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Friday, January 14, 2022

Exercise: Global Pharma (case)

Exercise: 15"

Read the case (again): 5"

In groups assess the suitability of one of the following areas for a pharmaceutical firm's sourcing strategy...
  • Email
  • ERP
  • MRP
  • HR
  • LIMS
  • Plant control systems
  • Public/market/marketing content management websites
  • Internal documentation and content management intranets
  • Storage
  • Collaboration technology
  • Logistics (3PL)
  • Regulatory compliance
Applying one or more of the instruments from chapter 2 to this example.

Debrief: 15"
Report to the class…

  • Service categories: General Business / Unit or Site Specific (HR, Finance etc) / Industry Specific

  • Strategy recommendation?

  • Cloud? / In-House? / On-Shore? / Off-Shore? / 3rd Party? /