Sourcing Is a Continuum

Bonnie Keith, Kate Vitasek, Karl Manrodt and Jeanne Kling

Chapter Chapter 3 in Strategic Sourcing in the New Economy, 2016, pp 51-72 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Sourcing has its roots in our collective past in commerce and trade. As individuals formed family clans, tribes, communities, and complex societies, individual members began to specialize. That led to a division of labor, improved skill and knowledge, and better workmanship. People with specialized skills traded with each other for goods and services they needed to survive. They did not try to be totally self-sufficient; they relied on each other’s talents and productivity and, as a result, lived better.

Keywords: Business Model; Preventive Mainte; Supply Relationship; Prefer Provider; Chief Information Officer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-137-55220-4_4

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