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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Exercise: Sourcing Concepts - Word Association

Sourcing Concepts - Word Association

What is sourcing?

Consider the following words and concepts associated with sourcing activities and outsourcing industry:

Outsourcing & Economic Development
Managing Distance/Time
Managing Cross-cultural Issues
Managing Knowledge Transfer
The Politics of Outsourcing
Sourcing Models
Offshoring
Offshore Outsourcing
Near Shoring
Crowd Sourcing
Open Source
Captive Centres
Supplier/Customer/Client
Life Cycle
Multi-Sourcing
Service Providers
Cloud Sourcing
In-Sourcing
Trust
Commodity
Capability
Communication
ASP's (Application Service Providers)
Backsourcing (insourcing)
BPO & Nearshoring
Sea sourcing
Farm sourcing

Outsourcing Modes: Deciding: Interrelated: Managing the Relationship: Outsourcing and Economic Development: Managing Distance and Time: Managing Across Cultures: Managing Knowledge Transfer: The Politics of Outsourcing: Outsourcing and Offshoring Trends.