Never before has the challenge of implementing an agile and responsive supply network been more important to a company's performance. Rapid changes to the global, economic and competitive market are challenging companies to transform their supply chains to be more cost effective and productive. Given intense capital competition and instability in the financial markets, companies must extend their thinking beyond traditional functional outsourcing relationships. Executives must evaluate their business processes for the opportunity to outsource or insource activities that can be performed more cost effectively by a third party. How can supply chain professionals leverage outsourcing to sustain and gain advantage to increase their agility and responsiveness to global market volatility and increasing customer service requirements?

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