manufacturing the component in – house has some disadvantages, it has more advantages than outsourced to independent suppliers, hence I strongly agree with it. On the one hand, firstly, it is related with lower cost. If the firm is well-organized at production process by themselves than most of the other enterprises, it may recompense to increase manufacturing a product or component - in house. Secondly, it helps to minimise the problems related with currency appreciation and rising cost from independent suppliers. If the firms manufacturing the component in –house, they can reduce the management costs due to the apt control over their productivity. Thirdly, it enables investments in highly specialized assets which ensue with improved scheduling. When considerable investments in specialized assets are essential to manufacture a component, the firm will prefer to make the component internally rather than contract it out to a supplier. Furthermore, for enabling savings in production cost, management has to make planning, organizing and coordinating; all these resulted in better arrangement. Last but not least, it is associated with Proprietary Product Technology Protection. In order to keep